The Language Of Commentaries And Essays 2 Flashcards by Agathe Soleil

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To be akin to

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Être semblable à

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An analogue

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Un équivalent

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To equate … and …

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Assimiler

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There is a congruence btw

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Il y a une harmonie/comptabilité entre

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A congruence

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Une adéquation

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To be consonant with

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Être en accord avec

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To stand in sharp contrast with

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Se dresser dans une opposition marquée avec

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To set in contraste with

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Se mettre en place en opposition avec

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A disjunction

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Une déconnexion

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To divorce

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Se séparer/ dissocier

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Inconsistent

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Incohérent

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Starkly polarized

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Nettement/ très divisé

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To run counter

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Aller à l’encontre de

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At variance with

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En désaccord/ divergence avec

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A shift

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Un changement

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To be checked by

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Être confirmé par

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To be deflected by

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Être dévier par

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To be mitigated by

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Être mitigé / atténué / nuancé par

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To negate

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Réfuter / annuler

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To offset

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Compenser

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To override

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Passer outre / l’emporter sur

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To qualify

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Nuancer

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To be tinged with

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Être nuancé par

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To town down

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Adoucir

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To be undercut

Être sapé / affaiblit

To abound

Abonder

A display

Une déploiement

To pile up

Accumuler

Cliché-ridden

Plein de clichés

A string

Une suite / série

A blend

Un mélange

To be fused with

Être fusionner avec

To interpenetrate

S'entremêler

Interrelation

Corrélation

To interwove

S'entrelacer

A balance

Un équilibre/ contrepoint / compensation

To foster

Encourager / promouvoir

To generate

Produire

To be ground

Être un terrain / une base

To lies at the roots of

Être a l'origine de

The mainsprings of

Le ressort principal de

To be prompted

Être inviter à

Seminal

Fondatrice

To spring from

Annoncer / déclencher

To underlie

Sous-tendre

Foregone

Prévisible

To entail

Impliquer / entraîner/ causer

To infer

Déduire

To be bought to a pitch of perfection

Être amener à un niveau de perfection

To be rendered

Être rendu

To impair

Altérer

A standpoint

Une position

A foreknowledge

Une prémonition

The hindsight

Le recul

To compel

Contraindre

The discerning reader

Le lecteur clairvoyant

To elicit

Obtenir, susciter

Baffled

Perplexe

To overrespond

Surréagir

To stir

Déchaîner / stimuler