faux amis - j - k - l

Question 1

jaillir

Answer 1

to spurt out, gush forth, spring out, etc.

Question 2

la prison or emprisonner

Answer 2

jail (n) or to jail (v)

Question 3

jars

Answer 3

gander - a male goose.

Question 4

pot, jarre

Answer 4

a wide-mouthed container made of glass or pottery:

Question 5

journey

Answer 5

un séjour, un voyage or trajet.

Question 6

justement

Answer 6

exactly, in fact, rightly, or speaking of which.

Question 7

juste.

Answer 7

fair

Question 8

Kidnapper

Answer 8

to kidnap

Question 9

un ravisseur / une ravisseuse.

Answer 9

a kidnapper

Question 10

un label

Answer 10

official label or certification, such as where a product comes from or a guarantee of its quality.

Question 11

un manque

Answer 11

a lack

Question 12

laid

Answer 12

an adj for ugly

Question 13

il a posé son porte-documents sur la table

Answer 13

he laid his briefcase on the table

Question 14

elle était déposée au sol.

Answer 14

she was laid on the ground

Question 15

un lame

Answer 15

strip (of wood or metal), slide (of a microscope), or blade

Question 16

boiteux, estropié, faible.

Answer 16

adjs for lame

Question 17

langage

Answer 17

jargon or other kinds of specialized language

Question 18

le langage and to the more general term la langue.

Answer 18

language

Question 19

large

Answer 19

adj for wide, broad, or expansive. It can also mean generous or ample.

Question 20

la lecture

Answer 20

a reading

Question 21

grand, vaste, gros, important.

Answer 21

large

Question 22

un levier or une manette

Answer 22

a lever

Question 23

libéral

Answer 23

ideology of Libéralism, which, generally speaking, believes in individual rights, freedom of thought, limited power, rule of law, market-based policies, and transparent government. The market-based policies in particular tend to be favored by political parties on the right.

Question 24

un pou

Answer 24

louse

Question 25

Licencier

Answer 25

make redundant, dismiss, or lay off.

Question 26

license

Answer 26

avoir une license pour or acheter la vignette de as well as a noun: un permis or une authorisation.

Question 27

lime

Answer 27

lime or lime tree, but it more commonly refers to a file (metal or nail file).

Question 28

allumer or éclairer.

Answer 28

to light

Question 29

liqueur

Answer 29

is a sweet, flavored alcoholic beverage: J’ai bu une liqueur après le dîner - I drank a cordial after dinner.

Question 30

L’alcool est son vice unique.

Answer 30

liquor - any alk. beverage

Question 31

littérature

Answer 31

literature, writing

Question 32

documentation, (publicitaires

Answer 32

literature,brochures

Question 33

livide

Answer 33

pallid, pale, insipid, feeble

Question 34

blafard, vilain, furieux, or furibond.

Answer 34

livid

Question 35

location

Answer 35

something that is available for rent, such as a house or car. C’est pour un achat ou pour une location ? - Is it to buy or to rent?

Question 36

emplacement

Answer 36

location; C’est une emplacement convenable à une boulangerie

Question 37

logeur

Answer 37

landlord - the person who rents out rooms.

Question 38

locataire, pensionnaire.

Answer 38

person who stays in rooms

Question 39

Losange

Answer 39

diamond-shaped

Question 40

une pastille (pour la toux).

Answer 40

lozenge

Question 41

lover

Answer 41

to coil.

Question 42

un/e amant/e.

Answer 42

a lover

Question 43

Luxure

Answer 43

lust

Question 44

luxe

Answer 44

luxury