Flashcards: Mistranslated Words in French
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mlleloveday on April 22, 2009
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French | English |
|---|---|
 à cause de | because (only used with nouns) |
| à cette époque | at that time |
| à la longue | eventually |
| achever | to achieve |
| assister | to attend an event |
| au fond | basically |
| fondamentalement | basically |
| avoir de bonnes manières | to be well behaved |
| avoir de mauvaises manières | to have bad manners |
| avoir raison | to be right |
| beaucoup de travail | a lot of work |
| bon | right/correct |
| caractère | personality |
| chemin | way (as in road/route) |
| chez + person | at ...'s home |
| confus | embarrased |
| connaître | to know people/places |
| contrairement | unlike |
| de moins en moins | less and less |
| déception | disappointment |
| décevoir | to disappoint |
| demander | to ask for |
| embrasser | to kiss |
| empêcher | to prevent |
| emphase | pomposity |
| en fait | actually |
| envers | toward |
| epouser | to marry |
| tomber amoureux de quelqu'un | to fall in love with someone |
| éventuellement | possibly |
| passionner | to exite |
| animé | excited |
| agité | excited |
| exiger | to demand |
| avoir confiance en | to trust |
| faire des confidences | to confide |
| faire semblant de | to pretend |
| habit | outfit |
| avoir du mal à faire quelque chose | to have trouble doing something |
| il ne comprend pas | he's confused |
| venir de + infinitif | to have just done something |
| juste | fair |
| la manière | way |
| une façon | way |
| la tromperie | deception |
| la veille | the eve/day before |
| le droit de | the right to |
| le lendemain | the next day |
| l'endroit | the place |
| une place | a seat |
| au lieu de | instead of |
| l'ouevre | the works |
| mal à l'aise | uncomfortable (for a person) |
| manquer | to miss |
| mettre l'accent sur | to emphasize |
| pareil | similar |
| passer un examen | to take a test |
| plutôt | rather |
| pretender | to claim/assert |
| prévenir | to warn |
| un procès | a trial |
| raisonable | sensible |
| raisonnablement | sensibly |
| réaliser | to achieve |
| se rendre compte de | to realize |
| rendre + adj | to make |
| rendre visite à quelqu'un | to visit a person |
| reprendre | to resume |
| résumer | to summarize |
| romanesque | romantic |
| savoir | to know facts/how to/etc. |
| se marier avec | to marry someone |
| sensible | sensitive |
| ses ennuis | his/her troubles |
| signaler | to emphasize |
| insister sur | to emphasize |
| souligner | to emphasize |
| sortir avec quelqu'un | to date someone |
| soutenir | to support person/idea |
| supporter | to bear someone or something |
| le temps | block of time or time in the general sense |
| avoir tort | to be wrong |
| toujours | still |
| travailler | to work |
| tromper | to deceive |
| troubler | to anguish |
| un personnage | a character |
| une habitude | a habit/custom |
| vers | towards a place |
| visiter | to visit a place |