Document Analysis Flashcards

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La mise en page

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The layout

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Une hyperbole

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A hyperbole

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Une critique

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A criticism

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Une critique mitigée

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A mixed review

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Le titre

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The title of the article

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Un titre

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A heading

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Un jeu de mots

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A pun = a play on words

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Une étude

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A survey

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Une comparaison

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A simile

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Le point de vue

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The focus = the point of view

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Un critique

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A critic

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Un éloge

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A praise

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Le sous-titre

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The subtitle

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Un grand titre

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A headline

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Le compte-rendu du journaliste

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The journalist’s account

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Un dessin humoristique

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A cartoon

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Un dessin

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A drawing

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Une publicité

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An ad(vert(isement))

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Au 1er plan

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On the foreground

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Au 2nd plan

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In the middle-ground

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Le bord

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The edge

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Une photo de mode / de presse / d’archive

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A fashion / handout / archive photo

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Un portrait

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A portrait = a headshot

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Un BD

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A comic strip = a strip cartoon

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Un montage photo
A photomontage
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La couverture
The cover page
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A l’arrière-plan
In the background
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La légende
The caption
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Le titre
The title
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Le coin
The corner
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Une vue / une vue aérienne
A view / an aerial view
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Une gravure
An engraving
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Un camembert
A pie chart
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Un histogramme
A bar chart
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Un graphique
A graph
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Un diagramme
A diagram
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Comique
Comic
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Parodique
Parodic
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Engagé
Committed
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Avant-dernier
Before-last
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Bien exprimé
Well expressed
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Partial
Biased
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Clair
Clear
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Maîtrisé
Controlled
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Décousu
Rambling
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Direct
Straightforward
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Saisissant
Striking
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Risible
Comical
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Classique
Classical
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Spirituel
Witty
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Provocateur
Provocative / challenging
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Mal exprimé
Poorly expressed
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Impartial
Unbiased
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Superficiel, creux
Shallow
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Banal
Commonplace
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Laborieux
Labourious
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Tiré par les cheveux, stéréotypé
Far-fetched / hackneyed
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Intrigant
Puzzling
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Parcourir
To skim = to scan
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Déclencher un événement
To trigger off an event
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Tourner en dérision
To deride something
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Critiquer
To criticise
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Résumer
To sum up
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Faire un brouillon
To make a draft
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Prendre des notes
To take down notes
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Évaluer
To assess
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Témoigner de
To testify to
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Présenter les faits
To present facts
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Se concentrer sur
To focus on
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Souligner, mettre en valeur
To highlight
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Mettre en exergue, souligner
To emphasize
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Mettre en valeur
To enhance
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Aborder, parler de
To deal with
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Donner une impression de
To convey a sense of
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Faire ressortir quelque chose
To bring out something
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Mettre en scène
To stage
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Prendre en compte
To take into account
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Prendre parti pour
To take sides with
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Centrer, cadrer
To center = to frame
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Commencer par
To begin by V+ING
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Rester neutre
To remain neutral
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Avancer l’idée que
To put forward the idea that
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Aborder le problème de
To tackle the issue of
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En venir à
To turn to
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Soulever le problème de
To raise the problem of
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Faire allusion à, faire référence à
To allude to = to refer to
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Établir un parallèle
To draw a parallel with
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Affirmer que
To maintain that / claim that
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S’engager
To commit himself / herself
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Avoir pour but de
To aim at V+ING
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Remarquer
Notice
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Susciter
To arouse
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Suggérer l’idée que
To suggest that
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Remettre en cause
To question
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Avancer des arguments en faveur de / contre
To argue in favour of / against
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Critiquer
To criticize = to pass judgment on
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Opposer différent point de vue
To oppose different viewpoints
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Expliquer
To account for
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Prôner
To advocate
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Soutenir
To support
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Souligner = mettre l’accent sur
To lay stess on = to stress = to point out
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Convaincre
To convince
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Se moquer de
To make fun of = to laugh at
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Véhiculer une idée, une impression
To convey an idea, an impression
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Insister sur
To insist upon
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Le document a été [créé, photographié, dessiné, peint, publié] en [date] par [auteur].
The document was [created, photographed, drawn, painted, published] en [date] par [author].
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Ce qui est dépeint
What is depicted
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Le thème principal
The main / central theme (subject) of the article
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L’essentiel, le point principal du texte
The gist of the text
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Tout repose sur la question de savoir si
It all hinges on the question whether
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Traite de / soulève la question de
It tackles the issue of / raises the issue of
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X est un sujet d’actualité
X is a topic of current interest
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On parle beaucoup de X à l’heure actuelle
X is much talked about nowadays
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Je vois les choses de la même façon que lui
I see things eye to eye with him
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On ne peut affirmer avec certitude que
It can’t be taken for granted that
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On peut objecter que
It could be objected that
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Il va sans dire que
It goes without saying that
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C’est une question controversée / un sujet controversé / un problème de société / une question brûlante
It is a controversial issue / a hotly debated issue / a social issue / a burning issue
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On doit garder à l’esprit
One must bear in mind
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Un des aspects les plus frappants
One of the most striking features
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L’idée clé
The key issue
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Le pour et le contre
The pros and the cons
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On ne peut nier que
There is no denying that
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Rien ne prouve que
There is no evidence that
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Ce qui prédomine c’est une impression de
What prevails is an impression of
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Ce qui me pose problème
What puzzles me
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Ce qui me frappe c’est que
What strikes me is that
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En haut/ en bas...
At the top / the bottom...
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A l’arrière-plan / premier plan / second plan
In the background / foreground / middle-ground
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A gauche / à droite
On the left / on the right
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Sur le côté à droite
On the right-hand side
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Dans le coin en bas à gauche
In the bottom left corner