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Littérature & Beaux Arts Flashcards

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Une œuvre

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A work

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Un nègre

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A ghost writer

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Un roman

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A novel

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Un roman d’amour

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A romance

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Un roman à suspens

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A thriller

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Un roman policier

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A detective novel

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Une nouvelle

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A short story

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Des mémoires

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Memoirs

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Poésie

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Poetry

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Un conte

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A tale

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Un point

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A full stop (GB)
A period (US)

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Des points de suspension

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Dots

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Une parenthèse

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A bracket

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Une intrigue

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A plot

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Se dérouler (pour intrigue)

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To unfold

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Le contexte, le décor

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The setting

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Une péripétie

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A twist

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Faire le portrait de

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To portray

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Un méchant

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A villain

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Un vers

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A line

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21
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Une critique

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A review

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Évaluer

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To assess

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Commenter qqchose

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To comment on something

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Citer

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To quote

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Frappant

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Striking

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Banal

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Commonplace

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Faire l’éloge de

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To praise

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Un éditeur

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A publisher

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Épuisé

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Out of print

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Un numéro

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An issue

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Les épreuves

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The proofs

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Les droits d’auteur

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Royalties

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Une librairie
Un libraire

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A bookshop
A bookseller

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Une bibliothèque
Un bibliothécaire

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A library
A librarian

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Les beaux-arts

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Fine arts

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Esthétique

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Aesthetic

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Une œuvre d’art

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A work of art

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Un chef d’œuvre

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A masterpiece

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L’artisanat

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Handicraft

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Un mécène
Un mécénat

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A patron
A patronage

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Une exposition

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An exhibition

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La peinture (substance)

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Paint

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Une toile

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A canvas

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Un pinceau

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A brush

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Représenter qqchose

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To depict, to represent something

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Représenter qqchose

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To depict, to represent something

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Une nature morte

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A still life

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Une fresque

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A fresco

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Un nu

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A nude

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Un cadre

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A frame

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Un atelier

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A studio

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Le marbre

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Marble

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L’argile

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Clay

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Le plâtre

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Plaster

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La terre cuite

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Terracotta

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Un crayon de couleur

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A crayon

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L’encre

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Ink

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Un dessin

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A drawing

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Un dessin humoristique

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A cartoon

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Un morceau

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A piece (of music)

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Un air

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A tune

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La partition

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The music sheet

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Un disque

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A record

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Des enceintes

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Speakers

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Un mélomane

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A music lover

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Fredonner

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To hum

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Une berceuse

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A lullaby

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Une chorale

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A choir

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Un drame

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A drama

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Jouer

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To act

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Une doublure

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An understudy

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Monter une pièce

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To stage a play

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Un rôle

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A part

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Le rôle principal

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The lead

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Une réplique

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A line

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Sur scène

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On stage

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Dans les coulisses

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In the wings, backstage

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Une loge

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A dressing room

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Un bal

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A ball

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Un collant

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Tights

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Un long métrage

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A full-length film

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Tourner un film

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To shoot a film

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Le plateau

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The set

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Un gros plan

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A close-up

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Une cascade
Un cascadeur

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A stunt
A stuntman

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Réaliser
Un réalisateur

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To direct
A director

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Un cinéphile

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A filmenthusiast

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Une pellicule

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A film

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La mise au point

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The focus

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Flou

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Blurred

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Dans le style de

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In the manner of

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Les apparences sont parfois trompeuses

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You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover

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« Les jeux de mots sont la plus haute forme de littérature»

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«Puns are the highest form of lirerature» Hitchcock

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