Books & Movies Flashcards

1
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un chef d’oe

A

a masterpiece

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2
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une superproduction

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a mammoth production

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3
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un navet

A

a dud

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4
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un film (illégal) sadique montrant des sévices

A

a snuff movie

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5
Q

rapporter de l’argent

A

to rake in

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6
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un amateur de musées

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a museum goer

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7
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avoir peu d’enthousiasme pour qqchose

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to be halfhearted about sth

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8
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un nègre

A

a ghost writer

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9
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les rebondissements de l’intrigue

A

the twists and turns

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10
Q

se dérouler

A

to unfold

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11
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une chute

A

an anticlimax

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12
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captivant

A

gripping

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13
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ennuyant

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tedious, boring

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14
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de second rang

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second-rate

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15
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tiré par les cheveux

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far-fetched

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16
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le tirage d’un livre

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the print run of a book

17
Q

épuisé

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out of print

18
Q

être en tête des ventes

A

to top the charts

19
Q

un engouement momentané

A

nine days wonder

20
Q

érudit

A

bookish

21
Q

une histoire à dormir debout

A

a cock-and-bull story