faux amis - s (cont) - t-

Question 1

standard

Answer 1

switchboard. As an adjective, it’s the same as standard.

Question 2

une norme, un critère, un niveau

Answer 2

standard

Question 3

station

Answer 3

transportation stops: station d’autobus (bus stop), station de métro (subway station), station de taxis (taxi rank). It can also be used, as in English, to refer to an observation or research station.

Question 4

placer, poster, or installer

Answer 4

to station

Question 5

la gendarmermie

Answer 5

police station

Question 6

store

Answer 6

blind, shade, or awning.

Question 7

mettre en réserve

Answer 7

store

Question 8

string

Answer 8

G-string or thong.

Question 9

une ficelle, un fil, une corde.

Answer 9

a string

Question 10

convenir à

Answer 10

to suit

Question 11

supplier

Answer 11

to beg, beseech, or implore.

Question 12

fournir, procurer, or approvisionner.

Answer 12

to supply

Question 13

provision, une réserve, un stock, or une alimentation

Answer 13

noun, supply

Question 14

supporter

Answer 14

to support or hold up, as well as to endure or put up with something.

Question 15

soutenir

Answer 15

to support qua enduring something

Question 16

un chirurgien.

Answer 16

a surgeon

Question 17

susceptible

Answer 17

sensitive, touchy, or thin-skinned, or else capable or likely (est-il susceptible de… - is he capable of / likely to…)

Question 18

sensible, ouvert, or accessible à

prédisposé à (une maladie).

Answer 18

susceptible

Question 19

sympathie

Answer 19

to friendship. In literary French, it can mean sympathy, compassion

Question 20

compassion, condoléances

Answer 20

sympathy

Question 21

compatissant or de sympathie.

Answer 21

sympathetic

Question 22

sympathique

Answer 22

nice, likeable, friendly, kindly.

Question 23

un tarif

Answer 23

price list or rate as well as a tariff.

Question 24

timbre

Answer 24

a stamp or the timbre of a voice/instrument

Question 25

bois d’oeuvre

Answer 25

timber

Question 26

un pneu.

Answer 26

a tire

Question 27

fatiguer or lasser,

Answer 27

to tire

Question 28

tirer

Answer 28

to pull (to draw, too?)

Question 29

ton

Answer 29

noun - tone, pitch

Question 30

une tonne or un tonneau

Answer 30

a ton

Question 31

tongs

Answer 31

flip-flops or thongs (for your feet - the other kind of thong is un string).

Question 32

pinces.

Answer 32

tongs

Question 33

tour

Answer 33

masculine, refers to a walk around, trip, turn, or lathe. Une tour is a tower

Question 34

un voyage or une visite

Answer 34

a tour

Question 35

tourniquet

Answer 35

something that revoles: turnstile, revolving door, turbine, but it can also indicate a tourniquet or court-martial.

Question 36

trafiquer

Answer 36

to traffic in the sense of something illegal (guns, drugs, etc). In addition, it means to tamper with or doctor, as in On a trafiquer les freins - Someone tampered with the brakes.

Question 37

traîner

Answer 37

to pull or drag, or to lag behind.

Question 38

former, instruire, entraîner.

Answer 38

to trainer

Question 39

trépasser

Answer 39

to pass away

Question 40

s’introduire sans permission

Answer 40

to trespass

Question 41

Truand

Answer 41

gangster

Question 42

truc

Answer 42

thing, trick, thingamajig.

Question 43

un camion

Answer 43

truck

Question 44

truculent

Answer 44

vivid, colorful, racy, larger than life

Question 45

brutal, aggressif.

Answer 45

truculent, angry, predisposed to fight

Question 46

un type

Answer 46

guy or bloke. In the normal register, it can mean type, kind, or epitome. Quel type de moto ? - What kind of motorbike? Le type de l’égoïsme - The epitome of selfishness.

Question 47

un type, un genre, une espèce, une sorte, une marque,

Answer 47

type