The Language Of Commentaries And Essays 2 Flashcards

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To be akin to

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Être semblable à

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An analogue

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Un équivalent

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To equate … and …

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Assimiler

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There is a congruence btw

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Il y a une harmonie/comptabilité entre

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A congruence

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Une adéquation

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To be consonant with

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Être en accord avec

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To stand in sharp contrast with

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Se dresser dans une opposition marquée avec

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To set in contraste with

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Se mettre en place en opposition avec

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A disjunction

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Une déconnexion

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To divorce

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Se séparer/ dissocier

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Inconsistent

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Incohérent

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Starkly polarized

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Nettement/ très divisé

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To run counter

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Aller à l’encontre de

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At variance with

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En désaccord/ divergence avec

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A shift

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Un changement

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To be checked by

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Être confirmé par

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To be deflected by

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Être dévier par

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To be mitigated by

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Être mitigé / atténué / nuancé par

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To negate

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Réfuter / annuler

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To offset

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Compenser

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To override

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Passer outre / l’emporter sur

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To qualify

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Nuancer

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To be tinged with

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Être nuancé par

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To town down

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Adoucir

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To be undercut

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Être sapé / affaiblit

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To abound

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Abonder

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A display

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Une déploiement

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To pile up

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Accumuler

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Cliché-ridden

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Plein de clichés

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A string

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Une suite / série

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A blend

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Un mélange

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To be fused with

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Être fusionner avec

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To interpenetrate

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S’entremêler

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Interrelation

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Corrélation

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To interwove

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S’entrelacer

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A balance

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Un équilibre/ contrepoint / compensation

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To foster

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Encourager / promouvoir

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To generate

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Produire

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To be ground

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Être un terrain / une base

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To lies at the roots of

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Être a l’origine de

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The mainsprings of

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Le ressort principal de

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To be prompted

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Être inviter à

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Seminal

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Fondatrice

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To spring from

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Annoncer / déclencher

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To underlie

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Sous-tendre

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Foregone

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Prévisible

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To entail

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Impliquer / entraîner/ causer

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To infer

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Déduire

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To be bought to a pitch of perfection

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Être amener à un niveau de perfection

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To be rendered

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Être rendu

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To impair

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Altérer

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A standpoint

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Une position

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A foreknowledge

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Une prémonition

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The hindsight

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Le recul

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To compel

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Contraindre

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The discerning reader

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Le lecteur clairvoyant

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To elicit

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Obtenir, susciter

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Baffled

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Perplexe

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To overrespond

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Surréagir

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To stir

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Déchaîner / stimuler