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Oct 7, 2021 40 min

5 “FALSE FRIENDS” to avoid at work - False Cognates

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Check your skills! Are these "false friends" or not? INTRO: 00:00 - 8:14 Pretend: 8:15 Realize 11:25 Alleviate 15:10 Sensible 19:30 To Converse 23:50 Agenda 27:15 Compromise 31:48 False cognates (words that look like Portuguese but don't really have the same meaning) can make you say something that you don’t want to. And to reach the 2% English, we need to be #accurate and to communicate really well (after all, we want to open doors to any professional challenge, right?) • Translation “Jimmy” and what it has to do with these false friends • Quiz: which words are in fact false friends and which ones are not? Interactive class! • Join our telegram group to get the class material (PDF with all the explanation and examples) https://t.me/FluentForReal #englishforwork #fluentforreal #englishclass #businessenglish #englishforadults #englishtips #inglesonline #inglesparabrasileiros #advancedenglish #inglesavancado

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