Literature and literary analysis and appreciation Flashcards

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un auteur dramatique

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a dramatist, a playwright

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écrire pour le théâtre

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to write for the stage

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adapter un roman (pour la scène, la télévision)

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to dramatize a novel

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des jeux de scène

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business

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les personnages

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dramatis personae, characters

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la distribution

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the cast

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attribuer le rôle de

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to cast so. in the part of

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mettre en scène un personnage

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to stage a character

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monter une pièce

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to stage a play

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le premier rôle

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the lead, the leading role

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un rôle secondaire, un petit rôle

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a minor part

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des accessoires de théâtre

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properties, props

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un aparté

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an aside

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une réplique

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a rejoinder, a line

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savoir son texte

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to know one’s lines

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16
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j’ai eu un trou de mémoire

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my mind went blank, I dried up

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17
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le comique de situation

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situation comedy

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18
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le comique de répétition

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running joke

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la bouffonerie, le gros comique

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slapstick

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un mauvais acteur

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a ham, a ham actor

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21
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en faire trop sur scène

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to ham (it up)

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exagérer

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to overdo a scene

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déclamer, tempêter

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to rant

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faire des pitreries

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to clown about

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25
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une saynette

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a playlet

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une parodie

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a skit

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l’opéra comique

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light opera

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l’opérette

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operetta

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une chute, une retombée

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an anticlimax

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30
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un rebondissement inattendu

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a twist

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31
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un romancier

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a novelist

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32
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un roman à 2 sous

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a novelette

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un roman de cape et d’épée, d’espionnage

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a cloak-and-dagger story

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un “polar”

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a whodunit

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un indice

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a clue, a pointer

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36
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élucider un mystère

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to unravel a mystery

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37
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un feuilleton (à la télé)

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a serial

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38
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les épisodes

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instalments

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39
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a three-decker

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un roman en trois volumes (roman conventionnel victorien)

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un scénariste

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a scriptwriter

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un récit

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a narrative

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42
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un rebondissement

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a sudden development

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43
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traduire les émotions du personnage

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to convey the character’s emotions

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44
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l’art du portrait, de la représentation des personnages

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characterization

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45
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l’agencement des rimes

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the rhyme scheme

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46
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un alexandrin

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an alexandrine

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47
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la forme et le fond

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manner and matter

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48
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une petite chanson

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a ditty

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49
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une satire

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a lampoon

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50
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une oeuvre de jeunesse

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an early work

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51
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un recueil, une sélection, une anthologie

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a miscellany

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52
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des mélanges littéraires

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miscellanies

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53
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l’engagement (personnel)

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commitment

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54
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un portrait, une peinture de personnage

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a portrayal

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une analyse fouillée, minutieuse

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a thorough analysis

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un aperçu révélateur de la psychologie du personnage

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an illuminating insight into the character’s psychology

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une peinture sommaire

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a rough delineation

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la vraisemblance

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verisimilitude

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vraisemblable

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plausible, convincing

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60
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illogique

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inconsistent

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pertinent

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apt

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une atmosphère de tristesse imprègne, envahit l’histoire

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an atmosphere of sadness permeates, pervades the story

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personne sombre/lumière tamisée

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subdued

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larmoyant

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maudlin

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trop sentimental, fade

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mawkish

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désillusion, déception, chute du sublime au ridicule

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bathos

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les sentiments prêtés à la nature

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pathetic fallacy

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cinglant

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gaudy

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factice, paré d’un faux éclat

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meretricious

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d’un goût douteux, tapageur

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flashy

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prétentieux, à effet

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flatulent

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boursoufflé, surchargé

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turgid, cloyed

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enchevêtré

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entangled

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lourd, ampoulé

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ponderous, bombastic, high-flown

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la grandiloquence

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bombast

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lourd, pesant, indigeste

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stodgy

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une histoire sans queue ni tête

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a cock-and-bull story

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décousu

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disconnected, rambling

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une bizarrerie

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a quirk

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curieux, bizarre, particulier

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peculiar

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81
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s’égarer

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to wander from the point

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82
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du remplissage

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padding

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83
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de la littérature alimentaire

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a pot-boiler

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84
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d’étendue très limitée

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very narrow in scope

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banal, plat

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trite

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86
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mal exprimé

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badly put

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87
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creux, manquant de substance

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flimsy

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simpliste, puéril

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jejune

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brusque, abrupt

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curt

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agaçant

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irksome

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épuisant

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toilsome

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dépourvu d’intérêt

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devoid of interest

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terne

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drab

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terre à terre

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down-to-earth

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le livre a des longueurs

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the book in lengthy in places

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prolixe, long et ennuyeux

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wordy, verbose

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des affirmations sans fondement

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groundless assertions

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obscur, complexe, difficile

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recondite, abstruse

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peu naturel, guindé, emprunté

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stilted

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vieillot

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antiquated

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ultramoderne, dernier-cri

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new-fangled

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paillard

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bawdy

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déplacé, de mauvais goût

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indecorous

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risible, ridicule

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ludicrous

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105
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un thème sous-jacent

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an underlying theme

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106
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disserter sur, discourir de

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to expatitate upon

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107
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aborder un sujet d’importance

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to take up a matter of moment

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108
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pour le dire en deux mots

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to put it in a nutshell

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109
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l’essentiel, le point central

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the core, the gist, the crux of the matter

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bref et direct

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short and to the point

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laconique

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terse

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convaincant

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cogent

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suggérer

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to intimate

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114
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conduire une histoire

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to handle a story

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imaginer, inventer une intrigue adroite

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to devise a clever plot

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116
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révélateur, éloquent, efficace

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telling

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avancer à une allure étourdissante

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to proceed at a breathtaking pace

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accroître/détendre la tension

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to heighten, to ease off the tension

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l’intérêt tombe, baisse

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the interest flags

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interminable

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long-winded

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manifester, faire preuve de qqch.

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to evince sth.

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122
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effleurer un sujet

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to touch on a subject

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rabâcher qqch.

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to harp on sth.

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124
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une parodie de

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a skit on

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125
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piquant, osé

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racy

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un quolibet

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a quip

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un défaut

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a shortcoming

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une marotte, une manie

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a foible

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une figure de style

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a stylistic device

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une oxymore

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an oxymoron

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un chiasme

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a chiasmus

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une synecdoque

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a syncechdoche

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une parabole

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a parable

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134
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l’euphémisme

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understatement

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châtié

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chastened

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plein de panache, de fougue

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dashing

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élevé, noble

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lofty

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haché, entrecoupé

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broken, halting

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précieux

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ephuistic

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tiré par les cheveux

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far-fetched

141
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trop travaillé

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overwrought

142
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:

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colon

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;

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semi-colon

144
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full stop, period

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?

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question mark

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!

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exclamation mark

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quotation marks, inverted commas

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ouvrez/fermez les guillements

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quote/unquote

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( )

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brackets

150
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  • (tiret)
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dash

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  • (trait d’union)
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hyphen

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une expression

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a phrase

153
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un proverbe

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a saying

154
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essuyer le feu des critiques

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to run the gaunlet of criticism

155
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plagier

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to plagiarize

156
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être à la limite du plagiat

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to border on plagiarism

157
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se montrer indulgent envers

A

to make allowances for

158
Q

une éloge, une apologie

A

an eulogy

159
Q

laudatif, élogieux

A

laudatory

160
Q

trouver à redire

A

to find sth. exceptionable

161
Q

dénigrer

A

to cast aspersions on

162
Q

faire des commentaires acerbes, cinglants

A

to make scathing comments

163
Q

une question controversée

A

a vexed question

164
Q

déformer les pensées de qqun.

A

to distort so.’s views

165
Q

nuancer une déclaration

A

to qualify a statement

166
Q

moqueur

A

derisive

167
Q

omettre

A

to omit

168
Q

ne pas rendre justice à

A

to fail to do justice to

169
Q

se terminer

A

to wind up

170
Q

a dramatist, a playwright

A

un auteur dramatique

171
Q

to write for the stage

A

écrire pour le théâtre

172
Q

to dramatize a novel

A

adapter un roman (pour la scène, la télévision)

173
Q

business

A

des jeux de scène

174
Q

dramatis personae, characters

A

les personnages

175
Q

the cast

A

la distribution

176
Q

to cast so. in the part of

A

attribuer le rôle de

177
Q

to stage a character

A

mettre en scène un personnage

178
Q

to stage a play

A

monter une pièce

179
Q

the lead, the leading role

A

le premier rôle

180
Q

a minor part

A

un rôle secondaire, un petit rôle

181
Q

properties, props

A

des accessoires de théâtre

182
Q

an aside

A

un aparté

183
Q

a rejoinder, a line

A

une réplique

184
Q

to know one’s lines

A

savoir son texte

185
Q

my mind went blank, I dried up

A

j’ai eu un trou de mémoire

186
Q

situation comedy

A

le comique de situation

187
Q

running joke

A

le comique de répétition

188
Q

slapstick

A

la bouffonerie, le gros comique

189
Q

a ham, a ham actor

A

un mauvais acteur

190
Q

to ham (it up)

A

en faire trop sur scène

191
Q

to overdo a scene

A

exagérer

192
Q

to rant

A

déclamer, tempêter

193
Q

to clown about

A

faire des pitreries

194
Q

a playlet

A

une saynette

195
Q

a skit

A

une parodie

196
Q

light opera

A

l’opéra comique

197
Q

operetta

A

l’opérette

198
Q

an anticlimax

A

une chute, une retombée

199
Q

a twist

A

un rebondissement inattendu

200
Q

a novelist

A

un romancier

201
Q

a novelette

A

un roman à 2 sous

202
Q

a cloak-and-dagger story

A

un roman de cape et d’épée, d’espionnage

203
Q

a whodunit

A

un “polar”

204
Q

a clue, a pointer

A

un indice

205
Q

to unravel a mystery

A

élucider un mystère

206
Q

a serial

A

un feuilleton (à la télé)

207
Q

instalments

A

les épisodes

208
Q

un roman en trois volumes (roman conventionnel victorien)

A

a three-decker

209
Q

a scriptwriter

A

un scénariste

210
Q

a narrative

A

un récit

211
Q

a sudden development

A

un rebondissement

212
Q

to convey the character’s emotions

A

traduire les émotions du personnage

213
Q

characterization

A

l’art du portrait, de la représentation des personnages

214
Q

the rhyme scheme

A

l’agencement des rimes

215
Q

an alexandrine

A

un alexandrin

216
Q

manner and matter

A

la forme et le fond

217
Q

a ditty

A

une petite chanson

218
Q

a lampoon

A

une satire

219
Q

an early work

A

une oeuvre de jeunesse

220
Q

a miscellany

A

un recueil, une sélection, une anthologie

221
Q

miscellanies

A

des mélanges littéraires

222
Q

commitment

A

l’engagement (personnel)

223
Q

a portrayal

A

un portrait, une peinture de personnage

224
Q

a thorough analysis

A

une analyse fouillée, minutieuse

225
Q

an illuminating insight into the character’s psychology

A

un aperçu révélateur de la psychologie du personnage

226
Q

a rough delineation

A

une peinture sommaire

227
Q

verisimilitude

A

la vraisemblance

228
Q

plausible, convincing

A

vraisemblable

229
Q

inconsistent

A

illogique

230
Q

apt

A

pertinent

231
Q

an atmosphere of sadness permeates, pervades the story

A

une atmosphère de tristesse imprègne, envahit l’histoire

232
Q

subdued

A

personne sombre/lumière tamisée

233
Q

maudlin

A

larmoyant

234
Q

mawkish

A

trop sentimental, fade

235
Q

bathos

A

désillusion, déception, chute du sublime au ridicule

236
Q

pathetic fallacy

A

les sentiments prêtés à la nature

237
Q

gaudy

A

cinglant

238
Q

meretricious

A

factice, paré d’un faux éclat

239
Q

flashy

A

d’un goût douteux, tapageur

240
Q

flatulent

A

prétentieux, à effet

241
Q

turgid, cloyed

A

boursoufflé, surchargé

242
Q

entangled

A

enchevêtré

243
Q

ponderous, bombastic, high-flown

A

lourd, ampoulé

244
Q

bombast

A

la grandiloquence

245
Q

stodgy

A

lourd, pesant, indigeste

246
Q

a cock-and-bull story

A

une histoire sans queue ni tête

247
Q

disconnected, rambling

A

décousu

248
Q

a quirk

A

une bizarrerie

249
Q

peculiar

A

curieux, bizarre, particulier

250
Q

to wander from the point

A

s’égarer

251
Q

padding

A

du remplissage

252
Q

a pot-boiler

A

de la littérature alimentaire

253
Q

very narrow in scope

A

d’étendue très limitée

254
Q

trite

A

banal, plat

255
Q

badly put

A

mal exprimé

256
Q

flimsy

A

creux, manquant de substance

257
Q

jejune

A

simpliste, puéril

258
Q

curt

A

brusque, abrupt

259
Q

irksome

A

agaçant

260
Q

toilsome

A

épuisant

261
Q

devoid of interest

A

dépourvu d’intérêt

262
Q

drab

A

terne

263
Q

down-to-earth

A

terre à terre

264
Q

the book in lengthy in places

A

le livre a des longueurs

265
Q

wordy, verbose

A

prolixe, long et ennuyeux

266
Q

groundless assertions

A

des affirmations sans fondement

267
Q

recondite, abstruse

A

obscur, complexe, difficile

268
Q

stilted

A

peu naturel, guindé, emprunté

269
Q

antiquated

A

vieillot

270
Q

new-fangled

A

ultramoderne, dernier-cri

271
Q

bawdy

A

paillard

272
Q

indecorous

A

déplacé, de mauvais goût

273
Q

ludicrous

A

risible, ridicule

274
Q

an underlying theme

A

un thème sous-jacent

275
Q

to expatitate upon

A

disserter sur, discourir de

276
Q

to take up a matter of moment

A

aborder un sujet d’importance

277
Q

to put it in a nutshell

A

pour le dire en deux mots

278
Q

the core, the gist, the crux of the matter

A

l’essentiel, le point central

279
Q

short and to the point

A

bref et direct

280
Q

terse

A

laconique

281
Q

cogent

A

convaincant

282
Q

to intimate

A

suggérer

283
Q

to handle a story

A

conduire une histoire

284
Q

to devise a clever plot

A

imaginer, inventer une intrigue adroite

285
Q

telling

A

révélateur, éloquent, efficace

286
Q

to proceed at a breathtaking pace

A

avancer à une allure étourdissante

287
Q

to heighten, to ease off the tension

A

accroître/détendre la tension

288
Q

the interest flags

A

l’intérêt tombe, baisse

289
Q

long-winded

A

interminable

290
Q

to evince sth.

A

manifester, faire preuve de qqch.

291
Q

to touch on a subject

A

effleurer un sujet

292
Q

to harp on sth.

A

rabâcher qqch.

293
Q

a skit on

A

une parodie de

294
Q

racy

A

piquant, osé

295
Q

a quip

A

un quolibet

296
Q

a shortcoming

A

un défaut

297
Q

a foible

A

une marotte, une manie

298
Q

a stylistic device

A

une figure de style

299
Q

an oxymoron

A

une oxymore

300
Q

a chiasmus

A

un chiasme

301
Q

a syncechdoche

A

une synecdoque

302
Q

a parable

A

une parabole

303
Q

understatement

A

l’euphémisme

304
Q

chastened

A

châtié

305
Q

dashing

A

plein de panache, de fougue

306
Q

lofty

A

élevé, noble

307
Q

broken, halting

A

haché, entrecoupé

308
Q

ephuistic

A

précieux

309
Q

far-fetched

A

tiré par les cheveux

310
Q

overwrought

A

trop travaillé

311
Q

colon

A

:

312
Q

semi-colon

A

;

313
Q

.

A

full stop, period

314
Q

question mark

A

?

315
Q

exclamation mark

A

!

316
Q

quotation marks, inverted commas

A

317
Q

quote/unquote

A

ouvrez/fermez les guillements

318
Q

brackets

A

( )

319
Q

dash

A
  • (tiret)
320
Q

hyphen

A
  • (trait d’union)
321
Q

a phrase

A

une expression

322
Q

a saying

A

un proverbe

323
Q

to run the gaunlet of criticism

A

essuyer le feu des critiques

324
Q

to plagiarize

A

plagier

325
Q

to border on plagiarism

A

être à la limite du plagiat

326
Q

to make allowances for

A

se montrer indulgent envers

327
Q

an eulogy

A

une éloge, une apologie

328
Q

laudatory

A

laudatif, élogieux

329
Q

to find sth. exceptionable

A

trouver à redire

330
Q

to cast aspersions on

A

dénigrer

331
Q

to make scathing comments

A

faire des commentaires acerbes, cinglants

332
Q

a vexed question

A

une question controversée

333
Q

to distort so.’s views

A

déformer les pensées de qqun.

334
Q

to qualify a statement

A

nuancer une déclaration

335
Q

derisive

A

moqueur

336
Q

to omit

A

omettre

337
Q

to fail to do justice to

A

ne pas rendre justice à

338
Q

to wind up

A

se terminer