False Cognates & Irregular Verb Idioms Flashcards
Achever
Finish, end, complete
Figurative: finish off, kill
Pronounced: ahsh-vee
Actuel
Present, current
Pronounced: ak-tu-el
Actuellement
Currently, right now
Pronounced: as-tuel-mo
Ancien
Old, former
Pronounced: on-siah-n
Aimer
Like, love
Pronounced: ee-mee
Apologie
Praise
Pronounced: a-pahlo-jee
Assister
To attend
Pronounced:ah-sees-teh
Assumer
Hold a job, fulfill a role
Taking on responsibility, take control
Attendre
To wait for
Pronounced: at-tuhnd
Blesser
To wound, injure, offend
Pronounced: bleh-she
Caractère
Character or temperament of something
Chair
Flesh
Coin
Corner
Pronounced: kwa
Collège
Junior high school
Crier
To shout, scream
Décevoir
Disappoint
Défendre
Forbid
Demander
To ask for
Envie
To want
Expérience
Experience AND experiment
Formidable
Great, terrific
Histoire
History OR story
Inhabité
Uninhabited
Injure
Insult, abuse
Issue
Exit, conclusion
Joli
Pretty, attractive
Journée
Day
Justement
RIghtly, exactly, in fact, speaking of which
Librairie
Bookstore
Lecture
Reading
Parent
Relative
Related (adj.)
Personne
Person (fem.)
Anyone, no one
Prétende
Claim, assert
Quitter
To leave
Pronounced: kee-teh
Réaliser
To Achieve, to fulfill (a dream or aspiration)
Rester
To stay, to remain
Supplier
To beg, to beseech, to implore
Supporter
To bear, to endure, put up with
Être en train de
To be in the process of…
Être au courant de
To be aware of, or conversant with
Être d’accord avec
To be in agreement with
Avoir faim
To be hungry
Avoir soif
To be thirsty
Avoir chaud
To be warm
Avoir froid
To be cold
Avoir sommeil
To be sleepy
Avoir peur de
To be afraid of
Avoir besoin de
To be in need of, to need
Avoir raison
To be right
Avoir tort
To be wrong