(11) Commenting On A Text Flashcards

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Un écrivain

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A writer

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Un auteur

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An author

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Un journaliste

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A journalist

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Un texte

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A text

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Un passage

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A passage

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Un extrait

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An extract/an excerpt

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Un compte-rendu

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An account

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Un essai

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An essay

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Un résumé

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A summary

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Un sujet

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A topic

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Un moyen

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A means

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Un procédé

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A device

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Un sujet/un problème

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An issue

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La portée/l’étendue

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The scope

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Une controverse/une polémique

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A controversy

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Un contraste

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A contrast

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Une contradiction/une divergence

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A discrepancy

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Une thèse

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A thesis (theses)

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Une antithèse

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An antithesis

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Une synthèse

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A synthesis

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L’insistance/l’accent

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The stress/the emphasis

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Une analyse

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An analysis

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Un examen

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An examination

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Une allusion

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An allusion/a hint

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Une critique
A criticism
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Un point essentiel/un argument
A point
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Un point de vue
A viewpoint
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Un paradoxe
A paradox
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Une objection
An objection
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Un préjugé
A prejudice
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Un parti pris
A bias
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Une supposition/une hypothèse
An assumption
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Un but
An aim
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Une cible (objectif)
A target
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Un argument/une dispute
An argument
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Une déclaration
A statement
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Une litote
An understatement
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Un commentaire
A comment
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Une image
An image
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Une comparaison
A comparison
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Une citation
A quotation
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Un mot d’esprit
A witticism
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Une insinuation
An innuendo
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Une ligne/un vers
A line
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Une expression
A phrase
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Une transition
A transition
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Un cliché
A cliché
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Un stéréotype
A stereotype
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Une vue/une perspective (sur)
An outlook (on)
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Une idéologie
An ideology
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Une philosophie
A philosophy
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(In)intéressant
(Un)interesting
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Passionnant
Exciting
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Banal/ordinaire
Commonplace
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Rebattu/galvaudé
Hackneyed
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Forcé/tiré par les cheveux
Far-fetched
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Formal
Formal
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Guindé
High-brow
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Grandiloquent
Bombastic
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Subtil
Subtle
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Familier
Informal/colloquial
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Convaincant
Convincing