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15 Cards in this Set
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The author paints the picture of X
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L'auteur brosse brosse le portrait de X
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An unflattering, detailed/brief description
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Une description flatté/peu flatteuse, approfondie/sommaire
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the author glorifies/extols/defends
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l'auteur fait l'apologie de
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He advocates/plays the lawyer for
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Il se fait l'avocat de
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It is full of praises for
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Il est dithyrambique/élogieux sur
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The journalist offers us a critique of X's latest book...
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Le/la jounaliste nous ofre une critique du denier livre de X
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It's a serious rant!
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c'est une veritable diatribe!
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He tells us, without beating about the bush...
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Il nous montre, sans ambages
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He makes no secret of his preferences
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Il ne fait pas mystere de ses preferences
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He is very critical of this actor
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Il est tres critique a l'endroit de cet acteur
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He refutes entirely
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il s'inscrit en faux contre
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He calls into question the sacred principle of
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Il remet en question le principe sacrosaint de
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On the other hand, he decline to comment on
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En revanche, il se refuse à tout commentaire sur
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he doesn't think there is any need to be so pessimistic
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Il n'ya pas, selon lui, lieu pour autant jouer les Cassandre
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This article denounces/lays into the theory/policy
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cet article fustige la theorie/la philosophie/la politique
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