Faux amis (or "false friends") are French words that look and sound like English words but have entirely different meanings than what you expect, causing ...

This combined book of key words and expressions gives you the absolutely essential words you'll need to know to navigate everyday French conversation. ...

It's easy to assume that French words mean the same as English words when they look and sound pretty much the same. Most of the time you would be correct. ...

Les faux amis sont des mots d'orthographe identique, ou presque, en anglais et en français, mais qui ont des significations différentes. ...

If you have read the first book in this series, All the French You Use Without Knowing It , you already know that this is not a book with useful facts ...

Do you wonder why an arm is masculine while a leg is feminine? Why your sofa is masculine but your chair is feminine? And why should a person or victim ...

This book isn't anything you have to memorize. As Catherine Ostrower, who teaches French at Wesleyan and was proofreading the book, wrote to the author: ...

This second book of key words and expressions gives you more of the absolutely essential words you’ll need to know to navigate everyday French conversation. ...

This book will help you use the little key words and expressions that you'll need every day in French conversation. They are the French equivalents of ...

It's easy to assume that French words mean the same as English words when they look and sound pretty much the same. Unfortunately, some of these words ...