87 - Presenting and analysing a visual document Flashcards

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dans le coin..
en haut à droite
en bas à droite
en haut à gauche
en bas à gauche

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en haut à droite : in the top right(-hand) corner
en bas à droite : in the bottom right(-hand) corner
en haut à gauche : in the top left(-hand) corner
en bas à gauche : in the bottom left(-hand) corner

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la partie supérieure vs. inférieure

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the upper vs lower section

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au premier plan
au second plan
à l’arrière-plan

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au premier plan : in the foreground
au second plan : in the middle ground
à l’arrière-plan : in the background

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le contour est clair vs. flou

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the outline is clear-cut vs blurred

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clair obscur

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chiaroscuro

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effet d’ombre et de lumière

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light and shade effect

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le motif central

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the central motive

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mène tout naturelllement à une ligne de fuite

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natually leads to the vanishing line

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joue sur la perspective pour tromper l’oeil

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plays with perspective to confuse the eye

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encadrer

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to frame

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l’oeil de l’observateur est attiré par

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the observer’s eye is drawn to….

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se découper sur le ciel

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the be silhouetted against

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se détacher sur un fond de verdure

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to stand out against a background of greenery

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un montage

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a montage

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autoportrait

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self-portrait

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un dessin humouristique

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une bande dessinnéee

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a comic strip

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en quelques lignes, le dessinateur

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with a few strokes, the cartoonist

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dans les bulles

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in the speech balloons

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déboire

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une parodie

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assimiler à

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likens x to something

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subversif

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subversive

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l’agencement des lignes

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the arrangement of the lines

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l'intéret de ce document réside...
the interest of this document lies in...
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légende
clue
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le petit texte publicitaire
the blurb
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rébarbatif
forbidding appearance
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impassible
deadpan
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le peintre souhaite
the painter intends to...
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témoin
a witness
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on peut donc en déduire que
we can therefore infer that...
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exposer
to display