Lowlands-L: Beyond the Pale: A border-crossing guide for language learners
Lowlands-L: Beyond the Pale: A border-crossing guide for language learners

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False Friends in English and German

English

German

 

Expression

Bedeutung

Expression

Meaning

 

       

Contributor

actual

tatsächlich, wahr

aktuell

current, newsworthy

R. F. Hahn

eventual

letztlich, schließlich

eventuell

potential, possible, contingent

R. F. Hahn

gift

Geschenk, Gabe

Gift

poison

O. Crane

pregnant

schwanger

prägnant

concise

J. Meibohm

 

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