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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>a stranger</color> | **=** | un inconnu | **≠** | un étranger | **=** | <color #eb0051> a foreigner (from another country)</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> | **=** | la place, une chambre libre, un poste vacant | **≠** | les vacances | **=** | <color #eb0051> a holiday, the holidays </color> | | | <color #eb0051>a vacancy</color> | **=** | une place, une chambre libre, un poste vacant | **≠** | les vacances | **=** | <color #eb0051> a holiday, the holidays </color> | |