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Members of ENGLISH BOARD I bring to you a topic intitled false-friends
what does it mean ?

false-friends are words that make think for a french word but they don't have the same sens

the words are shown by this methode
english = french / francias = englais
ok we start with
A
to abuse=insulter/ abuser= to exaggerate
account=compte/ acompte= deposit
to acheive=accomplir/ achever=to complete
actual=réel/ actuel=present or current
actually= en fait/ actuellement= nowadays
advertissement=récalme/ avertissement=warning
advice=conseil/ avis= opinion
antics= bouffonneries/antique=ancient
appoitment= rendez-vous/ appointement=wages
to assist=aide/assister à= to attend
to attire= vetir/ attirer= to attract
to attend=assister à / attendre = wait
audience=assistance/ audience=interview or session

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Letter B
Balance=équilibre/ Balance=Scales
Ballot= election/ Ballot= bundle
Band= orchestre/ Band= gang
Barracks= cserne/ Baraque= booth, hut

Letter C
Candid=franc /Candide= artless
Cave=caverne/ cave= cellar
Chandelier= lustre/ chandelier= candle-stick
Character=personnage/ caractère= temper
Charge= prix/ charge= load
To chase= poursuivre/ chasser= to hunt, to shoot
Confidence= confiance/ confidence= secret
Conservatory= serre/ conservatoire= music-academy
Considerate= attentionné/ considéré= respected
Coutier= courtisan/ courtier= broker

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Letter D
Data= données/ date= date
Deception= tromperie/ déception= disappointment
Defiance= défi/ défiance= diffidence
To demand= exiger/ demander = to ask
Deputy= adjoint/ deputé= member of Parliament
To discharge= congédier/ décharger = to unload
Dot =point / dot= dowry
Dungeon= cachot / donjon = keep

Letter E
Editor = rédacteur/ éditeur= publisher
Estate = propriété/ état = state
Evidence= témoiniage/ évidence= patent fact
To exhibit= exposer/ exhiber= to produce

Letter F
Fabric= étoffe / fabrique = factory
Forgery= contrefaçon/ forge= smithy
Franchise= droit de vote/ frtanchise= frankness
Furniture= meubles/ fournitures= supplies

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Letter G
Grape= raisin / grappe= bunch
Grief= chagrin/ grief= grievance
Groom= valet d'écriture / groom= hotel boy
Guardian= tuteur/ gardien= keeper

Letter H
Habit = habitude/ habit= clothes
Hardy = robuste / hardi= bold
Hazard= péril/ hasard= chance

Letter I
To impeach= metre en accusation/ empecher= to prevent
Inconvenient= malcommande/ inconvenient= drawback
To indulge= satisfaire/ indulgent= lenient
To injure= blesser/ injurier= to abuse

Letter L
Labour= travail/ labour= ploughing
Lard= saindoux/ lard= bacon
Large= grand, vaste/ large= broad, wide
Lecture= conférence/ lecteur= reading
Libel= diffamation/ libelle= lampoon
Library= bibliothèque/ librairie= bookshop
Lime= chaux, tilleul/ lime= file
Luxury= luxe/ luxure= lust

Letter M
Major=commandant/ major= medical officer
Malice=méchanceté/ malice= mischief
A maniac= un fou/ un mamiaque= a crank
To march= defiler au pas/ marcher= to walk
Maroon= grenat/ marron= brown
Mechanic= mécanicien/ mécanique= machinery
Miser= avare/ misère= poverty
Miserable= malheureux/ misérable= wretched, poor

Letter N
Novel= romon/ nouvelle= short story

Letter O
Office= bureau/ office= service
Opportunity= occasion/ opportunité= convenience

Letter P
Pain= douleur /peine= grief
Partition= cloison/ partition= score
Patron= client/ patron= boss, employer
Prejudice= préjuger/ préjudice= damage
Presently= bientot/ à present= at present, now
To preserve= mettre en conserve/ preserver= to Keep
Propriety= justesse/ propriété= property, estat
Prune= pruneau/ prune= plum

Letter R
Raisins= raisins secs/ raisis = grapes
Rage= chaine/ rangée= row
To range= parcourire/ ranger= to tidy
To realize= se render compte/ réalser= to achieve
To regard= considerer/ regarder= to look at
Relation= parent/ relation= acquaintance, connection
To report to = se presenter/ reporter= to postpone
Rest= repos/ reste= remainder, rest
To resume= reprendre/ résumer= to sum up, to summarize
Route= itinéraire/ route= road
Rude= groussier/ rude= rough, hard, harsh

Letter S
Sable= noire/ Sable= sand
Saloon= salle vde café/ Salon= parlour, lounge
Scholar= boursier/ écolier= school-boy
Sensible= sense/ Sensible= sensitive
Severe= grave/ Sévère= stern
Store= magasin/ Store= blind
Suite= appartement/ Suite= continuation

To supply= fournire/ supplier= to implore
To suvey= mettre à l'etude/ suveiller= to look after

Letter T
Talon= griffes, serres/ Talon= heel
Treat= enfriendre/ Trait= feature
Trivial= banal/ Trivial= coarse, vulgar
Trump= atout/ Trompe= horn

Letter U
Umbrella= parapluie/ ombrelle= sunshade

Letter V
Verger= sacristain/ Verger= orchard
Vest= maillot/ Vest= jactket, coat
Vicar= curé/ Vicaire= curate

Letter W
Waggon= chariot/ wagon(de marchandise)= truck