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Phrases with «false cognates»
"False cognates"
refers to words in different languages that look or sound similar but have different meanings. They can fool people into thinking they mean the same thing, but actually, they do not.
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cognate
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Sentences with «false cognates»
ELLs and their teachers need to be wary, however,
of false cognates
.
(
brown.edu
)
Contains fairly common, basic misleading high - frequency words (
false cognates
).
(
tes.com
)
Some ideas for categories include nouns, verbs, adjectives, cognates and
false cognates
.
(
fluentu.com
)
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