faux amies avec D

Question 1

exiger - Il a exigé que je cherche son pull.

Answer 1

He demanded that I look for his sweater

Question 2

démenti

Answer 2

to a denial or refutation (démentir - to deny, refute)

Question 3

dément, en démence, fou, or insensé.

Answer 3

demented

Question 4

déranger

Answer 4

to derange (the mind), déranger means to bother, disturb, or disrupt.

Question 5

dérangé

Answer 5

only used for mental health

Question 6

derogation

Answer 6

special dispensation or exemption.

Question 7

une atteinte or une réduction.

Answer 7

a derogation

Question 8

désobligeant, dénigrant, péjoratif.

Answer 8

derogatory

Question 9

dérogatoire

Answer 9

dispensatory or exceptional (being an exception).

Question 10

un design, un stylisme, un plan - and a verb: concevoir, élaborer.

Answer 10

to design

Question 11

détail

Answer 11

to detail, it can refer to retail.

Question 12

renseignements.

Answer 12

can mean detail

Question 13

devise

Answer 13

to currency or a slogan/motto.

Question 14

imaginer, concevoir.

Answer 14

to devise

Question 15

disposer

Answer 15

to arrange, to incline/dispose someone to, or (formally) to leave. Disposer de (F) means to have (at one’s disposal).

Question 16

se débarasser de, éliminer, jeter, renvoyer.

Answer 16

to dispose of

Question 17

divers

Answer 17

diverse, varied, or several.

Question 18

plongeur.

Answer 18

diver

Question 19

une dot

Answer 19

dowry.

Question 20

un point or un pois.

Answer 20

a dot

Question 21

a shower.

Answer 21

a shower

Question 22

douter

Answer 22

o doubt or be doubtful about, while se douter means to suspect or imagine.

Question 23

draguer

Answer 23

to flirt. Formally, it means to fish with a dragnet or to dredge.

Question 24

traîner or tirer.

Answer 24

to drag

Question 25

un hasard, une possibilité, or une occasion

Answer 25

a chance

Question 26

trancher, couper, hacher.

Answer 26

to chop

Question 27

une côtelette, un coup

Answer 27

a chop

Question 28

choir

Answer 28

to fall

Question 29

un chute

Answer 29

a fall, loss, collapse, or failure.

Question 30

une glissière.

Answer 30

a chute

Question 31

combine

Answer 31

a trick or scheme.

Question 32

une observation or un commentaire.

Answer 32

a comment

Question 33

commodité

Answer 33

convenience: les commodités de la vie moderne - the conveniences of modern life.

Question 34

produit, article, denrée

Answer 34

commodities

Question 35

compléter, finir, remplir.

Answer 35

to complete

Question 36

détaillé, complet, étendu, global, or compréhensif.

Answer 36

comprehensive

Question 37

compréhensif

Answer 37

comprehensive as well as understanding or tolerant.

Question 38

compromettre, transiger, aboutir à/accepter un compromis.

Answer 38

to compromise

Question 39

a compromise

Answer 39

un compromis or une transaction.

Question 40

la frime, une escroquerie, or a verb - duper, escroquer.

Answer 40

a con, or to con

Question 41

rapport, affaire, souci, intérêt,

Answer 41

a concern

Question 42

concerner/toucher as well as inquiéter or préoccuper.

Answer 42

to concern

Question 43

concerner

Answer 43

affected by, not concerned about something.

Question 44

le béton.

Answer 44

concrete - not abstract sense

Question 45

confiance

Answer 45

confidence or trust

Question 46

assurance.

Answer 46

confidence

Question 47

confidence

Answer 47

is a noun, the French equivalent of confidant - someone you tell all your secrets and private matters.

Question 48

confiant, assuré, sûr, and persuadé.

Answer 48

confident

Question 49

à l'aise or bien.

Answer 49

J suis à l'aise - I am comfortable, comfortable is only used with places/things

Question 50

conseil, conseiller

Answer 50

a hint or piece of advice; a consultant or adviser; or a board, committee, or council. Conseiller means to recommend, advise, or counsel.

Question 51

une consultation, un conseil, une déliberation, un avocat (in formal English) and a verb: conseiller, recommander.

Answer 51

to counsel

Question 52

consumer

Answer 52

to consume only as a fire or as ambition consumes.

Question 53

consommer

Answer 53

eating or drinking something

Question 54

contrée

Answer 54

the physical boundaries of a piece of land or a region.

Question 55

un pays, une patrie, or la campagne.

Answer 55

the country

Question 56

contrôle

Answer 56

an inspection, verification, or test, but it can in some cases indicate self-control or control of a vehicle.

Question 57

un cordon

Answer 57

a cord

Question 58

une corde

Answer 58

rope or a string on a musical instrument.

Question 59

corporation

Answer 59

a corporate body, guild, or, in general terms, profession.

Question 60

une société commerciale, société à responsabilité limitée, or compagnie commerciale.

Answer 60

corporation

Question 61

correspondence

Answer 61

correspondence, conformity, balance, or a travel connection.

Question 62

courageux

Answer 62

courageous, but is also used to mean up to or not lazy: Je ne suis pas courageux - I don't feel up to it; Sois courageux ! - Don't be lazy!

Question 63

crispé

Answer 63

tensed or flexed, from the verb crisper.

Question 64

croquant or croustillant.

Answer 64

crispy

Question 65

crier

Answer 65

to scream or shout.

Question 66

pleurer; as a noun it is un cri.

Answer 66

cry

Question 67

course

Answer 67

running, une course is a trip, journey, or race.

Question 68

un cours or une route. Of course = bien sûr.

Answer 68

course