The Media Flashcards

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La presse

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The print media, the press

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Un quotidien

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A daily

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Un hebdomadaire

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A weekly

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Un mensuel

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A monthly

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Un quotidien populaire = un tabloid

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A tabloid

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La presse à scandale

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The gutter press

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La presse à grand tirage

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The popular press

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Une feuille de chou

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A rag

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Une coupure de presse

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A newspaper cutting, a press clipping

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Une magnat de la presse

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A press tycoon (= baron = magnate)

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Un commentateur

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A commentator = a news analyst

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Un dénicheur de scandales

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A muckracker

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Un chroniqueur

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A columnist

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Le rédacteur en chef

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The chief editor

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Un communiqué de presse

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A press release

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Un article de presse

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A press article

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Une chronique = une colonne

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A column

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Une information

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A news item

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Un quotidien spécialisé

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A journal

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Un journal de qualité

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A broadsheet, a quality paper

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Le tirage

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The circulation

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Un lanceur d’alerte

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A whistleblower

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Un pigiste

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A freelance

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Un correspondant à l’étranger

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A foreign correspondent

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Un attaché de presse

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A press officer

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L’éditeur

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The publisher

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Une agence de presse

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A press agency = a news agency

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La ligne éditorial

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The editorial line = the editorial policy

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Un éditorial

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A leading article = an editorial

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Un article de fond

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A feature article

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Le matraquage médiatique (battage)

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Media hype

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La couverture médiatique

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Media coverage

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Les lecteurs = le lectorat

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The readership

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Un gros titre

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A headline

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Un sous-titre

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A sub-heading

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Un encadré

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A box

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Un encart

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An insert

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Un sujet

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A topic

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39
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La liberté de la presse

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Press freedom

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40
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Le journalisme à sensations

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Yellow jounalism

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Un bulletin d’informations

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A news bulletin

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Une émission en direct

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A live show

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Un réseau de chaînes de TV ou radio

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A network

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Les prévisions météo

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The weather forecast

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Un déferlement médiatique

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A buzz = a media craze

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Un débat

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A talkshow

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Une publicité

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A commercial, an ad(vert(isement))

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L’info-spectacle

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Infotainment

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Un titre

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A heading

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Une rubrique

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A section

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Une photographie

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A photograph

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Un dessin humoristique

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A cartoon

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Une question, un numéro (parution)

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An issue

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Une fuite

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A leak

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Un préjugé

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A prejudice

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L’alarmiste

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Scaremongering

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La quête du sensationnel

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Sensationalism

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La censure

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Censorship

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Une interdiction

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A ban

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Un flash info

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A news flash

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Un présentateur

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A presenter = an announcer

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Le(a) présentateur(rice) d’informations

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The newsman/woman, an anchorman/woman, a news anchor

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Un animateur

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A host

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Une publicité informative

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An infomercial

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Le doublage son

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Dubbing

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L’audimat, la mesure d’audience

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The ratings

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Un pantouflard (devant la TV)

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A couch potato

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Bande-son (sonore)

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The soundtrack

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Un forfait téléphonique

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A fixed rate
A subscription
A (monthly) deal, plan

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Un répondeur

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An answering machine

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Journaux gratuits

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Freebies

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La bande son (écrite)

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The score

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Un téléphone à carte prépayée

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A prepaid phone

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Une cabine téléphonique

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A phonebooth

75
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L’annuaire

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The directory

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Immoralité, vulgarité, sordide

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Sleaze

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Partial, tendancieux

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Biased

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Digne de confiance

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Trustworthy

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Fiable

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Reliable

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Impartial, objectif

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Unbiased

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Peu intellectuel

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Lowbrow

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Non fiable

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Unreliable

83
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Faire la une = faire les gros titres

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To hit the headlines

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Mener une enquête

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To investigate

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Couvrir un événement

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To cover an event

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Traquer

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To stalk

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Révéler

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To reveal = to disclose

To expose

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Falsifier

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To tamper

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Étouffer quelque chose

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To hush up something

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Publier en exclusivité

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To scoop

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Sensibiliser l’opinion publique

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To sensitize public opinion

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Enregistrer

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To record = to video

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Zapper

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To channel-hop = to zap

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Faire un reportage sur

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To report on

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Interdire

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To ban

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Composer un numéro

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To dial a number

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Rappeler

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To call back

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Raccrocher

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To hang up
To ring off
To put down

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Chercher un numéro

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To look up a number

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Rester en ligne

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To hold the line

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Décrocher

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To pick up the phone

To lift the phone

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Faire avancer = passer à

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To press on with

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Connaître une ascension spectaculaire

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To go from rags to riches

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Être divulgué

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To leak out

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Faire le fier, fanfaronner, se vanter

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To show off = to boast = to brag

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Faire visiter

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To show somebody round

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Se manifester = être visible

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To show up

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Faire honte à quelqu’un

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To show somebody up

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Un vote à main levées

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A show of hands

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Servir de tremplin à

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To showcase

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Être tiré d’affaire

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To be off the hook

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Rendre visite à

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To make a call on somebody
To pay a call on somebody
To visit

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Il s’en est fallu de peu = on a eu chaud = c’était moins une

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It was a close call

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Ça se fête

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This calls for a celebration

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Laisser tomber quelque chose

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Call something off

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Une comparaison

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A simile

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Le point de vue

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The focus = the point of view

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Un critique

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A critic

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Un éloge

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A praise

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Le sous-titre

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The subtitle

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Un grand titre

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A headline

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Le compte-rendu du journaliste

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The journalist’s account

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La presse de qualité

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The quality press