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Literature Flashcards

1
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les mémoires (m)

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memoirs

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la biographie (f)

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biography

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l’autobiographie (f)

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autobiography

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le journal

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diary, journal

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le roman

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novel

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le conte

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tale

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la nouvelle

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short story

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la fable

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fable

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la parabole

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parable

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l’allégorie (f)

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allegory

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le traité

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treatise

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l’étude (f)

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study

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l’essai (m)

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essay

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la dissertation

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dissertation

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le drame

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drama

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la pièce

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play

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la tragédie

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tragedy

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la comédie

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comedy

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le mélodrame

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melodrama

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la satire

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satire

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le pamphlet

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pamphlet

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le polar

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detective story

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le roman policier

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detective novel

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le roman à suspense

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thriller

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le roman courtois

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courtly romance

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romanesque

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novelistic

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l’oeuvre de jeunesse (f)

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early work

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le recueil

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anthology

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l’anthologie (f)

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anthology

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la collection

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collection

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le conte de fée

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fairy story

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l’histoire de revenants (f)

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ghost story

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l’historiette (f)

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little story, anecdote

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l’utopie (f)

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utopia

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utopique

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utopian

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la distopie

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distopia

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distopique

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distopian

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le poème

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poem

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la ballade

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ballad

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l’élégie (f)

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elegy

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l’épigramme (f)

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epigram

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l’ode (f)

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ode

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le vers

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line

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la strophe

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stanza

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la stance

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stanza

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le couplet

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couplet

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le refrain

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refrain

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en vers rimés

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in rhyming verse

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en vers blancs

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in blank verse

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l’épopée (f)

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epic

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les droits d’auteur (m)

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royalties

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la narration

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narration

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le narrateur/la narratrice

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narrator

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le romancier/la romancière

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novelist

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le conteur/la conteuse

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story-teller

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le/la nouvelliste

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short-story writer

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le/la dramaturge

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dramatist

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le/la poète

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poet

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le ménestrel

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minstrel

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le trouvère

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trouvère

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le troubadour

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troubadour

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le/la mémorialiste

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memoralist, memoirs-writer

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le/la biographe

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biographer

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l’essayiste (m/f)

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essayist

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le chroniqueur, la chroniqueuse

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chronicler

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le compilateur, la compilatrice

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compiler

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le plan

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plan

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la rédaction

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draft

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l’intrigue (f)

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plot

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l’épisode (m)

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episode

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le scénario

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scenario

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l’acte (m)

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act

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la scène

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scene

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la couleur locale

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local colour

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la structure d’ensemble

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overall structure

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le thème sous-jacent

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underlying theme

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le motif

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motif

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la préface

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preface

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le chapitre

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chapter

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la table des matières

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contents

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la citation

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quotation

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un style élevé

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elevated style

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un style simple

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simple/plain style

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un style sobre

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sober style

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un style limpide

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clear/limpid style

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un style plat

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dull/lifeless style

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un style banal

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trite style

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un style monotone

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monotonous style

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un style sec

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dry style

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un style prosaïque

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pedestrian style

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bref et direct

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short and to the point

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dépeindre

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to depict

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accroître la tension

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to increase the tension

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soutenir l’intérêt

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to maintain the interest

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traiter de

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to deal with

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esquisser

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to outline

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développer

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to develop

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signaler

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to point out

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mettre en évidence

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highlight

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les figures de rhétorique (f)

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rhetorical figures

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l’antithèse (f)

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antithesis

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le contraste

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contrast

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la comparaison

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comparison

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établir une comparaison entre

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to draw a comparison between

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l’exagération (f)

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exaggeration

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le paradoxe

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paradox

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la métaphore

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metaphor

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la métonymie

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metonymy

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l’onomatopée (f)

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onomatopoeia

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onomatopéique

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onomatopoeic

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le canevas

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framework, basic structure

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le fil du récit

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narrative thread

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le cadre

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setting

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l’arrière-plan

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background

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le retour en arrière

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flashback

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le rebondissement

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sudden development, twist

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le personnage à facettes

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rounded character

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la peinture des personnages

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characterisation

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l’action centrale (f)

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the main plot

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l’intrigue secondaire (f)

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sub plot

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un récit coloré

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vivid/colourful account

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un style concis

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concise style

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un style laconique

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laconic style

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un style cadencé

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rhythmic style

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un style coulant

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flowing style

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un style pompeux

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pompous/bombastic style

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un style négligé

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slovenly style

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un style animé

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lively style

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un style vigoureux

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forceful style

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un style prétentieux

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pretentious style

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novateur, novatrice

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innovative

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peu enthousiasmant

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uninspiring

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déroutant

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confusing

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peu logique

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inconsistent

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peu convaincant

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unconvincing

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imagé

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colourful

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soutenir la comparaison avec

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to bear comparison with

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une analyse fouillée

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searching analysis

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approfondi

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far-reaching

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une peinture sommaire

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broad delineation

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une tranche de vie

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slice of life

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l’engagement (m)

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commitment

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s’inspirer de la réalité

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to be drawn from life

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faire ressortir

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to highlight

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faire valoir

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to highlight

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accentuer

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to emphasise

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effleurer un sujet

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to touch on a subject

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élucider un mystère

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to explain a mystery

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éclairer les motifs de quelqu’un

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to shed light on someone’s motives

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un style lapidaire

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terse/succinct style

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un style diffus

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diffuse/wordy style

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un style prolixe

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wordy style

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un style décousu

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disjointed style

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un style ampoulé

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turgid/bombastic style

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un style guindé

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stilted style

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un style maniéré

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mannered style

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un style embarrassé

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convoluted style

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un style piquant

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racy style

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un style osé

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daring style

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un style saccadé

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jerky, staccato style

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un style haché

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broken/halting style

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un style entrecoupé

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broken/halting style

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un style alambiqué

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convoluted style

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un style tarabiscoté

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fussy/ornate style

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un style surchargé

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ornate

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un morceau de bravoure

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purple passage

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forcé

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far-fetched

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tiré par les cheveux

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far-fetched

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rebattu

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hackneyed

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le lieu commun

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commonplace

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larmoyant

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maudlin

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boursouflé

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turgid

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tramer une intrigue

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to weave a plot

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avoir des longueurs

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to drag in places

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passer du coq à l’âne

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to jump from one subject to another

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faire du remplissage

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to pad out

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soulever des controverses

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to be controversial

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faire grand cas de quelque chose

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to make much of

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