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Think you know French? Watch out for false friends: words that look or sound like English words but mean something completely different! In this crossword, you’ll encounter tricky vocabulary that often catches learners off guard. Can you tell your librairie from your library? Test your knowledge and sharpen your B1 instincts!
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 4. To call
- 7. To want
- 10. A reporter, not a journalist always
- 11. False English-looking word in French
Down
- 1. Fiction, shared but differs in use
- 2. A lecturer, not a conference organizer
- 3. To take
- 4. Currently, at the present time
- 5. A library, not a bookshop
- 6. Sensible or fair, not just reasonable
- 8. Twilight, dusk at day's end
- 9. Often
Answers
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Across
- 4. To call → appeler
- 7. To want → vouloir
- 10. A reporter, not a journalist always → journaliste
- 11. False English-looking word in French → talented
Down
- 1. Fiction, shared but differs in use → fiction
- 2. A lecturer, not a conference organizer → conferencier
- 3. To take → prendre
- 4. Currently, at the present time → actuellement
- 5. A library, not a bookshop → bibliotheque
- 6. Sensible or fair, not just reasonable → raisonnable
- 8. Twilight, dusk at day's end → crepuscule
- 9. Often → souvent
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