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a native language
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une langue d'origine
a native speaker of English
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un anglophone
a foreign language
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une langue étrangère
a tongue
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une langue
a mother-tongue
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une langue maternelle
a dialect
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un dialecte
speech
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la parole
a word
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un mot
words
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des paroles
an expression, a phrase
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une expression
a set phrase
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une expression figée/consacrée
speak
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parler
say
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dire
tell
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dire, raconter
standard English
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l'anglais standard
formality
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le style soutenu
colloquial English
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l'anglais familier, l'anglais parlé
the vernacular
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la langue dialectale
jargon
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le jargon
slang
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l'argot
cant
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la langue de bois
gibberish, gobbledygook
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du charabia
a malapropism
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un mot, une expression impropre
double Dutch
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du chinois, du jargon incompréhensible
nonsense
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des absurdités
pronunciation
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la prononciation
an accent
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un accent
a brogue
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un accent du terroir
a drawl
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un accent tra^inant
the pitch
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la hauteur (de la voix), le ton
the tone
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le ton
delivery
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le débit, l'élocution
articulate
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articuler
drawl
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avoir l'accent tra^inant
mumble
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marmonner
slur
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manger ses mots
talk nonsense
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dire n'importe quoi
pronounce
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prononcer
stress
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accentuer, insister sur
spell
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épeler
formal
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soutenu
informal
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familier
colloquial (English)
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(anglais) parlé, familier
vernacular
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dialectal
slangy
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argotique
unpronounceable
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imprononçable
sign language
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la langue des signes
the Word
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la parole divine, le Verbe
a phrase
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une sentence
journalese
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le jargon journalistique
soft voices
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des voix douces
a murmur
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un murmure
a whisper
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un chuchotement
a lullaby
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une berceuse
humming
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un/le fredonnement
murmur
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murmurer
whisper
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chuchoter
hum
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fredonner
soothe
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apaiser, rassurer
soft
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doux
quiet
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doux, bas
subdued
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bas (pour une voix)
soothing
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apaisant, rassurant
loud voices
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des voix fortes
a cry, a shout
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un cri
a scream, a shriek
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un cri perçant, un hurlement
a screech
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un cri strident
a yell
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un hurlement
a howl
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un hurlement déchirant
a roar
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un rugissement
a bellow
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un beuglement
a booming voice
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une voix tonitruante
speak up
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parler plus fort
raise one's voice
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élever la voix
cry, shout
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crier
scream, shriek
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hurler d'une voix perçante
screech
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crier d'une voix stridente
yell
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hurler
howl
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hurler, pousser des hurlements
roar
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hurler d'une voix rugissante
bellow
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beugler
boom
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retentir
thunder
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tonner, tonitruer
audible
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audible
loud
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fort, haut
resonant, sonorous
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sonore
shrill
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perçant, strident
piercing
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perçant
high-pitched, low-pitched
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aigu, grave
hoarse
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enroué, rauque
jarring
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discordant
thundering
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tonitruant
deafening
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assourdissant
a soothing voice
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une voix rassurante
in a quiet voice
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à voix basse
subdue
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contenir (une émotion)
He thundered
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dit-il d'une voix tonitruante
jar
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produire un son discordant
deaf
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sourd

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