English vocabulary. Commenting on a text.
writer = écrivain
author = auteur
journalist = journaliste
extract = extrait
excerpt = extrait
account = compte-rendu
essay = essai
summary = résumé
topic = sujet
means = moyen
device = procédé
issue = problème
scope = portée
controversy = polémique
discrepancy = divergence
thesis = thèse
synthesis = la synthèse
antithesis = antithèse
emphasis, stress = insistance, accent
analysis = analyse
examination = examen
hint = allusion
critcism = critique
point = point essentiel, argument
viewpoint = point de vue
paradox = paradoxe
objection = objection
prejudice = préjugé
bias = biais
assumption = supposition
aim = objectif
target = cible
argument = dispute
statement = déclaration
understatement = litote
comment = commentaire
assumption = supposition
quotation = devis
witticism = mot d'esprit
innuendo = insinuation
line = ligne, vers
phrase = expression
transition = transition
outlook = perspective
ideology = idéologie
exciting = passionnant
commonplace = banal
hackneyed = rebattu
far-fetched = farfelu
formal = officiel
high-brow = guindé
bombastic = grandiloquent
subtle = subtile
colloquial, informal = familier
convincing = convaincant
misleading = trompeur
obvious = évident
spurious = faux
fallacious = fallacieux
straightforward = directe
logical = logique
consistent = cohérent
relevant = pertinent
irrelevant = hors sujet
beside the point = sans rapport avec le sujet
paradoxical = paradoxal
contradictory = contradictoire
controversial = controversé
unquestionable = incontestable
concise = concis
exhaustive = complet
outspoken = franc
disparging = désobligeant
scathing = acerbe
uncompromising = intransigeant
non-committal = évasif
commited = engagé
unbiased = impartial
sharp = tranchant
acute = perspicace