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faux amis e-f Flashcards

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éducation

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upbringing, manners.

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instruction, enseignement

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education

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éligible or admissible, avoir droit à, remplir/satisfaire les conditions requises pour.

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To be eligible, éligible is only eligigble for political office

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email

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enamel.

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un email, un courriel

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email

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embarras

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trouble or confusion as well as embarrassment.

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embarrasser, gêner.

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to embarrass

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embrasser

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to kiss, or can be used formally to mean to espouse.

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étreindre or enlacer.

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to embrace

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émergence

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emergence or source.

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un cas urgent or un imprévu.

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an emergency

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employer

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to use, employ.

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un patron, un employeur

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an employer

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enchanté

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enchanted or delighted, and is most commonly used upon meeting someone, the way “It’s nice to meet you” is used in English.

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engagement

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commitment, promise, agreement; (finance) investing, liabilities; (negotiations) opening, start; (sports) kick-off; (contest) entry. It never means a marital engagement.

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16
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one’s engagement to be married.

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: les fiançailles

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engrosser

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to knock up, get someone pregnant.

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absorber, captiver

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to engross

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Enthousiaste

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both a noun – enthusiast - and adjective - -enthusiastic.

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avoir envie de

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means to want or to feel like something: Je n’ai pas envie de travailler - I don’t want to work (feel like working). The verb envier, however, does mean to envy

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  • J’envie le courage à Jean.
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i envy john’s courage

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escroc

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a crook or swindler.

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étiquette

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etiquette or protocole, it can be a sticker or label.

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étiquette, convenances, or protocole.

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etiquette

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éventuel

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possible: le résultat éventuel - the possible outcome.

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eventual

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it can be translated by a relative clause like qui s’ensuit or qui a résulté or by an adverb like finalement. - eventual

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éventuellement

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possibly, if need be, or even: Vous pouvez éventuellement prendre ma voiture - You can even take my car / You can take my car if need be.

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finalement, à la longue, or tôt ou tard : I will eventually do it - Je le ferai finalement / tôt ou tard

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eventually

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évidence

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obviousness, an obvious fact, or prominence.

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le témoignage or la preuve.

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evidence

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évincer

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to oust, supplant, or evict

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manifester or faire preuve de

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to evidence

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exceptionnel

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exceptional or special in the sense of out-of-the-ordinary, unexpected.

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expérience

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both experience and experiment: J’ai fait une expérience - I did an experiment. J’ai eu une expérience intéressante - I had an interesting experience.

English:
Experience shows that … - L’expérience démontre que… He experienced some difficulties - Il a rencontré des difficultés.

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expérimenter

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experiment, test, or apparatus

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fabrique

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workmanship

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tissu or étoffe.

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fabric,

fabric of society - structure de societé

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facilité

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ease, easiness, ability, or aptitude.

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façon

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way, as in voilà la façon dont il procède - this is the way he does it. It can be translated by fashion when it is synonymous with way or manner, as in à ma façon - in my fashion / my way.

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fastidieux

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tedious, tiresome, or boring

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minutieux, méticuleux, tatillon.

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attentive to detail, exacting, fastidious

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fendre

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to split or to chop.

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se débrouiller

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to fend, to fend off means parer or détourner.

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filer

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to spin (e.g., cotton or thread) or to prolong.

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la pellicule.

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a film (on something)

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enfin or en dernier lieu.

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finally

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flemme

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informal word for laziness. It’s commonly used in the expressions “avoir la flemme” (J’ai la flemme d’y aller - I can’t be bothered to go) and “tirer sa flemme” - to loaf about.

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flirter

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to flirt or to go out with/date someone.

Flirt (E) is flirter or, informally, draguer

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fluide

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is a noun: fluid, or an adjective: fluid, flowing, flexible. Il a du fluide - He has mysterious powers.

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fond

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bottom or back (n)

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forcement

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inevitably or necessarily.

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avec force or avec vigueur.

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forcefully

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forfait

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fixed, set, or all-inclusive price; a package deal; or, in sports, a withdrawal.

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formation

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to training as well as formation/forming.

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format

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size

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noun refers to présentation; as a verb it means formater or mettre en forme

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format

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formidable

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great or terrific; almost the opposite of the English. Ce film est formidable ! - This is a great movie!

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L’opposition est redoutable/effrayante.

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the opposition is formidable.

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fort

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strong or loud as well as a noun - fort.

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un fort or fortin.

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fort

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four

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oven, kiln, or furnace.

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fourniture

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supplying or provision. It’s from the verb fournir: to supply or provide.

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foyer

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home, family, or fireplace as well as a foyer.

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un foyer, un hall, or un vestibule.

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foyer

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une fronde

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a sling, slingshot, or catapult; a revolt; or a frond.

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front

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front, forehead.

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futile

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futile but is more likely to be frivolous or trivial.

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vain

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futile

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