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Les émotions at C2 — the literary register

« les emotions » — jump to your level:A1A2B1B2C1C2Native

How emotion is rendered in literature and refined speech.

📓 Le registre littéraire

1🔊

elation/joy

2🔊

dread/terror

3🔊

distress/confusion

4🔊

exaltation

5🔊

melancholy

6🔊

bitterness

7🔊

to be gripped by

8🔊

a fit of anger

9🔊

overwhelmed by emotion

10🔊

bliss

🔊 Example sentences

Une allégresse indescriptible l’envahit.An indescribable joy overcame him.
Il était en proie au désarroi.He was gripped by distress.
Un accès de colère le saisit.A fit of anger seized him.

💡 Your C2 goal

At C2 this is about mastery of the edge cases and literary or formal uses. You should be able to explain the rule — and break it knowingly for effect.

Feeling shaky? Step back to Les Emotions at C1. Comfortable? Level up to Les Emotions at Native.

Elle fut submergée par l’émotion.She was overwhelmed by emotion.

✍️ Practice

Il était en ___ à l’effroi. (gripped by) (literary)

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proie

Un ___ de colère. (fit) (noun)

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accès

Une ___ indescriptible. (elation) (noun)

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allégresse

🎮 Practise

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