FALSE FRIENDS/FAUX-AMIS

WHAT A SHAME!

                                                                                                                Lucy & Malcolm Turnbull 

Didn’t I tell you that president Macron was well respected abroad? As you know, following his trip to America, he also went to Australia and to New Caledonia (a French collectivity). Australian people all agreed that president Macron has grown in international stature; he is the man of the moment — youthful, energetic and able to communicate in an immaculate (perfect) English with big leaders such as Donald Trump. Before he left, he thanked Australian prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull   “thank you and your delicious wife for a warm welcome the perfect organisation of this trip” he said before the two men shook hands. Unfortunately for him, delicious can only be used for a very tasty meal in English and if it’s used for a person that means the person is “good”, “sexy”! The whole press laughs at this faux-pas. Don’t take nothing for granted, you always have to check when it comes to important task! Be careful with FAUX AMIS. I hope that Mr and Mrs Turnbull won’t divorce after that revelation! Afterwards, president Macron flew to some more Pacific shores because France has a little control in the region with New Caledonia and French Polynesia. (See the map). Hopefully, president Macron didn’t try to speak patois when in he was in Ouvéa, New Caledonia!
10 Common False Friends:
 Actually: En fait et non actuellement = At the moment      An agenda : A l’ordre du jour et non agenda= a diary      Assist : Aider et non assister = Attend       Benefits : Les bienfaits et non les bénéfices = Profits       Eventually : Finalement et non Éventuellement = Possibly       Currently : En ce moment et non couramment= Fluently (foreign language)      Sensible : Censé et non sensible = sensitive    Society (cosumer): Société(consommation) et non Société(business)=company               Sympathetic : Complaisant et non sympahtique=Nice            Pass :Réussir(examen) et non passer = take(examen)  

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