False Friends

Question 1

Account

Answer 1

compte rendu / compte de banque

Question 2

Acompte (français)

Answer 2

deposit; advance ; down payment

Question 3

Affair

Answer 3

aventure/liaison romantique et sexuelle, de courte ou longue durée, entre 2 personnes non-mariées.

Question 4

(Une bonne) affaire

affaires

Answer 4

a good thing/deal

business

Question 5

Alliance (eng)

Answer 5

alliance (confédération)

Question 6

Alliance (français)

Answer 6

wedding ring; alliance (btw countries)

Question 7

Amateur (eng)

Answer 7

amateur (contraire de vétéran)

Question 8

Amateur (fr)

Answer 8

fan; lover; enthusiast; amateur

Question 9

Ancient (eng)

Answer 9

antique

Question 10

Ancien (fr)

Answer 10

old; former

Question 11

Bureau (eng)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Bureau (fr)

Answer 12

desk ; office

Question 13

Circulation (eng)

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Circulation (fr)

Answer 14

traffic; circulation (sanguine)

Question 15

Congress

Answer 15

congrès (politique)

Question 16

congrès

Answer 16

congress (politique); convention, symposium, conference

Question 17

date (eng)

Answer 17

rendez-vous amoureux; datte; date

Question 18

Date (fr)

Answer 18

date

Question 19

Derange (eng)

Answer 19

rendre fou

Question 20

Déranger (fr)

Answer 20

bother

Question 21

effectively

Answer 21

efficacement

Question 22

effectivement

Answer 22

actually; really; in fact; indeed

Question 23

experience (eng)

Answer 23

expérience (de vie)

Question 24

expérience

Answer 24

experiment (scientific)

Question 25

inconvenient (adj eng)

Answer 25

inopportun; incommode

Question 26

inconvénient (n)

Answer 26

drawback, disadvantage

Question 27

issue (n. eng)

Answer 27

problème, question, sujet

Question 28

issue (n. fr)

Answer 28

exit, way out

Question 29

large (eng)

Answer 29

grand ; vaste

Question 30

large (fr)

Answer 30

wide ; broad

Question 31

lunatic (eng) adj

lunatic (eng) noun

Answer 31

fou, dement, cinglé

un fou/une folle, un(e) cinglé(e)

Question 32

lunatique

Answer 32

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

in France: crazy, insane

Question 33

novel (eng)

Answer 33

roman

Question 34

nouvelle

Answer 34

news; short story

Question 35

occasion (eng)

Answer 35

événement

Question 36

occasion (fr)

Answer 36

opportunity

Question 37

pass (eng)

Answer 37

passer (devant qqch); réussir (un cours/un examen)

Question 38

passer

Answer 38

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

Question 39

pleasant

Answer 39

agréable

Question 40

plaisant

Answer 40

amusing

Question 41

pretend

Answer 41

faire semblant

Question 42

prétendre

Answer 42

claim; assert

Question 43

purchase

Answer 43

acheter

Question 44

pourchasser

Answer 44

pursue; hunt down

Question 45

realize

Answer 45

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

sens moins commun: accomplir, produire, créer

Question 46

réaliser

Answer 46

realiser, se rendre compte; carry out; accomplish; achieve; finish

Question 47

remark (n.)

remark on / upon (v.)

Answer 47

faire une remarque

faire des remarques sur / à propos de

Question 48

remarquer

faire remarquer

Answer 48

notice

point out

Question 49

rendezvous (n.)

rendezvous (v.)

Answer 49

repaire (d’individus); rendez-vous galant; rendez-vous (militaire)
se retrouver; se réunir

Question 50

rendez-vous

Answer 50

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

Question 51

reunion

Answer 51

retrouvailles

Question 52

réunion

Answer 52

meeting