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100 False Friends for English Learners

May 15, 2026

100 False Friends for English Learners

No. Item Definition
1. actual real; current, not possible
2. actually in fact
3. agenda list of meeting items
4. apology statement of regret
5. application formal request; use
6. argument disagreement; verbal fight
7. assist help
8. billion one thousand million
9. career long-term profession
10. carpet thick floor covering
11. casualty person injured or killed
12. cement binding building material
13. college higher education institution
14. commodity raw material or product
15. comprehensive complete and thorough
16. contest competition
17. decade period of ten years
18. delicate easily damaged; fine
19. demand strong request; need
20. desperate having little hope
21. destination place you are going
22. digest break down food; summary
23. director person managing or filming
24. disgust strong revulsion
25. editor person who prepares text
26. educate teach
27. elegant stylish and graceful
28. embarrassed feeling ashamed or awkward
29. estate property; land holdings
30. eventually in the end; finally
31. excited very enthusiastic or eager
32. exit way out
33. fabric cloth material
34. familiar well known
35. fiction made-up writing
36. firm company; solid
37. formula fixed method or expression
38. gentle mild and kind
39. grave serious; burial place
40. gross total before deductions
41. guardian person legally protecting another
42. harass bother repeatedly
43. honest truthful; not cheating
44. ignore pay no attention to
45. injury physical harm
46. insult offend with rude words
47. intend plan or mean
48. journal magazine or academic periodical
49. journalist news writer or reporter
50. lecture formal talk or lesson
51. legend traditional story; key on map
52. magazine periodical publication
53. mayor city leader
54. miserable very unhappy
55. morbid unhealthily interested in death
56. nervous anxious
57. novel long fictional book
58. obligation duty
59. occasion particular time or event
60. offend upset or insult
61. opaque not transparent
62. particular specific
63. pathetic deserving pity; very poor
64. physician medical doctor
65. plausible seeming reasonable or likely
66. policy official plan or rule
67. portable easy to carry
68. pretend act as if something is true
69. publicity public attention from media
70. quota fixed share or limit
71. radical extreme; fundamental
72. rational based on reason
73. realistic practical and true to life
74. realize become aware; achieve
75. recipe instructions for cooking
76. recollect remember
77. relative family member
78. resume begin again; continue
79. sensible practical and reasonable
80. serial published in parts
81. severe very serious or harsh
82. signature person’s written name
83. sinister threateningly evil
84. sophisticated refined and worldly
85. stage platform for performers
86. sympathetic showing understanding and pity
87. taxation system of collecting taxes
88. terrific excellent; very great
89. tragedy very sad event or drama
90. ultimate final; greatest
91. uniform same in all parts
92. union joining together; organization
93. urgent needing immediate attention
94. utility usefulness; public service
95. vacancy empty position or room
96. vacuum space without air
97. valid legally or logically acceptable
98. versus against; compared with
99. veteran experienced former service member
100. vicious cruel or violent
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