VOC STEVENSON Flashcards by Isée 🐙 | Brainscape

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surpris

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startled

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brouillard

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fog

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ruelle, chemin

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lane

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rêveries, songes

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musing

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qui ruisselle

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streaming

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faire une révérence / s’incliner

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to bow

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taper du pied

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stamp with foot

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brandir

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to brandish

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simiesque (qui tient du singe)

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ape-like

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caniveau / gouttière

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gutter

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captivant, passionnant

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enthralling

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enjoué, gai

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zestful

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une mosaique des conventions de la société victorienne

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a mosaic of Victorian literary conventions

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sans réserve, sans compter

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unsparingly

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montée d’adrénaline, frissons

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nerve tingling

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mélange

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brew

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horrible, repoussant

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gruesome

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éclatant, intense, choquant

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lurid

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courant, répandu

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rife

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un modèle de vertus

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a paragon of virtue

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le grand méchant

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an arch-villain

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ostensiblement

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ostentatiously

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soigneusement, parfaitement

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neatly

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annoncer, proclamer

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to herald

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habilement

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skilfully

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interieur / extérieur action

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indoor / outdoor action

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indirect, par procuration

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vicarious

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ayant un aspect mythique

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mythically charged

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un effect clair-obscur

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chiaroscuro effects

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tirer parti de

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to capitalize on

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regarder vers

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to look back to

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labyrinthe, dédale

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maze

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transformer

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transmute

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de façon provocante

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teasingly

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certitude

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certainty

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prudence

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cautiousness

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caractère pointilleux

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fussiness

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émerveillé, captivé

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spellbound

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rouage

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cog

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insupportable

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unbearable

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detective

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sleuth

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avertissement, leçon

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cautionary tale

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troupeau

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herd

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régressif

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atavistic

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devenir incontrôlable

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to run amok

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céder à

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pander to

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bouc émissaire

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scapegoat