My book outline and semifinal daft. A tri-lingual Ultimate English - A German-Romanian Dictionary of False Friends and English Difficult Adjectives

 A tri-lingual

Ultimate English-

German-Romanian

Dictionary of False Friends



     Foreword

The logical syntax of language is making it difficult to use words in an elaborate and non-

redundant manner of expressing the most interesting thoughts. Language remains thus

fascinating and very much attractive to use on a higher metaphorical level. 

Table of Contents

1. A Resumative Collection of False Friends and Homophones............................................4

2. A handy Elaborated List of Synonyms and partial Synonyms…………...……................7

3. Several Grammar Exercises for Enhancing the Resolving of various Usage of

Adjectives correctly………………………………………………………………..............10

4. Key to the Exercises……………………………………………………………….........13

5. Index/Glossary of difficult Terms…………………………………………………........20


1. A Resumative Collection of False Friends and Homophones

1. A Resumative Collection of False Friends and Homophones

A.

absonous : unharmonisch

acumen – acuity

aid - aide

anime - manga

amend - emend

aka - a.k.a.

averse - adverse

anyway - anyways

alter - altar

altogether - all together

avocation – vocation

aww - awe

B.

be > bye

blatant - flagrant

brief - debrief

brung - brought

broach - brooch

blimp - zeppelin

buck-naked - butt-naked

C.

carmel- caramel

catsup - ketchup

crayfish - crawfish

coca - cocoa

consignor - consignee

D.

defendant - plaintiff

defuse - diffuse

disperse - disburse (to pay off)


E.

height - heighth

half-mast - half-staff

F.

faze - phase

founder - flounder

flutist - flautist

funner - funnier


G.

gage - gauge

H.

a hold- a hould

hillbilly > redneck

himself > hisself

height > height

hoard > hord

hoorah - hooray

historic - historical

hitch – snag, glitch

I.

impostor > imposter

instill >instill

instillation > installation

inter > intra

J.

jibe > jive

K.

know > new

L.

lessee>lesson

lead> lede

leapt - leap

leery> leary

lent> lended

lite - light

linchpin > lynchpin

literally > figuratively

loathe > loath

log in > log on

M.

mantel - mantle

moniesc > moneys

N.

naval - navel

nee - neugh

O.

oars - ores

obedience - obedients

ode-owed

od-odd

oracle - auricle


oral - aural

P.

opossum - possum

peal > peel

polygamy > polygyny

prone > supine

Q.

quad - quod

quaff - coif

quay - key

qubit - cubit

R.

repression > suppression

recur - reoccur

role - roll

roof > roves

S.

segway > segue

shoo-in > shoe-in

shudder > shutterhurray

scared > scarred

serigraph - litograph

sherbet - sherbert

story - storey

skeleton > luge

sore > soar

spatter > splatter

speciality > specialty

stank - stunk

to steer - to drive

to stear - clear

stent - stint

summery - summary

supersede - supersed

supposedly - supposable


T.

talk to - talk with

tenants - tenets

tough - tuff

trawling - trolling

U.

unitary - unitarian

V.

verbage - verbiage


W.

waive - waver

wack – whack

whoa- woah

Y.

y’all - ya’ll


Z.

zee - zed


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