Truth and falsehood Flashcards by Delphine U

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vrai

A

true

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il est vrai que

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it is true that

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vraiment

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truly

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la vérité

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the truth

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la vérité est que

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the truth of the matter is

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dire la vérité

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to speak the truth / to tell the truth / to be truthfull

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à vrai dire, nous

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to tell the truth we…

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pour tous vous dire, je …

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to tell (you) the truth I…

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vrai / réel (cheveux)

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real

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la réalité

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reality

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en réalité

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in reality

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vrai / authentique (oeuvre d’art)

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genuine / authentic

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vrai / authentique (sentiment)

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genuine

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l’authenticité

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genuiness / autenticity

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un fait

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a fact

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factuel

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factual

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en fait

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in (actual) fact) / as a matter of fact / actually

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avoir raison à propos de

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to be right about

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c’est juste

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that’s right

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donner raison à qqun

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to prove smb right

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faux (mensonger)

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False / untrue

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faux (inexact)

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false / wrong

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faux (dents / nez)

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false

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faux (argent / billets / documents / signatures)

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forged / fake / false

faux (spécialiste, médecin)

bogus / sham

faux (nom)

false / phoney

un faux

a fake

imiter qqch / qqun

to imitate smth / smb

une imitation

an imitation

en imitation cuire / soie

in imitation leather / silk

simuler

to simulate

la simulation

simulation

fallacieux

fallacious

une illusion / une erreur

a fallacy

soi-disant

so-called

fictif

fictitious

feindre qqch

to feign smth

faire semblant de faire

to pretend to

prétendument

supposedly / alledgedly

avoir tort

to be wrong

donner tort à qqun

to prove smb wrong

une erreur / une faute

a mistake / an error

erroné

erroneous

se tromper / être dans l'erreur

to be mistaken

faire une erreur

to make a mistake / an error

se tromper sur qqch

to get smth wrong

tromper qqun / duper qqun

to deceive smbd

la tromperie / la duperie

deceit

trompeur

deceitful

un mensonge

a lie

un pieux mensonge

a white lie

mensonger

unthruthfull

un bobard

"a fib"

mentir

to lie (lying)

mentir comme un arracheur de dent

to lie trough one's teeth

raconter des bobard

"to fib"

un(e) menteur - euse

a liar

un(e) mythomane

a compulsive liar