M&I fiche 11 Flashcards

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un compte rendu

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an account

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une chute, une retombée

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an anticlimax

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une évaluation

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an assessment

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mesuré

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balanced

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sans ambages

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blunt

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pompeux, grandiloquent

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bombastic, pompous

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une phrase accrocheuse, une formule toute faite

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a catchphrase

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lucide, clairvoyant, réaliste

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clear-sighted

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un point culminant

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a climax

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un recueil de poèmes

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a collection of poems

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informel, familier (2)

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colloquial, informal

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une chronique, une rubrique

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a column

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avec concision

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concisely

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argumentation cohérente

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consistent arguments

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compatible avec

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consistent with

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méprisant (2)

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contemptuous, scornful

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une controverse, une polémique

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a controversy

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sévèrement

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critically

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un roman policier

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a detective story

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une divergence

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a discrepancy

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désobligeant

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disparaging

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une ambiguïté, un mot à double sens

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a double-entendre

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consciencieux, sincère

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earnest

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un extrait de

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an excerpt, a passage

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une épopée
an epic
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passionnant (2)
exciting, fascinating
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une métaphore filée
an extended metaphor
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tiré par les cheveux
far-fetched
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un article de fond
a feature article
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une note en bas de page
a footnote
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cassant, sévère
harsh
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les images
the imagery
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une déduction
an inference
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une insinuation
an innuendo
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un monologue intérieur
an interior monologue
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un journal de gauche
a left-wing paper
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enjoué ( 2 )
light-hearted, playful
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l'intrigue principale
the main plot
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mélancolique
melancholy
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une idée fausse
a misconception
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trompeur, mensonger
misleading, deceptive
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un terme inapproprié
a misnomer
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moqueur, railleur
mocking, derisive
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un romancier (2)
a novelist, a writer of fiction
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une comptine
a nursery rhyme
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des critiques acerbes
blunt criticism
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une perspective, un point de vue sur
an outlook on
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franc, direct
plain, outspoken
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exagération
overstatement
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condescendant
patronizing
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sans originalité
pedestrian, prosaic
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vraisemblable
plausible
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un dramaturge
a playwright, a dramatist
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l'essentiel
the point
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vraisemblablement
presumably
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un magazine à sensation
a pulp magazine
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un jeu de mot (3)
a pun a play on words a wordplay
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un journal sérieux
a quality paper
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un critique
a reviewer
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caustique, acerbe
scathing
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le décor
the setting
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une nouvelle
a short story
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une comparaison
a simile, a comparison
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l'argot
slang
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larmoyant
soppy
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une petite phrase
a sound bite
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le jeu des sonorités
sound patterns
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faux, feints
spurious
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corseté, recherché (2)
stilted, elaborate
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un personnage stéréotypé
a stock character
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simple, honnête, franc
straightforward
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frappant, saisissant
striking, arresting
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l'intrigue secondaire
the subplot
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révélateur
telling
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un roman de série noire
a thriller
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justifier, expliquer
to account for
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préconiser
to advocate
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équivaloir à, revenir à s'élever à
to amount to
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suggérer, évoquer
to be suggestive of
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provoquer
to bring about
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commenter
to comment on
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rappeler, évoquer
to conjure up
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se composer de
to consist of
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transmettre, faire passer
to convey
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tourner en dérision (2)
to deride, to ridicule