Les Mains Sales: Plot and Structure Vocab Flashcards

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Un récit encardré

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A framed narrative

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L’essentiel des Mains Sales est un flashback

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The main part of LMS is a flashback

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Un retour en arriére encadré par deux tableaux

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A flashback framed by 2 acts

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La piéce est divisée en sept tableaux, divisés en 29 scénes

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The play is divided into seven acts, divided into 29 scenes

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Cette division souligne les phases différentes de l’action

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This division emphasises the different stages of the plot

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Le public

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The audience

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7
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Au début/ à la fin

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At the start/ at the end

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Le point culminant

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The climax

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La dialogue

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The dialogue

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10
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L’ironie dramatique

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Dramatic irony

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Tendu

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Tense

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12
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Le suspense

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suspense

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13
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Imprévu

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Unforeseen

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14
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Un compte à rebours

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A countdown

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Une heure limite

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A deadline

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16
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Remonter dans le passé

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To go back in time

17
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Reprendre haleine

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To get one’s breath back

18
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Tenir quelqu’un en haleine/en suspense

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To keep someone in suspense

19
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une détonation éclate

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An explosion goes off

20
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manquer son coup

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To miss one’s chance

21
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tourner le dos exprès

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To turn one’s back on purpose

22
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tirer sur quelqu’un

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To shoot someone