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

Forgery

1) contrefaçon, falsification | 2) Invention

Courir à la catastrophe

To Come To The grief

To hazard

Risquer, hasarder

Hideous

1)Terrible, atroce

Incongruous

1) Incompatible, peu approprié | 2) Absurde, grotesque

To induce

1) persuader, inciter | 2) Produire, provoquer

Infatuation

1) Coup de foudre | 2) Engouement

Intoxicate

Enivrer, griser

Lunatic

1)Fou, dément

Mundane

1) Terrestre | 2) Prosaïque, terre à terre

Natural

1) Idiot, Demeuré | 2) génie

Neat

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

A nursery

1)crèche, garderie

Nurture

1) Éducation, formation | 2) Développement

Offensive

1) Choquant 2) Répugnant 3) Grossier, injurieux

Outrage

1) Scandale 2) Indignation 3) Acte de violence

To pass out

S’évanouir

Perverse

1) Contrariant | 2) Têtu, entêté (dans l’erreur)

Patronizing

Condescendant

Perception

1) Sensibilité, intuition | 2) Perspicacité

Ply

Épaisseur

To ponder

Méditer, réfléchir

Rampant

1) être omniprésent | 2) effréné, déchaîné

To reconcile

Concilier

Redundant

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

Rustic

1) Campagnard, paysan | 2) rustre

To sense

Pressentir

Suede

En daim

Wardrobe

1) Penderie/Armoire | 2) Garde-robe

To warrant

1) Justifier | 2) garantir, assurer