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False Cognates Flashcards

1
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A group of 2 or more words acting as a single part of speech (phrase or sentence)

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Phrase

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A person who drives car, truck, etc. (Conductor or driver)

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Driver (conductor: a person who collects tickets from passenger on a train)

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The working parts of a machine (mechanic or machinery)

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Mechinery (mechanic: a person who repairs machines)

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To tell someone to do something in a forceful and official way (command or order)

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Command (order: request something from a company or request food or drinks)

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Cave

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A large hole that was formed by natural processes in the side of a cliff or hillor under the ground

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Infant

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Young person between 1 month and 12 months old

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Polite, kind and friendly (nice or gentle)

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Nice (gentle: soft or delicate)

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Severe

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Causing a lot of physical pain or suffering

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Currently

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Happening now; existing in the present time

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The act of enrolling in a school or adding your name on an official list

Definition of its false cognate

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Registration (incription: words that are written on or cut into a surface)

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Stage

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A raised platform in a theater where the performers stand

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Formation (definition)

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An act of creating something

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Form (definition)

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To give a particular shape to something

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A large business organisation focused on action and growth (company or enterprise)

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Enterprise (company: a business that sells goods or provides services for money)

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Relation (definition)

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Formal interactions between countires or large groups

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16
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Interactions between specifique people in a romantic connection

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Relationship

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17
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Process (definition)

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A series of actions

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18
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A formal meeting in a court where evidence is presented to a judge

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Trial

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Comprehensive (definition)

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Including many, all, most things

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20
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Resume (definition)

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To continue something after stopping

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21
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An act or statement intended to make people believe [in] something that is not true

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Deception

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22
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Demand & request

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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

23
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Upbringing

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The way a child is raised by parents

24
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Lecture

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A talk or speech given to a group to teach them about a particular subject

25
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Journal

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A collection of scientifi articles or a personal book for writing about your thoughts

26
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Local

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Tu demande à un local ou sont les chutes (a branch of a labour union)

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Journey

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An act of traveling from one very distant place to another

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Alliance

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A relationship in which people, groups, countries… agree to work together

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Bureau

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A division of educational, business, or government organization

30
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Congress

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A formal meeting where representatives discuss ideas or make decisions

31
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Convention

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A formal meeting of people who belong to the same profession or organisation

32
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Reunion

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A gathering of people who have been apart for a long time

33
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Circulation

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The movement of blood through the body

34
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Pass (a test)

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To receive a mark or grade on a test that is not failure

35
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Remark

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To make a statement about something or someone

36
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Ancient

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Belonging to a time long ago in history

37
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Used to say what a person or thing was in the past

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Former

38
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Derange (definition)

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To make someone insane or crazy

39
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Effectively (definition)

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In a way that produces a desired result

40
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As a matter of fact; without any questions

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Indeed

41
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Issue (definition)

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An important subject or topic

42
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An outline of things to be considered or done, especially at a meeting (agenda or daily planner)

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Agenda (daily planner: a personal book of appointments and tasks)

43
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A passage between section of seats (aisle or alley)

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Aisle (alley: narrow street or a passage between buildings)

44
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To earn money

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Profit (benefit: provide advantage)

45
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Confidence

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A feeling or belief that someone or something is good or has the ability to succed

46
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Critic

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A person who gives opinions about books, movies, etc

47
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Deceived (definition)

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Made a person believe something that is not true

48
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Delay (definition)

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A situation that happens later than it should

49
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To have a way & to have a facility

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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

50
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Habitually (definition)

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Acting in some manner by force of a settled tendency, almost without choice

51
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Uninhabited & inhabited

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Uninhabited: not lived by people
inhabited: lived by people

52
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Manifestation

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An occurence in which the gost or spirit appears

53
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Demonstration

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An event in which people gather together in order to show support/opposed in something

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