step_3_oral_exam_preparation Flashcards

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un problème inextricable, un casse-tête

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a conundrum

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un point discutable

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a moot point

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une mise en garde

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a warning

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un sujet d’importance capital

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a matter of prime importance

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un sujet qui inquiète tout le monde

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a matter of common concern

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une réalité qui est entrée dans les moeurs

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a fact of life

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la presse écrite

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print journalism

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un tableau, un graphique

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a chart

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un taux

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a rate

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un slogan accrocheur

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a catchword/ a catchphrase

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une affirmation qui est en dessous de la vérité (une litote)

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an understatement

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un cliché

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a cliché, a stereotype

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donner un aperçu de…

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to give an insight into

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mettre en lumière

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to highlight/ to spotlight

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se concentrer sur

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to focus on

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faire remarquer que

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to point out that

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insister sur

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to dwell on

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éclairer (un problème)

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to shed light on

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souligner

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to stress
to underline
to emphasize
to lay emphasis on
to underscore
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impliquer

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to suggest

to imply that

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déduire

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to infer