Speaking and Speech Flashcards

(59 cards)

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La langue des signes

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A sign language

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La parole/des paroles

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Speech/words

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3
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Une expression

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A phrase

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4
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Le style soutenu (soutenu)

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Formality (formal)

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5
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La langue de bois

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Cant

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6
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Du charabia

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Gibberish, gobbledygook

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7
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Du chinois, du jargon incompréhensible

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Double Dutch

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Un murmure

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A murmur

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9
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Un chuchotement

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A whisper

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10
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Une berceuse

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A lullaby

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Un cri

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A cry, a shout

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Un hurlement

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A scream, a shriek, a yell

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13
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Parler plus fort

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To speak up

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14
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Fort, haut

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Loud

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15
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Conter, raconte

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To relate

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16
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Evoquer

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To mention

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Déclarer, affirme

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To declare, to state

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18
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Mettre l’accent sur

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To emphasize

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19
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Faire allusion à

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To allude to

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20
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Prononcer (un discours)

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To deliver (a speech)

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21
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Transmettre, faire passer un message

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To convey (a message)

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Une discussion, un débat

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An exchange

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Une conversation, une discussion

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A talk

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Un partisan

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An advocate, a proponent

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Une dispute, une querelle
A row, a quarrel
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Une affirmation, une déclaration
An assertion
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Se disputer, soutenir
To argue
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Des huées/des sifflements
Booing/Hissing
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Avoir un trou de mémoire
To go blank
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Couper la parole à qqun
To cut sb short
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Persuader qqun de faire qqch
To talk sb into doing sth
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Avoir de l’influence sur qqun
To exert influence over sb
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Avouer
To admit
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Des éloges, des louanges (élogieux)
Praise (laudatory)
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Se moquer de
To make fun of
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Se vanter de
To boast of/about
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Bavard
Talkative
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La franchise
Frankness
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La sincérité
Candour, sincerity
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Dire ce qu’on pense
To speak one’s mind
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Avoir son mot à dire
To have a say in sthg
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Aller droit au fait
To go straight to the point
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Ne pas mâcher ses mots
Not to mince one’s words
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Ne pas tourner autour du pot
Not to beat about the bush
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Franc, simple, direct
Straightforward
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le rire (un rire)
Laughter (a laugh)
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Rire aux éclats
To roar with laughter
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Un soupir (soupirer)
A sigh (to sigh)
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Un sanglot (sangloter)
A sob (to sob)
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Pleurnicher
To whimper
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Eclater en sanglots
To burst into tears
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Des injures
Abuse
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Offenser, vexer
To offend
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Bafouiller, bredouiller
To splutter
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Bégayer
To stutter, to stammer
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Faire changer d’avis
To talk somebody round
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Dénoncer qqun
To tell on somebody
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Le dernier cri (mode)
The last word
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On dit que…
Word has it that…