No et Moi - Vocabulary Flashcards

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caché(e)

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hidden

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l’Insee

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institut national de la statistique et des études économiques

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temps partiel

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part - time

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la proie

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target, prey

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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l’association caritative

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charity

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le trottoir

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pavement

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démuni(e)

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deprived, needy

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errer

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to wander

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les repas gratuits

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free meals

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l’endroit

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place

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les logements

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accommodation

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la bagarre

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fight

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la cité

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housing estate

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vouvoyer

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to use “vous”

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la banlieue

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suburb

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les allocations

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benefits

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le bénévole

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volunteer

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le campement

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camp

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le chiffre

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figure, number

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contemporain(e)

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contemporary

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la couverture sociale

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benefits, social help

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décédé(e)

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deceased, passed away

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les demunis

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the poor

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déplorable
appalling, deplorable
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désolant(e)
distressing, sad
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les difficultés financières
financial hardships
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dur(e)
hard, harsh
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l'errance
homelessness
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faire partie du décor
to be part of the scenery
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fournir
to provide
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l'hébergement
shelter
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le/la parent(e) seul(e)
lone parent
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le lieu
place
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la précarité
financial insecurity
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le quartier
neighbourhood
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s'en sortir/ se débrouiller
to cope/ to manage
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se répandre
to spread
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soutenir
to support/ to help
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le témoignage
testimonial
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toucher
to affect
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traiter de
to talk about
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vagabonder
to wonder
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désinvolte
casual, nonchalant
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faire la manche
to beg
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boire un verre
to go for a drink
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le cerveau
brain
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saugrenu(e)
odd, absurd, strange
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bizarre
strange, weird
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la mort subite du nourrisson
cot death
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la grossesse
pregnancy
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la blessure
wound
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douloureux(-euse)
painful
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subir
to suffer
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déchirant(e)
heart breaking
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abandonner
to abandon
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anéanti(e)
devastated
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l'attachement
bond
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attentionné(e)
caring
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l'attirance
attraction
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le chapitre d'exposition
the first chapter
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se détacher de
to detach yourself from
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embrasser
to kiss
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être à la recherche de
to be looking for/ in search of
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impuissant(e)
helpless/powerless
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faire une fugue/fuguer
to run away
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instable
fickle
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se laisser aller
to let yourself go
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mal à l'aise
uncomfortable, uneasy
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mal tourner
to go off the rails
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la maltraitance
abuse
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les médicaments
pills, medicine
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dire des mensonges
to lie
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mentir
to lie
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s'occuper de
to look after, to care
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raconter
to tell
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se rapprocher de
to get closer to
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reprendre gout à la vie
to enjoy life again
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le rendez-vous
meeting
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tomber amoureux(-euse) de
to fall in love with
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le viol
rape
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faire la connaissance
to meet, to get to know
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la mendicité
begging
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le champ lexical
vocabulary
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se battre
to fight
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déprimant(e)
depressing
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la femme en errance
homeless woman
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croissant(e)
growing
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le sort
fate/lot
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la dérive
drifting, downwards spiral
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le harcèlement sexuel
sexual harassment
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les galères
difficult times
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le cercle vicieux
vicious circle
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l'alcoolisme
alcoholism
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s'échappatoire
escape, way out
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priver
to deprive
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la famille d'accueil
foster family
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l'isolement
isolation
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aux premier abords
in the first place
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le fil conducteur
main idea
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se briser
to break
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se confier
to confide in
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le baiser
kiss
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c'est mort
it is finished/ don't even think about it
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elle est grillée
she has been caught
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dégueulasse
disgusting
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j'm'en fous
i don't care
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les potes
friends
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l'apprentissage
learning, development
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accentuer
to emphasise
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alarmant(e)
alarming
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la déchéance
(mental and physical) decline
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découvrir
to find out
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dysfonctionnel(le)
dysfunctional
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l'enfance
childhood
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l'engrenage
spiral
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en marge de la société
on the margins of society
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l'éveil
awakening
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exclu(e)
excluded, outcast
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flagrant(e)
obvious
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grandir
to grow up
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impitoyable
ruthless
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la loi du plus fort
the law of the strongest
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la peur
fear
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souligner
to emphasise
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trouver refuge
to find shelter
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doué(e)
gifted
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inadapté(e)
misfit
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la limace
slug
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la libellule
dragonfly
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ce qui saute aux yeux
what is striking
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l'autodérision
self deprecation
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faire preuve
to display, to show
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mener une vie
to lead a life
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renouer le contact
to resume contact
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le regarde vide
empty look
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les connaissances
acquaintances
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lugubre
gloomy
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la chope
beer glass
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les contraires s'attirent
oppossites attract
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se lier d'amitié
to become friendly with
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quasi
nearly
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tant bien que mal
as much as he can
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sombrer
to plunge
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ailleurs
somewhere else
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la fugue
running away
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les affaires
belongings
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se soumettre
to comply with
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vieux-jeu
old fashioned
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les tailles basses
low rise trousers
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angoissé(e)
anxious
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complice
close
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le colère
anger
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le désespoir
despair
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mûr ( mure)
mature
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tendre
affectionate
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précoce
precocious
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méfiant(e)
wary
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la structure linéaire
linear story
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le retour en arrière
flashback
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les références chronologiques
chronological references
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les éléments clés
key elements
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raconter
to recount
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le dynamisme
momentum
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l'intrigue
plot
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le saut, le bond
leap
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faire avancer l'histoire
to move the story forward
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le point de vue
point of view
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la voix
voice
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les parenthèses
brackets
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la syntaxe
syntax
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le point
full stop
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l'agitation
turmoil
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l'affolement
panic
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les divagations
ramblings
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la divagation, la digression
digression
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insatiable
insatiable
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exubérant(e)
ebullient
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curieux(-euse)
inquisitive
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le discours direct
direct speech
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le récit
narrative
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les guillemets
speech marks
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la langage familier
colloquial language
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l'expression familiere
colloquialism
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le registre grossier/ vulgaire
vulgar register
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l'erreur grammaticale
grammatical error
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l'omission
omission
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excentrique
quirky
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la touche d'humour
humorous touch
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la légèreté
lightness
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l'absence de
lack of
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l'anaphore
anaphora, repetition
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apparaitre
to appear
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avoir recours a
to use
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le choix de
choice of/to
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le choix stylistique
stylistic choice
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employer
to use
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la focalisation interne
internal focalisation
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habile
skillful
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la trame
story, plot