O)Faux-Amis Flashcards by P f

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Abstracted

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1) Distrait

2) Préoccupé

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To abuse

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1) injurier
2) maltraiter
3) abuser de

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Accomplishment

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Don, talent

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To advocate

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Préconiser

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Affluence, affluent

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1) Aisance

2) Richesse

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Agonizing

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1) Atroce

2) Poignant

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To allege

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Prétendre, affirmer, supposer

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To amplify on

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1) Expliquer quelque chose en détail

2) Amplifier

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Artful

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Rusé, malin

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Assume

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1) Présumer, Supposer

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Assumption

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Hypothèse, Supposition

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china

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Porcelaine

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clerical (Work)

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Travail de bureau

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To comfort

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Réconforter, consoler

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Commodious

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Vaste, spacieux

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Composed

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Calme, serein

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Concrete

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Béton

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Custom

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1) Clientèle

2) Coutume

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Decidely

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Incontestablement

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Dejected

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Abattu, découragé, déprimé

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Destitution

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Dénuement, indigence, misère

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To devise

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1) inventer, concevoir, imaginer

2) Machiner, combiner

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To engross

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Occuper l’esprit, absorber

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To faint

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S’évanouir

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Forgery

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1) contrefaçon, falsification

2) Invention

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Courir à la catastrophe

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To Come To The grief

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To hazard

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Risquer, hasarder

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Hideous

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1)Terrible, atroce

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Incongruous

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1) Incompatible, peu approprié

2) Absurde, grotesque

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To induce

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1) persuader, inciter

2) Produire, provoquer

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Infatuation

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1) Coup de foudre

2) Engouement

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Intoxicate

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Enivrer, griser

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Lunatic

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1)Fou, dément

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Mundane

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1) Terrestre

2) Prosaïque, terre à terre

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Natural

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1) Idiot, Demeuré

2) génie

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Neat

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1) Propre, soigné
2) bien rangé, en ordre
3) bien fait, pur

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A nursery

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1)crèche, garderie

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Nurture

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1) Éducation, formation

2) Développement

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Offensive

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1) Choquant
2) Répugnant
3) Grossier, injurieux

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Outrage

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1) Scandale
2) Indignation
3) Acte de violence

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To pass out

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S’évanouir

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Perverse

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1) Contrariant

2) Têtu, entêté (dans l’erreur)

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Patronizing

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Condescendant

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Perception

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1) Sensibilité, intuition

2) Perspicacité

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Ply

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Épaisseur

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To ponder

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Méditer, réfléchir

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Rampant

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1) être omniprésent

2) effréné, déchaîné

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To reconcile

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Concilier

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Redundant

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1) Licencié, au chômage
2) superflu
3) redondant

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Rustic

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1) Campagnard, paysan

2) rustre

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To sense

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Pressentir

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Suede

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En daim

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Wardrobe

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1) Penderie/Armoire

2) Garde-robe

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To warrant

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1) Justifier

2) garantir, assurer