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contradictoire

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contradictory

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controversial

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controversé

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indubitable

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unquestionable

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concis

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concise

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exhaustif/complet

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exhaustive

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proche/voisin

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close

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franc/carré

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outspoken

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désobligeant

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disparaging

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acerbe

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scathing

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intransigeant

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uncompromising

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non-commital

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réservé

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commited

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engagé

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(un)biased

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(im)partial

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cinglant

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sharp

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perspicace

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acute

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pur

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mere

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frappant

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striking

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spirituel

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witty

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claim

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prétendre

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state

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déclarer

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faire passr/communiquer

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to convey

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révéler

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to expose

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justifier

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to account for

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faire allusion à

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to allude to

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s'étendre sur
to dwell on
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faire un digression
to digress
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développer
to enlarge on
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déduire
infer
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découler de
to stem from
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entraîner
to entail
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oublier/négliger
to overlook
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préconiser
to advocate
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élever une objection
to object
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un compte-rendu
an account
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un procédé
a device
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un sujet/problème
issue
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contradiction
discrepancy
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portée, l'étendue
the scope
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insistance/accent
the emphasis
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allusion
allusion/hint
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un point essentiel/argument
a point
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point de vue
viewpoint
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un parti pris/prejudice
a bias
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une supposition
an assumption
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une déclaration
a statement
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une litote
an understatement
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un mot d'esprit
witticism
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une insinuation
an innuendo
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une expression
a phrase
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une perspective
an outlook
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passionant
exciting
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banal
commonplace
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guindé
high-brow
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rebattu/galvaudé
hackneyed
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tiré par les cheveux
far-fetched
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grandiloquent
bombastic
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familier
colloquial/informal
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novelist
romancier
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nouvelliste
short story writer
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caricaturer
caricature
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supposer
suppose
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un poète/une poétesse
a poet
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dramaturge
a playwright
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un critique d'art
an art critic
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un auteur de bandes dessinées
a comic writer
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un critique
a reviewer
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un nègre
a ghost writer
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une anecote
an anecdote
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un (court) tableau
a vignette
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une satire
a satire
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une description/peinture
depiction
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le plagiat
plagiarism
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rime
rhyme
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l'agencement des rimes
the rhyme pattern
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une strophe
a stanza
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un roman policier
a detective story
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un roman noir
a Gothic novel
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une comptine
a nursery rhyme
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une anthologie
a collection of poems
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jeux de sonorités
sound patterns
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une alliteration
an alliteration
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une assonance
an assonance
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narration
narrative
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métaphore
extended/metafor
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récit à la première personne
first-person narrative
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an interior monologue
un monologue intérieur
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intrigue
plot
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péripétie
an episode
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un rebondissement
a development
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paroxysme
climax
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un trait particulier
feature
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discours direct
direct speech
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niveau de langue
register
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argot
slang
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mot à double-entendre
double-entendre
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jeu de mots
a pun
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discours indirect
reported speech
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mettre l'accent sur
to lay the emphasis upon
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adresser une critique à
to level criticism at
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to case for/against
les arguments pour/contre
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a bare statement of facts
un simple énoncé des faits
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à première vue
on the face of it
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the crux/heart of the matter
le noeud de l'affaire
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point discutable
moot point
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tout bien considéré
all things considered
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trompeur
misleading
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faux
spurious
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honnête
straightforward
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sans rapport
irrelevant
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exposer
to expound
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portée/pdv
the scope
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intellectual
high-brow
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un préjugé
a bias
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un compte rendu
an account
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une divergence
a discrepancy
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supposition
assumption
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dispute
argument
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litote
understatement
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mot d'esprit
witticism
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insinuation
innuendo
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outlook
perspective sur
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banal
commonplace
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exciting
passionant
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far-fetched
tiré par les cheveux
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grandiloquent
bombastic
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galvaudé
hackneyed
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the text falls into
le texte se divise en
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aborder
to tackle
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éveiller l'intérêt
to arouse someone's interest
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Cette déclaration a une autre signification moins évidente
there is more to this statement than meets the eye