Task X. Here is a table with etymological duplets. Make it complete.
| Английское слово | Французское слово | Перевод |
| cow | beef | Корова/говядина |
| calf | veal | Теленок/телятина |
| sheep | mutton | Овца/баранина |
| swine | pork | Свинья/свинина |
| belly | stomach | живот, желудок |
| chance | cadence | шанс, случай/ каденция, |
| count | compute | считать/вычислять |
| frail | fragile | хрупкий |
| garner | granary | хлебный амбар |
| poor | pauper | бедный/нищий |
| ray | radius | луч/радиус |
| sever | separate | разделять |
| strait | strict | строгий, точный |
| sure | secure | уверенный/безопасный |
Task XI. Here is a list of French suffixes and words built with their help. Continue the list with no less than six words:
- ance – arrogance, endurance, hindrance…ignorance,assistance, resemblance, forbearance, elegance, vigilance, importance
- ence – intelligence, expedience…presence, coincidence, preference,independence, silence, coherence
- ment – appointment, development, experiment…endordement, treatment, enjoyment, management, department, supplement
- age – courage, marriage, passage…baggage, cottage, coverage, storage, voyage, image
- ess – tigress, lioness, actress…access, happiness, address, darkness, busyness, impress
- ous – curios, dangerous, joyous…marvelous, hilarious, anxious, serious, enormous, famous
en – enable, endear, enact, enfold…encase, enorganic, enlink, enrapture, enslave
Task XII. Down you will see some explanations and still down words given to denote them. Identify a word or a combination of words using the necessary explanations.
Rendezvous -Place appointed for meeting
Fiancée -A bride
Fiancé -A groom
Denim -A type of clothes
A la carte -If you want to order some meal, and to eat B (board)
Etiquette -Rules of social behavior
Hors d´oeuvre -Extra dish served as a starter for a meal
Nouveau riche -The recently wealthy
Idée fixe –Obsession
Eau de toilette -A weak perfume
Camouflage –Disguise
Haute couture -High class
Carte blanche -Free hand, the ability to do whatever you want
Task XIII. Fill in the gaps with necessary French borrowings:
Tệte–ậ-tệte Nouveau riche
Blasé Cul – de sac
Bon voyage Grand prix
Rendezvous Hors d'oeuvre
Chic Carte blanche
Encore Coup Façade
Debut C'est la vie
Gourmet Bloc
Entourage Detente
Avant garde
1.ThisCul – de sac is a nice place, but too quite and obscure. It would be so dull, as well as dangerous to live here;
2.I would like to start with a nice strong cup of tea, and to follow some Hors d'oeuvre to make my appetite harder;
3.The whole company decided that I could do everything, so they intrusted all the necessary information and papers to me, as well as gave me Carte blanchein making important decisions. Oh, I am nervous;
4.ABBA won Grand prix in Eurovision song contest once and since than forever;
5.I wish youBon voyage on that long beautiful ship. Oh, how I envy your trip!
6.She always is very attractive, choosing only expensive clothes, eating in expensive restaurants, communicating with celebrities! Yes, she is Chic!
7.He offered a nice eveningTệte–ậ-tệte to discuss our future plans and I couldn’t help but coming up there;
8.I am awfullyBlaséabout all that mass that circulates around him after he won that completions! There are always too many reporters and journalists around our family. I am tired;
9.This restaurant is a favorite Rendezvous for writers and artists.
10.Molly Brown was the only woman on Titanic she was Nouveau riche (a person with money, but without status). People didn’t love her;
11.If we take Thomas out to dinner, we must choose a restaurant. He is a Gourmet
12.It is a successful Debut! Bravo! Now the price is our!
13.Film stars don’t usually travel alone. They are normally surrounded by a large Entourage of agents, secretaries and the other helpers
14.The audience liked her songs so much that at the end they shouted, “Encore”, and she obliged by singing one more song
15.When she got married with a simple guy her family was furious, and only her granny calmed everybody down by saying: “C'est la vie”
16.The term “Easter… countries” referred to the Soviet Union and the other socialist states of Eastern Europe
17.His pictures are so Avant garde that it is very difficult to find a proper customer. Sometimes he sits without money for weeks;
18.She made her Coup Façade as an actress in a film at the age of 8
19.The Bloc of that old building remained the same, while interior was renovated and remodeled brand new;
20.At the moment there is a Detentebetween the two countries. Relations are much easier.
Some more French words that were borrowed and assimilated in English:
| Французское заимствование | Перевод |
| reign | царствовать |
| government | правительство |
| crown | корона |
| state | государство |
| duke | герцог |
| peer | пэр |
| prince | князь |
| marquis | маркиз |
| viscount | виконт |
| baron | барон |
| army | армия |
| peace | мир |
| battle | битва |
| soldier | солдат |
| general | генерал |
| captain | капитан |
| lieutenant | лейтенант |
| sergeant | сержант |
| bullet | пуля |
| bayonet | штык |
| march | марш |
| enemy | неприятель |
| county | графство |
| city | крупный город |
| village | деревня |
| palace | дворец |
| mansion | имение |
| residence | резиденция |
| domicile | постоянное местожительство |
| fatigue | усталый |
| retinue | сдержанный |
| miserable | несчастный |
| tender | нежный |
| humble | скромный, смиренный |
| judge | судья |
| justice | правосудие, справедливость |
| court | суд |
| crime | преступление |
| service | служба (церковная) |
| parish | приход |
| lesson | урок |
| library | библиотека |
| dinner | обед |
| supper | ужин |
| table | стол |
| chair | стул |
| plate | тарелка |
| napkin | салфетка |
| saucer | блюдце |
| machine | машина |
| engine | мотор |
| fair | ярмарка |
| market | рынок |
| coquette | кокетка |
| party | партия |
| apartment | квартира |
| décolleté | декольтированный |
| costume | костюм |
| gourmet | гурман |
| billet-doux | любовное письмо |
| protégé | протеже |
| misalliance | неравный брак, мезальянс |
| roulette | рулетка, ролик, колёсико |
| femme | женщина |
