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| ====== False friends between French and English ====== | ====== False friends between French and English ====== |
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| | <color #eb0051>gentle</color> | **=** | doux, léger | **≠** | gentil | **=** | <color #eb0051>kind</color> | | | <color #eb0051>gentle</color> | **=** | doux, léger | **≠** | gentil | **=** | <color #eb0051>kind</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>a hazard</color> | **=** | un danger | **≠** | le hasard | **=** | <color #eb0051>luck, fate</color> | | | <color #eb0051>a hazard</color> | **=** | un danger | **≠** | le hasard | **=** | <color #eb0051>luck, fate</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>implicated</color> | **=** | accusé, concerné | **≠** | impliqué | **=** | <color #eb0051> involved, invested </color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>important</color> | **=** | nécessaire, influent, principal | **≠** | important – grand, élevé | **=** | <color #eb0051>big, significant, considerable</color> | | | <color #eb0051>important</color> | **=** | nécessaire, influent, principal | **≠** | important – grand, élevé | **=** | <color #eb0051>big, significant, considerable</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>to introduce</color> | **=** | présenter | **≠** | introduire | **=** | <color #eb0051>to insert</color> | | | <color #eb0051>to introduce</color> | **=** | présenter | **≠** | introduire | **=** | <color #eb0051>to insert</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>to pretend</color> | **=** | faire semblant | **≠** | prétendre | **=** | <color #eb0051>to claim</color> | | | <color #eb0051>to pretend</color> | **=** | faire semblant | **≠** | prétendre | **=** | <color #eb0051>to claim</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>to prevent</color> | **=** | empêcher | **≠** | prévenir | **=** | <color #eb0051>to warn</color> | | | <color #eb0051>to prevent</color> | **=** | empêcher | **≠** | prévenir | **=** | <color #eb0051>to warn</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>a process</color> | **=** | un processus, un proceed, une procédure | **≠** | un procès | **=** | <color #eb0051>a trial</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>proper</color> | **=** | correct | **≠** | propre | **=** | <color #eb0051>1. clean 2. own</color> | | | <color #eb0051>proper</color> | **=** | correct | **≠** | propre | **=** | <color #eb0051>1. clean 2. own</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>a prune</color> | **=** | un pruneau | **≠** | une prune | **=** | <color #eb0051>a plum</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>quid pro quo</color> | **=** | un compromis | **≠** | un quiproquo | **=** | <color #eb0051>a mistake, a misunderstanding</color> | | | <color #eb0051>quid pro quo</color> | **=** | un compromis | **≠** | un quiproquo | **=** | <color #eb0051>a mistake, a misunderstanding</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>a raisin</color> | **=** | un raisin sec | **≠** | un raisin | **=** | <color #eb0051>a grape</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>to range</color> | **=** | varier, aller | **≠** | ranger | **=** | <color #eb0051>to tidy, to clean up</color> | | | <color #eb0051>to range</color> | **=** | varier, aller | **≠** | ranger | **=** | <color #eb0051>to tidy, to clean up</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>to realise</color> | **=** | se rendre compte de | **≠** | réaliser | **=** | <color #eb0051>to make, produce, carry out, fulfil</color> | | | <color #eb0051>to realise</color> | **=** | se rendre compte de | **≠** | réaliser | **=** | <color #eb0051>to make, produce, carry out, fulfil</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>to resume</color> | **=** | reprendre | **≠** | résumer | **=** | <color #eb0051>to summarise</color> | | | <color #eb0051>to resume</color> | **=** | reprendre | **≠** | résumer | **=** | <color #eb0051>to summarise</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>sensible</color> | **=** | raisonnable | **≠** | sensible | **=** | <color #eb0051>sensitive</color> | | | <color #eb0051>sensible</color> | **=** | raisonnable | **≠** | sensible | **=** | <color #eb0051>sensitive</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>a souvenir</color> | **=** | un souvenir (object de vacances etc.) | **≠** | un souvenir (mémoire d’un événément) | **=** | <color #eb0051>a memory</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>a stage</color> | **=** | une scène ou une étape | **≠** | un stage | **=** | <color #eb0051> a course, an internship etc.</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>a stranger</color> | **=** | un inconnu | **≠** | un étranger | **=** | <color #eb0051> a foreigner (from another country)</color> | |
| | <color #eb0051>sympathetic</color> | **=** | compatissant | **≠** | sympathique | **=** | <color #eb0051>nice, pleasant, friendly</color> | | | <color #eb0051>sympathetic</color> | **=** | compatissant | **≠** | sympathique | **=** | <color #eb0051>nice, pleasant, friendly</color> | |
| | | <color #eb0051>a vacancy</color> | **=** | une place, une chambre libre, un poste vacant | **≠** | les vacances | **=** | <color #eb0051> a holiday, the holidays </color> | |
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