Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde, A novel Flashcards

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1
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in hindsight

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avec le recul

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a foreshadowing

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présage

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3
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a prolepsis

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une prolepse (annonce ce qui arrive après)

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4
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a womanizer

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un coureur de jupons

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5
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lonesome

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seul

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unsettling

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déstabilisant

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7
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schadenfreude

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joie provoquée par le malheur d’autrui

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seamy side

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l’envers du décor

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unstoppedly

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inéluctablement

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10
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breathness

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respiration

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jokey

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comique, blagueur

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12
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uneasy

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mal à l’aise

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13
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punchal> pulcher

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beautiful

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14
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double-edged

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à double tranchant

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to hug

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serrer dans ses bras

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tentative

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hésitant

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doggerel

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vers de mirliton

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a emcee

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l’animateur de télévision, maître de cérémonie

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tux

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un smoking

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to clutch

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agripper

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wolf-grinning

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sourire de loup

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shimmering

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chatoyant, scintillant

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to flank

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flanquer

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rabble-rousing

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démagogie, incitation à la violence

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raucous

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tapageur, rauque, grinçant

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fund-raiser

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un collecteur de fonds

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to coo

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roucouler

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craked up

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fissuré, a éclaté de rire

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to nudge

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donner un coup de coude

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precarious

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précaire, dangereux

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hushed

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étouffé

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a dazzle-gown

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une robe éblouissante

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wistful

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mélancolique, nostalgique

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squinting

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plisser les yeux

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doorframe

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cadre de la porte

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rhinestone

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faux diamant

37
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to defray

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payer, rembourser, couvrir