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121 pornography
[po:'noɡrəfi](literature, pictures, films etc that are indecent in a sexual way.) pornographie -
122 sensibility
[sensi'biləti](an awareness of, or an ability to create, art, literature etc showing very high standards of beauty and good taste: a writer of great sensibility.) sensibilité -
123 take in
1) (to include: Literature takes in drama, poetry and the novel.) comprendre2) (to give (someone) shelter: He had nowhere to go, so I took him in.) recueillir3) (to understand and remember: I didn't take in what he said.) saisir4) (to make (clothes) smaller: I lost a lot of weight, so I had to take all my clothes in.) rapetisser5) (to deceive or cheat: He took me in with his story.) avoir -
124 byway
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125 dramatic
1 Literat, Theat [literature, art, irony, effect] dramatique ; [gesture, entrance, exit] théâtral ; for dramatic effect pour produire un effet dramatique ;2 (tense, exciting) [situation, event] dramatique ;3 (sudden, radical) [change, impact, goal, landscape] spectaculaire. -
126 Eng Lit
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127 escapism
escapism n péj (in literature, cinema, etc) évasion f (du réel) ; ( of person) refus m d'affronter la réalité ; it's pure escapism c'est du pur divertissement. -
128 escapist
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