A list of important false cognates
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| achever | to finish or complete
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| actuel | at this moment
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| assister | to attend; to assist
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| un bureau | desk; office
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| un collège | middle school
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| confuse | embarrassed
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| correct | appropriate, polite, honest
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| une déception | disappointment
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| un editeur | publisher
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| le football | soccer
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| grand | tall person
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| une lecture | reading
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| une librairie | bookstore
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| un roman | novel, book
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| sale | dirty; soiled
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| sensible | sensitive
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| large | wide
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| marron | brown
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| les parents | parents, relatives in general
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| attendre | to wait for; attend
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| location | rental
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| louer | to rent
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| passer | to pass by
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| passer en examen | to take a test
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| sauvage | wild
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| brutal | savage
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| visiter | to visit (place)
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| l'école maternelle | nursery school / kindergarten (2-6)
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| l'école primaire | elementary school (grades 1-5)
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| le collège | middle school (grades 6-9)
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| le lycée | high school (grades 10-12)
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| le four | oven
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| un pot | jar
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| un raisin | grape
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| le pain | bread
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| un menu | meal at a fixed price
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| la carte | menu
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| une chemise | shirt (man's)
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| un costume | suit
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| une robe | dress
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| une robe de chambre | robe
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| une veste | jacket, blazer
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| défendre | to forbid
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| l'herbe | grass
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| sable | sand
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| un castor | beaver
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| une source | spring (water)
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| un champ | field
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| un lecteur | reader (m)
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| une lectrice | reader (f)
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| une pièce | theater play
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| les spectacteurs | audience; spectators
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| un comédien | actor
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| une comédienne | actress
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| répéter | to rehearse
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| le frontière | border
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| la monnaie | change, coins
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| ministre | minister of government
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| un éditeur | publicher
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| un rédacteur | editor (m)
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| une rédactrice | editor (f)
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| un journal | newspaper
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| un meeting | political rally
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| a cause de + noun | because of + noun
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| a la longue | eventually
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| actuellement | at the present time
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| au fond | basically
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| fondamentalement | basically
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| avoir de bonnes manières | to be well behaved
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| avoir de mauvaises manières | to have bad manners
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| avoir raison | to be right
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| beaucoup de travail | a lot of work
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| bon | right, correct
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| caractère | personality
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| chemin | road, route
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| contrairement | unlike
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| de moins en moins | less and less
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| décevoir | to disappoint
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| embrasser | to kiss
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| empêcher | to prevent
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| emphase | pomposity
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| en fait | actually
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| envers (a person) | toward
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| epouser | to marry
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| être amoureux de | to be in love with
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| tomber amoureux de | to fall in love with
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| éventuellement | possibly
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| exiger | to demand
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| faire + infinitive | to make + infinitive
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| faire confiance à | to trust
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| faire semblant de/que | to pretend
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| jouer le malade | to pretend to be sick
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| habit | outfit (clothing)
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| avoir mal à comprendre | to have trouble understanding
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| Il a failli mourir. | He almost died.
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| la tromperie | deception
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| la veille | the day before
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| le contraire | opposite
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| le droit de | the right to
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| le lendemain | the day after
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| être mal à l'aise | to be uncomfortable (for a person)
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| manquer | to miss
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| mettre l'accent sur | to emphasize
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| pareil | similar
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| particulièrement | especially
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| place | seat (in a plane,class, etc) or public square
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| plutôt | rather
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| presque | almost
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| pretender | to claim, as in to assert
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| prévenir | to warn
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| procès | courtroom trial
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| raisonable | sensible
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| raisonnablement | sensibly
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| realizer son but | to achieve one's goal
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| rendre + adjective | to make adjective (Elle rend Antoine plus calme)
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| render visite | to visit a person
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| résumer | to summarize
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| se render compte de/que | to realize
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| ses ennuis | his/her troubles
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| tromper | to deceive
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| trouble | anguish
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| un baiser | a kiss
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| vers (a place) | toward
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