Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1One well-placed idiom > five memorised ones. Debate idioms: à double tranchant, pas la panacée, mettre le doigt sur.
- 2Rhetoric: rhetorical question, rule of three, anticipating the objection (On me dira que… Je répondrai que…).
- 3Formal debate register: Permettez-moi de nuancer votre propos.
- 4C2 fluency = pauses at the right place, not speed.
Key vocabulary
| la panacée | cure-all |
| l’inaction (f.) | inaction |
| le propos | what someone said |
| enfoncer une porte ouverte | to state the obvious |
| à bon escient | appropriately |