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ironie
À nouveau, cette Assemblée n'a pas le sens de l'ironie. No sense of irony again in this Chamber. Je le dis sans la moindre ironie. I say this entirely without irony. Si vous n'êtes pas capables de comprendre l'ironie, j'en suis désolé. If you are all unable to understand irony, I am sorry.
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ironie du sortVoilà bien une ironie du sort qui prêterait à rire, si la situation n'était aussi tragique. This is an irony that would be funny were it not so tragic. Quelle ironie du sort si un désaccord surgissait au sein de l'UE et retarde l'élargissement. It would be an irony of fate if there were discord in the EU which ended up delaying enlargement. Quelle ironie du sort, notons-le bien, les ministres du budget coupant généralement en premier dans le secteur éducation/culture! We should note carefully the irony of Finance Ministers making cuts first of all in the education and culture sectors!

A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play
The state of two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions, etc. being related through a common connection in an uncommon way
Of or pertaining to the metal iron

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