C1 · Lesson 30Communication
Irony and understatement
Recognize irony (l'antiphrase, au second degré, pince-sans-rire) and everyday understatement (ce n'est pas mal, pas fameux, ce n'est pas terrible, je ne dis pas non), read the signals of irony, and see why it often fails in writing.
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