False Cognates & Irregular Verb Idioms Flashcards by Stuart Haruyama | Brainscape

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Achever

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Finish, end, complete
Figurative: finish off, kill

Pronounced: ahsh-vee

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Actuel

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Present, current

Pronounced: ak-tu-el

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Actuellement

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Currently, right now

Pronounced: as-tuel-mo

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Ancien

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Old, former

Pronounced: on-siah-n

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Aimer

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Like, love

Pronounced: ee-mee

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Apologie

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Praise

Pronounced: a-pahlo-jee

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Assister

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To attend

Pronounced:ah-sees-teh

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Assumer

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Hold a job, fulfill a role

Taking on responsibility, take control

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Attendre

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To wait for

Pronounced: at-tuhnd

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Blesser

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To wound, injure, offend

Pronounced: bleh-she

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Caractère

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Character or temperament of something

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Chair

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Flesh

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Coin

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Corner

Pronounced: kwa

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Collège

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Junior high school

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Crier

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To shout, scream

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Décevoir

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Disappoint

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Défendre

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Forbid

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Demander

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To ask for

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Envie

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To want

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Expérience

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Experience AND experiment

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Formidable

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Great, terrific

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Histoire

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History OR story

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Inhabité

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Uninhabited

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Injure

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Insult, abuse

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Issue

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Exit, conclusion

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Joli

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Pretty, attractive

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Journée

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Day

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Justement

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RIghtly, exactly, in fact, speaking of which

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Librairie

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Bookstore

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Lecture

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Reading

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Parent

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Relative

Related (adj.)

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Personne

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Person (fem.)

Anyone, no one

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Prétende

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Claim, assert

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Quitter

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To leave

Pronounced: kee-teh

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Réaliser

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To Achieve, to fulfill (a dream or aspiration)

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Rester

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To stay, to remain

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Supplier

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To beg, to beseech, to implore

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Supporter

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To bear, to endure, put up with

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Être en train de

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To be in the process of…

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Être au courant de

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To be aware of, or conversant with

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Être d’accord avec

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To be in agreement with

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Avoir faim

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To be hungry

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Avoir soif

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To be thirsty

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Avoir chaud

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To be warm

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Avoir froid

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To be cold

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Avoir sommeil

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To be sleepy

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Avoir peur de

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To be afraid of

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Avoir besoin de

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To be in need of, to need

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Avoir raison

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To be right

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Avoir tort

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To be wrong