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Attention aux ressemblances trompeuses ! Mots qui se ressemblent mais diffèrent.
Le piège expliqué
📚 LIBRARY ≠ Librairie
Library = Bibliothèque (emprunter des livres)
Bookstore = Librairie (acheter des livres)
🧠 SENSIBLE ≠ Sensé
Sensible = Raisonnable (qui a du bon sens)
Sensitive = Sensible (réactif aux émotions)
⏰ ACTUALLY ≠ Actuellement
Actually = En fait (contradiction, précision)
Currently = Actuellement (en ce moment)
❌ Erreurs fréquentes
❌ I go to the library to buy books
✅ I go to the bookstore to buy books
❌ I currently live in Paris (mais en fait non)
✅ I actually live in Paris (correction)
📋 Mémo
Library = borrow (emprunter)
Bookstore = buy (acheter)
Sensible = reasonable (raisonnable)
Sensitive = emotional (émotionnel)
Actually = in fact (en fait)
Currently = right now (maintenant)
Exercice — 10 questions
I go to the · to buy books.
She never panics and always makes calm, rational choices — she's a very · person.
·, I live in Paris, not Lyon.
She is very · to criticism.
I · work in London these days.
The · is open until 8pm if you want to borrow a novel for free.
That's not a · decision.
He · lives in New York, not Paris.
I bought this novel at the ·.
She's · studying medicine, but she'll switch to nursing next year.