LITERATURE Flashcards

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1
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un “nègre”

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a ghost writer

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2
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un premier jet, une ébauche

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a draft

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3
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une suppression

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a deletion

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4
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une faute d’orthographe

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a spelling mistake

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5
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une faute de frappe

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a typing mistake

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6
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une faute d’impression

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a misprint

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7
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une note de bas de page

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a footnote

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8
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un imprimeur

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a printer

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9
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les épreuves

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the proofs

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10
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un éditeur, une maison d’édition

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a publisher

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11
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une agent littéraire

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a book agent

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12
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(re)formuler

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to (re)word/ (re)phrase

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13
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barrer/ rayer/ raturer

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to strike/ cross out

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14
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dédicacer un livre pour qqn

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to sign/ to inscribe a book to sb

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15
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corriger/ réviser un livre

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to edit a book

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16
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enluminer

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to illuminate

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17
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relire, corriger les épreuves

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to proofread

18
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être mis sous presse

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to go press

19
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un romancier, romancière

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a novelist

20
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un roman policier

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a detective novel

21
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un roman d’espionnage

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a spy novel

22
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une nouvelle

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a short story

23
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un recueil

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a collection

24
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un feuilleton

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a serial (story)

25
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une bande dessinée

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a comic (strip)

26
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une intrigue secondaire

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the sub-plot

27
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la narration

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the narrative

28
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le paroxysme de l’action

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the climax

29
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un rebondissement

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a twist

30
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le déroulement de l’histoire

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the unfolding of the story

31
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un tournant

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a turning point

32
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un roman d’aventure, un roman d’amour

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a romance

33
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romanesque, romantique

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romantic, Romantic

34
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dénouer une intrigue

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to unravel a plot

35
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un accent tonique

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a stress

36
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une strophe

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a stanza

37
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la césure

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the caesura

38
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une épopée

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an epic (poem)

39
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une comptine

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a nursery rhyme

40
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un auteur dramatique = un dramaturge

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a playwright = a dramatist