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Solution to Les Faux Amis Valent Rien

by Sonia Jaffe and Laura Leland

Answer: OTHERS

There are five bolded words in each sentence. Some of the bolded words are true cognates, some are false cognates with French words.

French wordTruth of cognate
  
sensible False (means “sensitive”)
allure False (means “speed”)
avertissement False (means “warning”)
laid False (means “ugly”)
système True
  
extraordinaireTrue
supplier False (means "to beg")
différence True
storeFalse (means “blind” or “awning”)
scientifiqueTrue
  
animauxTrue
fourFalse (means “oven”)
hamstersTrue
mare False (means “pond” or “pool”)
ride False (means “wrinkle” or “ripple”)
  
sourceTrue
librairie False (means “bookstore”)
chairFalse (means “flesh” or “meat”)
tableTrue
dresserFalse (means “to train” or “to break in”)
  
mainFalse (means “hand”)
locationFalse (means “renting” or “leasing”)
conversationTrue
deviseFalse (means “currency” or “cash”)
hypothèsesTrue
  
traditionTrue
raisinsFalse (means “grapes”)
asFalse (means “ace”)
centralTrue
conclusionTrue

Converting True to 1 and False to 0 gives

00001   10101   10100   10010   00101   10011

Read these as binary numbers and convert them to letters (A=1, B=2, etc.) to read the answer, AUTRES.