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French essay phrases.
OK let's have a thread for this...my exam is on Monday haha...and I thought it'd be nice if we compiled impressive essay phrases for use in a discursive essay. Sort of along the lines of:
'Constatons d'abord que' (Firstly let's note that...)
'Notre interet se porte sur' (Our interest in focussed on...)
I really want to learn some obscure French sentences; so if there are any native speakers out there...(*cough* Anatheme *cough*) any examples would be appreciated
'Constatons d'abord que' (Firstly let's note that...)
'Notre interet se porte sur' (Our interest in focussed on...)
I really want to learn some obscure French sentences; so if there are any native speakers out there...(*cough* Anatheme *cough*) any examples would be appreciated
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Here are all the 'saucy French' essay unit 6ish Phrases I can think of off the top of my head or things that just sound intellectual and can maybe fit into an essay about 'la politique' or 'le rechauffement planetaire' :P
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Pour contenir et canaliser [le sujet]..... ("To distill and lay bare [the subject]" it basically can be used when talking about what a subject or problem essentially 'is'))
pour que soit envisagée une solution....... (in order that a solution is envisaged)
le prix à payer est lourd. (The price to pay is steep)
Le débat est ouvert........la seule certitude est que... (the debate is open, the only certain thing is that..)
même si les garanties sont illusoires (even if what is certain is just a trick)
vis-à-vis de ce problème (as for this problem)
Le gouvernement se débarasse de toute responsabilité (The government is ridding itself of all responsibility)
La société contemporaine représente l’un des acteurs clés du système d’exploitation (Contemporary society represents one of the key players of the system of exploitation)
C’est à nous de ramasser les dividendes (it's up to us to reap the dividends)
La puissance financière facilite la corruption (Financial power facilitates corruption)
On a vu développer un relation ambiguë (we've seen develop an ambiguous relationship)
Enraciné dans le sentiment de.... (rooted in the feeling of...)
Qui se réfugient dans une anesthésie émotionnelle (Those who bury their head under the sand - literally 'those who take refuge in emotional anathesia')
De l’illusion à la désillusion (moving from illusion to disillusion..)
Un phénomène qui appartient à toutes les couches sociales (a phenomenon that occurs with all social classes)
économiquement défavorisé (economically disadvantaged)
Un des phénomènes marquants des deux derniers décennies (one of the most stunning phenomena of the last two decades..)
La montée fulgurante de l’insécurité... (the startling increase of insecurity)
Le nec plus ultra.... (literally "the furthest point" - use it to illustrate an extreme example or strongest example of something like 'le nec plus ultra de l'insecurité est constitué par les emeutes dans les banlieues qu'on a vu se declencher dans le passé' - "the furthest occasion of insecurity is constitued by the suburban riots that we have seen unleash in the past")
Les deux choses se révèlent indissociables (The two things reveal themselves to be indistinguishable)
Essayer de coordonner leur action dans le domaine de la lutte contre.... (To try to coordinate their action in the field of the struggle against..)
On peut considérer le............comme un mal nécessaire (we can consider... as a necessary evil)
Aucune position cohérente n’existe à ce jour, ni en Europe ni dans le monde. (no coherent position exists right now, neither in Europe, nor in the world)
Le gouvernement prévoit que soient prises des mesures propres à assurer.. (The government predicts that straight measures will be taken to assure..)
Une conséquence de bouleversements sociaux... (A consequence of social upheaval...)
des conflits éthniques et politiques prennent des dimensions alarmantes (ethnic and political conflicts take on alarming dimensions)
Ce problème a acquis un poids économique majeur (this problem has acquired a major economic weight)
Se débarrasser du problème avec des arguments fallacieux (to rid oneself of the problem with false arguments)
Lutter contre.......... légitimer quelque chose (struggle against.... legitimize something)
un gigantesque système d’exploitation (a gigantic system of exploitation)
tout en lui donnant plus de sécurité et de légitimité qu’il n’en avait jamais rêvé (all while giving him more security and legitimacy than he had ever dreamt of)
Tous les médias participent à sa banalisation (All the media is participating in its trivilization)
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These phrases helped me get 580/600 last year - they may seem pompous but by golly they can work!
Hope this helps
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Pour contenir et canaliser [le sujet]..... ("To distill and lay bare [the subject]" it basically can be used when talking about what a subject or problem essentially 'is'))
pour que soit envisagée une solution....... (in order that a solution is envisaged)
le prix à payer est lourd. (The price to pay is steep)
Le débat est ouvert........la seule certitude est que... (the debate is open, the only certain thing is that..)
même si les garanties sont illusoires (even if what is certain is just a trick)
vis-à-vis de ce problème (as for this problem)
Le gouvernement se débarasse de toute responsabilité (The government is ridding itself of all responsibility)
La société contemporaine représente l’un des acteurs clés du système d’exploitation (Contemporary society represents one of the key players of the system of exploitation)
C’est à nous de ramasser les dividendes (it's up to us to reap the dividends)
La puissance financière facilite la corruption (Financial power facilitates corruption)
On a vu développer un relation ambiguë (we've seen develop an ambiguous relationship)
Enraciné dans le sentiment de.... (rooted in the feeling of...)
Qui se réfugient dans une anesthésie émotionnelle (Those who bury their head under the sand - literally 'those who take refuge in emotional anathesia')
De l’illusion à la désillusion (moving from illusion to disillusion..)
Un phénomène qui appartient à toutes les couches sociales (a phenomenon that occurs with all social classes)
économiquement défavorisé (economically disadvantaged)
Un des phénomènes marquants des deux derniers décennies (one of the most stunning phenomena of the last two decades..)
La montée fulgurante de l’insécurité... (the startling increase of insecurity)
Le nec plus ultra.... (literally "the furthest point" - use it to illustrate an extreme example or strongest example of something like 'le nec plus ultra de l'insecurité est constitué par les emeutes dans les banlieues qu'on a vu se declencher dans le passé' - "the furthest occasion of insecurity is constitued by the suburban riots that we have seen unleash in the past")
Les deux choses se révèlent indissociables (The two things reveal themselves to be indistinguishable)
Essayer de coordonner leur action dans le domaine de la lutte contre.... (To try to coordinate their action in the field of the struggle against..)
On peut considérer le............comme un mal nécessaire (we can consider... as a necessary evil)
Aucune position cohérente n’existe à ce jour, ni en Europe ni dans le monde. (no coherent position exists right now, neither in Europe, nor in the world)
Le gouvernement prévoit que soient prises des mesures propres à assurer.. (The government predicts that straight measures will be taken to assure..)
Une conséquence de bouleversements sociaux... (A consequence of social upheaval...)
des conflits éthniques et politiques prennent des dimensions alarmantes (ethnic and political conflicts take on alarming dimensions)
Ce problème a acquis un poids économique majeur (this problem has acquired a major economic weight)
Se débarrasser du problème avec des arguments fallacieux (to rid oneself of the problem with false arguments)
Lutter contre.......... légitimer quelque chose (struggle against.... legitimize something)
un gigantesque système d’exploitation (a gigantic system of exploitation)
tout en lui donnant plus de sécurité et de légitimité qu’il n’en avait jamais rêvé (all while giving him more security and legitimacy than he had ever dreamt of)
Tous les médias participent à sa banalisation (All the media is participating in its trivilization)
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These phrases helped me get 580/600 last year - they may seem pompous but by golly they can work!
Hope this helps
Thanks, that's a great list! Although I do have to say there are lots that I don't quite understand...But this is definitely the kind of thing I meant!
I need to start learning some of these!!! Arghhh!
The book 'Mot a Mot' is amazing for stuff like this...but i just cant be motivated to memorise any ofthe phrases from it!!!
The book 'Mot a Mot' is amazing for stuff like this...but i just cant be motivated to memorise any ofthe phrases from it!!!
I know - "Mot à Mot" FTW!
If only I still had a French essay to write...
If only I still had a French essay to write...
My FR6 essay was, essentially, every phrase about "la publicite" offered by mot a mot, strung together with a few "et" "mais" "bien que" "je pense" etc.
Think they'll notice?
Think they'll notice?
Just a few obvious ones that i thought of / found in some of my essays over the year!
I always stick to these for starting sentences...hope they come in handy!
Intro:
Tout le monde s’accorde à penser que ...
De nos jours, un problème croissant de l’actualité est...
Il convient donc, d’examiner tous les raisons pour lesquelles...
De nos jours, un thème brûlant de l’actualité est celui de...
Arguments:
Réfléchissons d’abord aux raisons pour lesquelles...
Il est bien connu que ...
Après avoir étudié les pours, venons-en maintenant aux contres...
Conclusion:
En guise de conclusion, il est clair que...
Il est évident, d’après ce qui précède, que...
I always stick to these for starting sentences...hope they come in handy!
Intro:
Tout le monde s’accorde à penser que ...
De nos jours, un problème croissant de l’actualité est...
Il convient donc, d’examiner tous les raisons pour lesquelles...
De nos jours, un thème brûlant de l’actualité est celui de...
Arguments:
Réfléchissons d’abord aux raisons pour lesquelles...
Il est bien connu que ...
Après avoir étudié les pours, venons-en maintenant aux contres...
Conclusion:
En guise de conclusion, il est clair que...
Il est évident, d’après ce qui précède, que...
C.o.o.k.i.e
Just a few obvious ones that i thought of / found in some of my essays over the year!
I always stick to these for starting sentences...hope they come in handy!
Intro:
Tout le monde s’accorde à penser que ...
De nos jours, un problème croissant de l’actualité est...
Il convient donc, d’examiner tous les raisons pour lesquelles...
De nos jours, un thème brûlant de l’actualité est celui de...
Arguments:
Réfléchissons d’abord aux raisons pour lesquelles...
Il est bien connu que ...
Après avoir étudié les pours, venons-en maintenant aux contres...
Conclusion:
En guise de conclusion, il est clair que...
Il est évident, d’après ce qui précède, que...
I always stick to these for starting sentences...hope they come in handy!
Intro:
Tout le monde s’accorde à penser que ...
De nos jours, un problème croissant de l’actualité est...
Il convient donc, d’examiner tous les raisons pour lesquelles...
De nos jours, un thème brûlant de l’actualité est celui de...
Arguments:
Réfléchissons d’abord aux raisons pour lesquelles...
Il est bien connu que ...
Après avoir étudié les pours, venons-en maintenant aux contres...
Conclusion:
En guise de conclusion, il est clair que...
Il est évident, d’après ce qui précède, que...
they are really good. Not like some of the "airy-fairy" ones in Mot a Mot. Positive rep deserved!
Cheers .Jon. ! I have my teacher to thank for some of those! We got a list that she had made at the start of the year...with loads of them on ...and they're not too hard to rememebr and still come off sounding quite good in my opinion!
If i find the list tomorrow i will post them all up!
If i find the list tomorrow i will post them all up!
Yeah i have been really lucky this year in A2 with my teachers! They are both native french and have put so much effort in for us! Considering there's only 4 of us in the class!!
.Jon.
same... which is worrying me slightly
A few of them, like 'from disillusion to illusion', I admit really are just pretentious short phrases that mean little but make you sound way more intelligent and thus seem to make an essay far more delicious.
But there are definitely some other ones that obviously mean something that are very good too
P.S I've re-gone through the phrases I put up now and made clearer what some of the more obscure ones mean or removed some that I realise would be silly to worry about trying to include - like 'from disillusion to illusion'.
P.P.S Right just to make it more useful what I've written, I've (in the case of one or two) written little explanatory notes of how they are/can be used
Ive got loads of useful phrases for discussing literature/poetry if anyones interested
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