Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1Attitude words: sceptique, ironique, réservé, indigné, enthousiaste, inquiet.
- 2Distance markers: soi-disant, prétendu, à en croire, conditional (aurait, envisagerait).
- 3Concession: certes / il est vrai que + mais / il n’en reste pas moins que → the opinion follows.
- 4Irony says the opposite of what is meant: praise + negative facts.
Key vocabulary
| soi-disant | so-called, supposedly |
| les riverains | local residents |
| un raccourci | an oversimplification |
| démentir | to deny |
| il n’en reste pas moins que | the fact remains that |