Useful essay language Flashcards

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l’intérêt sur

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the focus is on

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un modèle

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a pattern

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le point culminant

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a climax

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un indice

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a clue

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un mot clé

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key word

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avoir lieu

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to take place

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souligner

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to underline

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8
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faire ressortir

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to bring out

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dépeindre

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to characterise

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signifier

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to mean

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évoquer

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to convey

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faire allusion à

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to allude to

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13
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j’estime que

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I think that

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14
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je suis convaincue que

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I believe strongly

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15
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il convient d’ajouter que

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also

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16
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pour conclure je dirais que

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to conclude I would

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17
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considérons

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let us consider

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il faut bien qu’on reconnaisse que

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it is necessary that we recognise/know/acknowledge

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à titre d’exemple

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for example

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il est indéniable que

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it is undeniable that

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l’action centrale

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l’antithese

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antithesis

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l’arriere-plan

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the background

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le cadre

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dépeindre
to depict
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établir une comparaison entre
to draw a comparison between
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l'exagération
exaggeration
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la figure de style
stylistic device
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le fil du récit
narrative thread
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l'intrigue
plot
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l'intrigue secondaire
subplot
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mettre en evidence
to highlight
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le motif
motif
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le retour en arriere
flashback
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signaler
to point out
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le theme sous-jacent
underlying theme
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traiter de
to deal with
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au contraire
on the contrary
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d'un côté...de l'autre côté
on the one hand...on the other hand
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par dessus tout
above all
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nul ne peut nier
it cannot be denied that
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il apparait donc que
it therefore appears that