Literary words Flashcards

(50 cards)

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author

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auteur

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character

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personnage

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3
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the main character

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le personnage principal

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4
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the plot

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l’intrigue

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5
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book cover

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couverture de livre

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6
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Minimalistic

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minimaliste

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To focus on

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se concentrer sur

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Details

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détails

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To quote

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citer

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The target

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la cible

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the climax

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le point culminant

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12
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Anticlimactic

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devrait être le point culminant mais en fait, rien ne se passe

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13
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Lexical field

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champs lexical

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prédominant

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predominant

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15
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police d’écriture

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font

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représenter / symboliser

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symbolize / stand for / represent

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Propagande

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propaganda

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allégorie

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allegory

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19
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analyser

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analyze

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20
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metaphorique

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metaphorical

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signaler / mettre en avant

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un point de vue

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a point of view

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comme si

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as if / as though

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discours

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un mot valise
a portmanteau word
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anaphore
anaphora
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periphrase
periphrase
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la censure
censorship
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un extrait
an extract
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grâce à
thanks to
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à cause de
because of
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c'est un mélange entre
mixed between
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ça parle de
it's about / it deals with
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le dirigeant
the leader
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premièrement, deuxièmement, troisièmement
First, secondly, thirdly
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donne une forte envie de
to compel
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en effet
indeed
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par exemple
for instance
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dualité
duality
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avoir le cafard
to feel blue
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cependant
however / nonetheless/ yet
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présumément
allegedly
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tordu /distordu
twisted
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lugubre
gloomy
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en soi
inherently
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terne
dull
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vue en plongé
upwards shot
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en conclusion / pour conclure
to conclude / in conclusion / as a conclusion
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en réalité, si on s'en tient aux faits
as a matter of fact
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on ne peut pas s'y fier
unreliable