faux amis - q- r -

Question 1

qualifier

Answer 1

to describe something or, in sports, to qualify.

Question 2

donner à qqun les compétences/diplômes/qualifications pour (faire) qqch.

Answer 2

to be qualified for doing something

Question 3

nuancer or mettre des réserves à.

Answer 3

limiting one’s remarks

Question 4

qualité

Answer 4

quality (e.g., of a product) and capacity or position: en sa qualité de maire - in his capacity as mayor.
la qualité de la vie

Question 5

quête

Answer 5

a collection, but it can also be used to refer to something like the quest for the holy grail or a pursuit of the absolute.

Question 6

à la recherche d’un emploi.

Answer 6

to quest for a job

Question 7

• un tuyau de plume

Answer 7

shaft/quill of a feather

Question 8

un piquant.

Answer 8

porcupine spike

Question 9

une penne

Answer 9

wing/tail feather

Question 10

quitter

Answer 10

it means both to leave and to quit (to leave something for good).
When it means to quit (stop) doing something, it is translated by arrêter de: I need to quit smoking - Je dois arrêter de fumer.

Question 11

radiation

Answer 11

mean crossing or striking off (a list, for example). Radier - to cross/strike off.

Question 12

Light - irradiation,
Heat - rayonnement,
Radioactivity - radiation.

Answer 12

radiation

Question 13

raide

Answer 13

adjective for stiff, taut, or steep.

Question 14

un raid or une incursion.

Answer 14

a raid

Question 15

rampant

Answer 15

adjective for creeping or crawling: Le chat rampant m’a dérangé - The creeping cat disturbed me.

Question 16

La végétation exubérante couvre le mur.

Answer 16

Rampant (E) means growing without limit: Rampant vegetation covers the wall -

Question 17

rang

Answer 17

a row, line, or rank. In Canadian French, it can be a country road.

Question 18

sonner

Answer 18

to ring

Question 19

râpe

Answer 19

grater or grinder in English. Râper (F) means to grate, rasp, or grind.

Question 20

oun viol or the verb violer.

Answer 20

rape

Question 21

un salaud, un rat

Answer 21

a rat

Question 22

un mouchard

Answer 22

a narc or informer

Question 23

rater

Answer 23

misfire, miss, mess up, or fail.

Question 24

proportion or taux

Answer 24

a rate

Question 25

évaluer or considérer.

Answer 25

to rate

Question 26

réalisation

Answer 26

fulfillment, achievement, completion, or conclusion.

Question 27

une prise de conscience, se rendre compte de, prendre conscience de, or comprendre.

Answer 27

a realization of a truth

Question 28

réaliser

Answer 28

to fulfill or to achieve

Question 29

un reçu, un récépissé.

Answer 29

receipt

Question 30

récipient

Answer 30

container or receptacle.

Question 31

s une personne qui reçoit, un/e destinataire, or un/e bénéficiaire.

Answer 31

a recipient

Question 32

refus

Answer 32

refusal or insubordination

Question 33

détritus, ordures, déchets.

Answer 33

garbage

Question 34

regretter

Answer 34

to regret, but also to miss: Je regrette ma famille - I miss my family.

Question 35

regretter or être désolé.

Answer 35

to be sorry, to regret

Question 36

kidney

Answer 36

rein

Question 37

remarquer

Answer 37

to notice or to remark. Une remarque is a comment or remark.

Question 38

rentanable

Answer 38

profitable or financially viable

Question 39

replacer

Answer 39

to put something back in its place: to re-place it.

Question 40

remplacer or remettre.

Answer 40

to replace

Question 41

replier

Answer 41

to fold up (again) or roll (back) up.

Question 42

répondre (verb) or une réplique (noun).

Answer 42

to reply/respond, a reply/response

Question 43

reporter

Answer 43

postpone or to take back.

Question 44

se reposer - Elle ne se repose jamais.

Answer 44

to rest | : She never rests

Question 45

reprendre, recommencer.

Answer 45

to resume

Question 46

retard

Answer 46

lateness or delay, as in the expression en retard.

Question 47

retirer

Answer 47

take off/out, remove, collect, withdraw, or obtain.

Question 48

prendre sa retraite.

Answer 48

to retire

Question 49

retraite

Answer 49

retirement, a pension, or military retreat.

Question 50

réunion

Answer 50

collection, gathering, raising (of money), or reunion.

Question 51

revue

Answer 51

a magazine as well as review or inspection.

Question 52

revue or spectacle

Answer 52

revue

Question 53

ride, rider

Answer 53

a wrinkle, ripple, or ridge. Rider means to wrinkle or shrivel up.

Question 54

une promenade, un tour - and a verb - monter à cheval, aller à cheval/moto/etc.

Answer 54

to ride

Question 55

risquer

Answer 55

any possibility, either bad or good. Something bad, of course, is equivalent to risk in English, but good is more difficult. Ça risque d'être très intéressant - It might/could be very interesting.

Question 56

itinéraire, voie, or parcours.

Answer 56

route