Intermediate 2 False Friends

Question 1

account

Answer 1

compte rendu,

compte de banque

Question 2

acompte

Answer 2

deposit,
advance,
down payment

Question 3

affair(s)

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 (English)

Answer 5

alliance (confédération)

Question 6

alliance (French)

Answer 6

wedding ring,

alliance (between countries)

Question 7

amateur (English)

Answer 7

amateur (contraire de vétéran)

Question 8

amateur (French)

Answer 8

fan,
lover,
enthusiast,
amateur

Question 9

ancient

Answer 9

antique

Question 10

ancien

Answer 10

old,

former

Question 11

bureau (English)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

bureau (French)

Answer 12

desk,

office

Question 13

circulation (English)

Answer 13

tirage (d’un journal),

circulation (sanguine)

Question 14

circulation (French)

Answer 14

traffic,

circulation (blood)

Question 15

congress

Answer 15

congrès (politique)

Question 16

congrès

Answer 16

congrès (politique),
convention,
symposium,
conference

Question 17

date (English)

Answer 17

rendez-vous amoureux,
datte,
date

Question 18

date (French)

Answer 18

date

Question 19

derange

deranged

Answer 19

rendre fou

fou

Question 20

déranger

Answer 20

bother

Question 21

dire (English)

Answer 21

désastreux,

épouvantable

Question 22

dire (French)

Answer 22

say,

tell

Question 23

effectively

Answer 23

efficacement

Question 24

effectivement (French)

Answer 24

actually,
really,
in fact,
indeed

Question 25

experience (English)

Answer 25

expérience (de vie)

Question 26

expérience (French)

Answer 26

experiment (scientific)

Question 27

inconvenient (adj.) (English)

Answer 27

inopportun,

incommode

Question 28

inconvénient (n.) (French)

Answer 28

drawback,

disadvantage

Question 29

issue (n.) (English)

Answer 29

problème,
question,
sujet

Question 30

issue (n.) (French)

Answer 30

exit,

way out

Question 31

large (English)

Answer 31

grand,

vaste

Question 32

large (French)

Answer 32

wide,

broad

Question 33

lunatic (adj.)

lunatic (n.)

Answer 33

fou, dément, cinglé

un fou/une folle, un(e) cinglé(e)

Question 34

lunatique

Answer 34

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

in France: crazy, insane

Question 35

novel

Answer 35

roman

Question 36

nouvelle

Answer 36

news,

short story

Question 37

occasion (English)

Answer 37

évènement

Question 38

occasion (French)

Answer 38

opportunity

Question 39

pass

Answer 39

passer (devant qqch),

réussir (un cours/un examen)

Question 40

passer (French)

Answer 40

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

Question 41

pleasant

Answer 41

agréable

Question 42

plaisant

Answer 42

amusing

Question 43

pretend

Answer 43

faire semblant

Question 44

prétendre

Answer 44

claim,

assert

Question 45

purchase

Answer 45

acheter

Question 46

pourchasser

Answer 46

pursue,

hunt down

Question 47

realize/realise

Answer 47

sens commun : se rendre compte, prendre conscience de, découvrir
sens moins commun : accomplir, produire, créer

Question 48

réaliser

Answer 48

se rendre compte: carry out

accomplish, achieve, finish

Question 49

remark (n.)

remark on/upon (v.)

Answer 49

faire une remarque

faire des remarques sur/à propos de

Question 50

remarquer

faire remarquer

Answer 50

notice

point out

Question 51

rendezvous (n.) (English)

rendezvous (v.)

Answer 51

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

Question 52

rendez-vous (French)

Answer 52

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

Question 53

reunion (English)

Answer 53

retrouvailles

Question 54

réunion (French)

Answer 54

meeting