False Cognates - Int. English 2

Question 1

account

Answer 1

compte rendu

compte de banque

Question 2

acompte

Answer 2

deposit, advance, down payment

Question 3

affair

Answer 3

aventure, liaison romantique et sexuelle de courte ou longue durée entre deux personnes non-mariées

Question 4

(une bonne) affaire

Answer 4

a good thing

Question 5

affaires

Answer 5

business

Question 6

alliance (english)

Answer 6

alliance (confédération)

Question 7

alliance (french)

Answer 7

wedding ring, alliance (between countries)

Question 8

amateur (english)

Answer 8

amateur (contraire de vétéran, peu d’expérience)

Question 9

amateur (french)

Answer 9

fan, lover, enthusiast, amateur

Question 10

ancient

Answer 10

antique

Question 11

ancien

Answer 11

old, former

Question 12

bureau (english)

Answer 12

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

Question 13

bureau (french)

Answer 13

desk, office

Question 14

circulation (english)

Answer 14

tirage (d’un journal), circulation (sanguine)

Question 15

circulation (french)

Answer 15

traffic, circulation (blood)

Question 16

congress

Answer 16

congrès (politique)

Question 17

congrès

Answer 17

congrès (politique), convention, symposium, conference

Question 18

date (english)

Answer 18

rendez-vous amoureux, datte, date

Question 19

date (french)

Answer 19

date

Question 20

to derange

Answer 20

rendre fou

Question 21

deranged

Answer 21

fou

Question 22

déranger

Answer 22

bother

Question 23

effectively

Answer 23

efficacement

Question 24

effectivement

Answer 24

actually, really, in fact, indeed

Question 25

experience

Answer 25

expérience (de vie)

Question 26

expérience

Answer 26

experiment (scientific)

Question 27

inconvenient (english)

Answer 27

inopportun, incommode

Question 28

inconvénient

Answer 28

drawback, disadvantage

Question 29

an issue

Answer 29

problème, question, sujet

Question 30

une issue

Answer 30

exit, way out

Question 31

large (english)

Answer 31

grand, vaste

Question 32

large (french)

Answer 32

wide, broad

Question 33

lunatic

Answer 33

fou, dément, cinglé

Question 34

a lunatic

Answer 34

un fou, une folle, un(e) cinglé(e)

Question 35

lunatique

Answer 35

in quebec: distracted, to have one’s head in the clouds in france: crazy, insane

Question 36

novel

Answer 36

roman

Question 37

nouvelle

Answer 37

news, short story

Question 38

an occasion

Answer 38

événement

Question 39

une occasion

Answer 39

opportunity

Question 40

to pass

Answer 40

passer (devant quelque chose), réussir (un cours/un examen)

Question 41

passer

Answer 41

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

Question 42

pleasant

Answer 42

agréable

Question 43

plaisant

Answer 43

amusing

Question 44

pretend

Answer 44

faire semblant de

Question 45

prétendre

Answer 45

claim, assert

Question 46

to purchase

Answer 46

acheter

Question 47

pourchasser

Answer 47

pursue, hunt down

Question 48

realize/realise

Answer 48

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

Question 49

réaliser

Answer 49

carry out, accomplish, achieve, finish

Question 50

a remark

Answer 50

(faire) une remarque

Question 51

to remark on/upon

Answer 51

faire des remarques sur/à propos de

Question 52

remarquer

Answer 52

notice

Question 53

faire remarquer

Answer 53

point out

Question 54

a rendezvous

Answer 54

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

Question 55

to rendezvous

Answer 55

se retrouver, se réunir

Question 56

rendez-vous

Answer 56

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

Question 57

reunion

Answer 57

retrouvailles

Question 58

réunion

Answer 58

meeting