Introducing A Newspaper Article Flashcards

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1
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A summary

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Un resume

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To sum up

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Resumer

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An account

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Un compte rendu

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A journalist

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Un journaliste

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A columnist

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Un chroniqueur

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An author

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Un auteur

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A narrator

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Un narrateur

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An editorial

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Un editorial

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A report

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Un reportage

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A title

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Un titre

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A headline

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Une manchette

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A graph

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Un graphique

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A chart

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Un tableau

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A pragraph

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Un paragraphe

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An extract from

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Un extrait de

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The toppic

The subject

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Le sujet

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An analysis

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Une analyse

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An assesment

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Une evaluation

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An anecdote

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Une anecdote

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Anecdotal

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Anecdotique

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A quotation

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Une citation

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To quote

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Citer

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Throughout the text

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D’un bout a l’autre du texte

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A topical issue

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Un sujet d’actualite

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A social issue

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Un probleme de societe

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To focus on

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Porter son attention sur

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To describe

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Decrire

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To explain something to somebody

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Expliquer quelque chose a quelqu’un

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A feature

A characteristique

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Une caracteristique

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A link

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Un lien

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To illustrate

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Illustrr

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To refer to
To allude to
To hint at

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Faire allusion a

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First

First of all

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D’abord

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In the first place

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En premier lieu

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Secondly

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Deuxièmement

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Thirdly

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Troisiemement

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Finally

Lastlu

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Finalement

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To conclude

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Pour conclure

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In short

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En bref

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To state a fact

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Enoncer un fait

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To expound a theorie

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Exposer une theorie

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To give an account of

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Faire un compte rendu de

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To pass on to another subject

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Passer a un autre sujet

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To provide an example

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Fournir un exemple

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It has been found that

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On a constate que

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This article is taken from

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Cet article est tire de

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This article is about

This article deals with

This article is concerned with

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Cet article traite de

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The journlaist notes that

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Le journaliste constate que

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How can this fact be accounted for ?

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Comment ce fait peut il etre explique?

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This is linked to

This is connected with

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C’est lie a

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A viewpoint

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Un point de vue

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A criticism

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Une critique

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To criticize

To be critical of

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Critiquer

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To overlook

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Negliger

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A relevant remark

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Une remarque pertinente

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Irrelecant

Beside the point

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Hors sujet

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A discrepancy between .. And …

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Une divergence entre … Et …

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Paradoxical

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Paradoxal

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Questionable

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Discutable

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Controversial

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Controverse

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A far-fetched idea

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Une idee tiree par les cheveux

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In my opinion

To my mind

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A mon avis

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To me

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Pour moi

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According to the journlaist

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D’apres le journaliste

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At first sight

On the face of it

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A premiere vue

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To claim that

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Pretendre que

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To justify

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Justifier

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To advocate

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Preconiser

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To praise

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Faire l’eloge de

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To a certain extent

In a way

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Dans une certaine mesure

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By contrast

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En revanche

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By comparison

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En comparaison

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Similarly

Likewise

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Fe meme

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On the contrary

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Au contraire

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Unlike britain

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Contrairmzent a la GB

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On the one hand, on the other hand

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D’une part, d’autre part

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Compared with

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Par rapport a

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As for

As to

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Quant a

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An advantgar

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Un avantage

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A disadvantage
A drawback
A downside

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Un inconvénient

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An asset

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Un atout

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An approach to a problem

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Une approche d’un problème

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To comment on a text

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Commenter un texte

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To emphasize a fact
To stress a fact
To lay emphasis on a fact
To underline a fact
To highlight a fact
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Souligner
Insiter sur
Mettre l’accent sur

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To place importance on

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Accorder de l’importance a

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To take somethinf into account

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Prendre quelque chose en compte

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To put forward an anrcument

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Avancer un argument

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To discuss a problem

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Discuter un probleme

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To enlarge on a point

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Developper un point

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To weigh up the pros and cons

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Peser le pour et le contre

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To raise an objection

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Soulever une objection

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To be prejudiced against

To be biased against

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Etre de parti pris contre

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I agree

I disagree

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Je suis d’acvord

Je ne suis pas d’accord

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We may say that

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Nous pouvons dire que

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What does the jounlaist mean ?

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Que veut dire le journlaiste ?

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There is a distinction to be made between .. And ..

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Il faut etablir une distinction entre .. Et ..

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That is the opposite

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Cnest le contraire

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Ther is more thabt that

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Y’il y a autre chose

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This statelent should be qualified

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Cette assertion devrait etre nuancee

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As far as this aspect is concerned

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En ce qui concerne cet aspect

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There is a good side to

There is a downside to

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Il y a un avantage a

Il y a un inconvenient a

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He jas a point there

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Il n’a pas tort

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Opinion is divided

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Les avis sont partages