English Collocations, Idioms, and False Friends: Traps and Confusion for the Students of English as a Foreign Language

English Collocations, Idioms, and False Friends: Traps and Confusion for the Students of English as a Foreign Language

CollocationsFuturistic Collocations

There is practically no real difference because a computer can be as smart as a smartphone and a smartphone as powerful as a computer. amusing videosfunny videosIncrease (in percentage)Google Romania53.300.0001.630.000.000+ 67,31%Google France10.700.0001.650.000.000+ 93,52%Google Germany29.100.0001.640.000.000+ 82,26%Google Spain15.100.0001.640.000.000+ 90,80%Average31.033.3331.640.000.000+ 83,47%

IdiomsA group of words whose meaning is different from the meanings of the individual words. (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary )Metaphors, Proverbs or Idioms?Contain wisdom, moralsTheir meaning cannot be decryptedMake the language more vividProverbsX-XMetaphors--XFrozen Similes-XXProblematic Idioms/Multimedia IdiomsFalse FriendsA word that is often confused with a word in another language with a different meaning because the two words look or sound similar (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)Common False Friends/Language errors or sources of humorEnglish wordRomanian false friendRomanian meaningBanBanCoinFarFarHeadlightMagazineMagazineShopsCameraCamerRoomChefChef/efParty/leaderCrimeCrimeMurdersCutieCutieBoxSensibleSensibilSensitiveFabricFabricFactoryShoulderoldHip

English wordFrench false friendFrench meaningChanceChanceLuckJourneyJourneDayCoinCoinCornerCarCarCoachChairChairFleshAdvertisementAvertissementWarningProcessProcsTrialQuitQuitterTo leaveTissueTissuFabricCaveCaveCellarEnglish wordSpanish false friendSpanish meaningDirectionDireccinAddressParticularParticularPrivateIdiomIdiomaLanguageRareRaroStrangeRopeRopaClothesOnceOnceElevenCodeCodoElbowEmbarrassedEmbarazadaPregnantParentsParientesRelativesGangGangaBargain

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