Grellet - language of commentaries and essays Flashcards

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l’auteur ne rend pas compte de

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provides no account of

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attirer l’attention

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to call attention to

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son personnage est décrit avec bcp de précision

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her character is delineated in great detail

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le dialogue fait preuve de wit

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it displays wit

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le passage nous offre

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offers us

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la situation est présentée

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the situation is outlined

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se centre sur

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centres on / be based on / hinge round

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l’histoire rend compte de

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is an account of

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s’attaquer à un sujet

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to tackle a subject

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Il donne au quotidien des qualités surnaturelles

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He invests everyday life with supernatural qualities

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L’auteur met en avant l’idée que

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The writer puts forward the view that

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La forme esquisse l’idée

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The form shapes the idea

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Le romancier verbalise son mépris

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The novelist voices his contempt

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Le texte gagne en signification si on considère

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The text yields further significance if we consider

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ce langage contient de l’hypocrisie

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Such language smacks of insincerity

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L’image évoque la compréhension

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The image bespeaks / conjures up understanding

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synonyme de prolong

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The momentum does not fail / The narrator delays clarification

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cet usage de l’allitération est un héritage de

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is a legacy of

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une ramification

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an offshoot

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Sterne agit en précurseur avec son usage..

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Sterne sets a precedent with his use..

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synonyme de similar to

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akin to / analogous to