False Cognates Flashcards
A group of 2 or more words acting as a single part of speech (phrase or sentence)
Phrase
A person who drives car, truck, etc. (Conductor or driver)
Driver (conductor: a person who collects tickets from passenger on a train)
The working parts of a machine (mechanic or machinery)
Mechinery (mechanic: a person who repairs machines)
To tell someone to do something in a forceful and official way (command or order)
Command (order: request something from a company or request food or drinks)
Cave
A large hole that was formed by natural processes in the side of a cliff or hillor under the ground
Infant
Young person between 1 month and 12 months old
Polite, kind and friendly (nice or gentle)
Nice (gentle: soft or delicate)
Severe
Causing a lot of physical pain or suffering
Currently
Happening now; existing in the present time
The act of enrolling in a school or adding your name on an official list
Definition of its false cognate
Registration (incription: words that are written on or cut into a surface)
Stage
A raised platform in a theater where the performers stand
Formation (definition)
An act of creating something
Form (definition)
To give a particular shape to something
A large business organisation focused on action and growth (company or enterprise)
Enterprise (company: a business that sells goods or provides services for money)
Relation (definition)
Formal interactions between countires or large groups
Interactions between specifique people in a romantic connection
Relationship
Process (definition)
A series of actions
A formal meeting in a court where evidence is presented to a judge
Trial
Comprehensive (definition)
Including many, all, most things
Resume (definition)
To continue something after stopping
An act or statement intended to make people believe [in] something that is not true
Deception
Demand & request
Demand: a forceful statement in which you say that something must be done or given to you
Request: an act of politely or formally asking
Upbringing
The way a child is raised by parents
Lecture
A talk or speech given to a group to teach them about a particular subject
Journal
A collection of scientifi articles or a personal book for writing about your thoughts
Local
Tu demande à un local ou sont les chutes (a branch of a labour union)
Journey
An act of traveling from one very distant place to another
Alliance
A relationship in which people, groups, countries… agree to work together
Bureau
A division of educational, business, or government organization
Congress
A formal meeting where representatives discuss ideas or make decisions
Convention
A formal meeting of people who belong to the same profession or organisation
Reunion
A gathering of people who have been apart for a long time
Circulation
The movement of blood through the body
Pass (a test)
To receive a mark or grade on a test that is not failure
Remark
To make a statement about something or someone
Ancient
Belonging to a time long ago in history
Used to say what a person or thing was in the past
Former
Derange (definition)
To make someone insane or crazy
Effectively (definition)
In a way that produces a desired result
As a matter of fact; without any questions
Indeed
Issue (definition)
An important subject or topic
An outline of things to be considered or done, especially at a meeting (agenda or daily planner)
Agenda (daily planner: a personal book of appointments and tasks)
A passage between section of seats (aisle or alley)
Aisle (alley: narrow street or a passage between buildings)
To earn money
Profit (benefit: provide advantage)
Confidence
A feeling or belief that someone or something is good or has the ability to succed
Critic
A person who gives opinions about books, movies, etc
Deceived (definition)
Made a person believe something that is not true
Delay (definition)
A situation that happens later than it should
To have a way & to have a facility
To have a way: To be able to deal with someone or something well
To have a facility: to have a natural ability to do something well
Habitually (definition)
Acting in some manner by force of a settled tendency, almost without choice
Uninhabited & inhabited
Uninhabited: not lived by people
inhabited: lived by people
Manifestation
An occurence in which the gost or spirit appears
Demonstration
An event in which people gather together in order to show support/opposed in something
