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False Cognates - Int. English 2 Flashcards

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1
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account

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compte rendu

compte de banque

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acompte

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deposit, advance, down payment

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affair

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aventure, liaison romantique et sexuelle de courte ou longue durée entre deux personnes non-mariées

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(une bonne) affaire

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a good thing

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affaires

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business

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alliance (english)

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alliance (confédération)

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alliance (french)

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wedding ring, alliance (between countries)

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amateur (english)

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amateur (contraire de vétéran, peu d’expérience)

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amateur (french)

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fan, lover, enthusiast, amateur

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ancient

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antique

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ancien

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old, former

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bureau (english)

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bureau, agency (FBI), commode (chest of drawers)

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bureau (french)

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desk, office

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circulation (english)

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tirage (d’un journal), circulation (sanguine)

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circulation (french)

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traffic, circulation (blood)

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congress

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congrès (politique)

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congrès

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congrès (politique), convention, symposium, conference

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date (english)

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rendez-vous amoureux, datte, date

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date (french)

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date

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20
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to derange

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rendre fou

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deranged

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fou

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déranger

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bother

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effectively

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efficacement

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effectivement

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actually, really, in fact, indeed

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experience

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expérience (de vie)

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expérience

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experiment (scientific)

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inconvenient (english)

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inopportun, incommode

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inconvénient

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drawback, disadvantage

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an issue

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problème, question, sujet

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une issue

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exit, way out

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large (english)

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grand, vaste

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large (french)

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wide, broad

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lunatic

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fou, dément, cinglé

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a lunatic

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un fou, une folle, un(e) cinglé(e)

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lunatique

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in quebec: distracted, to have one’s head in the clouds

in france: crazy, insane

36
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novel

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roman

37
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nouvelle

A

news, short story

38
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an occasion

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événement

39
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une occasion

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opportunity

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to pass

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passer (devant quelque chose), réussir (un cours/un examen)

41
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passer

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take, write or do (a test, but it depends on the type of test), spend (time)

42
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pleasant

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agréable

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plaisant

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amusing

44
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pretend

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faire semblant de

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prétendre

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claim, assert

46
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to purchase

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acheter

47
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pourchasser

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pursue, hunt down

48
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realize/realise

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sens commun : se rendre compte de, prendre conscience de, découvrir

sens moins commun : accomplir, produire, créer

49
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réaliser

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carry out, accomplish, achieve, finish

50
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a remark

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(faire) une remarque

51
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to remark on/upon

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faire des remarques sur/à propos de

52
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remarquer

A

notice

53
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faire remarquer

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point out

54
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a rendezvous

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repaire (d’individus), rendez-vous galant, rendez-vous militaire

55
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to rendezvous

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se retrouver, se réunir

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rendez-vous

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appointment (doctor/dentist), date (sentimental), meeting place

57
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reunion

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retrouvailles

58
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réunion

A

meeting

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