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121 Cards in this Set
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abstrait
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abstract
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un accent
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stress, emphasis, accent
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une allégorie
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allegory
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une alternance
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alternation
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une ambiguité
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ambiguity
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une antithèse
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antithesis
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un aparté
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an aside
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un apogée, le comble
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high point, climax
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une apologue
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story or poem with a moral
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une apostrophe
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a speech in direct address to a character
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un arrière-plan
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background (cf. le premier plan)
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un aspect physique
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physical appearance
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une atmosphere
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atmosphere
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un avant-propos
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preface
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un avant-scène
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the front part of the stage
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le cadre
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framework, frame
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le caractère
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character (in the moral sense)
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le chassis
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backdrop
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citer
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to quote
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la clarté
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clarity
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cohèrent, la cohèrence
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coherent, coherence
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le comédien
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actor
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complexe
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complex
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compliqué
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complicated
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concret
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concrete
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le conflit
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conflict
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le contenu
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content
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le contexte
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context
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le contraste
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contrast
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les coulisses (f.)
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wings of the stage
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le critère
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criterion, standard
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la crise
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crisis
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le débit
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delivery [theater]
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la déclamation des vers
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reciting of poetry
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le décor (naturel, réaliste…)
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setting (natural, realistic…)
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dégagé
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not obscure, standing out clearly
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le dénouement
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the resolution of the problem posed in the plot
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développer
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to develop, explain
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le dramaturge
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dramatist
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un éclairage
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lighting
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les effets sonores (m.)
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sound effects
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une ellipse
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ellipsis
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un équilibre
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balance, symmetry
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esquisser
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outline, sketch
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un euphémisme
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euphemism
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évoquer
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to suggest, evoke, call to mind
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une exagération
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exaggeration
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une exposition
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exposition (cf. l’exposition, la complication, le point culminant, la résolution ou le dénouement)
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exprimer
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to express
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le figurant
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cameo role
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le fond
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content, background
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la forme
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form, shape
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le group lexique
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group of related words
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un humour, humoristique
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humor, humorous
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idéaliste
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idealistic
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une illusion
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illusion
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une indication scénique
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stage direction
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informe
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shapeless
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une intrigue
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plot
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une ironie
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irony
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un isolement
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isolation, solitude
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le jeu
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acting
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le leitmotiv
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recurrent image, theme…
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la liaison
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connection
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le lieu commun
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commonplace, trite idea or expression
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la litote
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understatement
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le manteau d’Arlequin
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proscenium arch
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mettre en relief
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to bring out
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mettre en scène, la mise en scène, le metteur en scène
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to stage, direct…
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la moralité
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moral doctrine, ethic; or the moral of a fable or story
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le moral
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morale, spirits
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la motivation
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motivation
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le mot-clef
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keyword
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le mouvement
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movement
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le narrateur
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narrator
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le niveau (de la langue…)
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level or register (of language)
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le noeud
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crux, central part of the plot
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obscur
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obscure
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une opposition
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opposition
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le paradoxe
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paradox
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le passage
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passage
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le personage
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character in a literary work
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la perspective
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perspective
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le point de vue
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point of view
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le point de repère
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guideline, reference point
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préciser
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to specify, point out clearly
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préparer (la scène…)
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to set up, prepare for a later development
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prévoir
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to foresee
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principal
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important, principal
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le procédé
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literary device
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prolixe
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wordy
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le public
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spectators, audience
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raconter
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to tell a story (cf. le conte)
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le rapport
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relationship, connection
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réaliste
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realistic
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le récit
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narrative
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le renversement
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reversal, overturning
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la réplique
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a speech in a play
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le résumé
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summary
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le roman épistolaire
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novel in the form of letters
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la satire
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satire
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la scène
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scene; stage
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le sens
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meaning; or one of the senses
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la sensibilité
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sensitivity
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signaler
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to point out
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souligner
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to stress, emphasize
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subordonné
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subordinate
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la suite
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sequel, series, order
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le suspense
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suspense
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la symétrie
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symmetry, balance
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le tableau
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tableau in a play
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le théâtre en rond
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stage surrounded by the audience
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le thème
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theme
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la tirade
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long speech in a play
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la toile de fond
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backdrop
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le ton
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tone
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la tournure
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turn of phrase, wording
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le type
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a general category of personality (e.g., the miser)
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l’unité
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unity
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la valeur
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value
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vraisemblable, la vraisemblance
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apparently true or likely…
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