Correct ONLY the word underlined and write your answer in the space. If there are two possibilities, only write one. Example:
I can speak three idioms: French, Spanish and English (word begins with "l")
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Solutions and explanations...
1) put/placed (false friend - "introduce" is used as in "introduce one person to another")
2) invests (false friend - "invert" means to reverse something)
3) finish/complete (false friend - "ultimate" is not a verb in English)
4) tense ("tense" is the usual word for this context not "time")
5) moved/transferred (false friend - "translate" is to express something in one language in another)
6) training (false friend - "formation" has lots of meanings but is not used in this sense)
7) delicious (false friend - "rich" is used for food with a lot of fat)
8) still (false friend - "be quiet" means not to make any noise)
9) oil (false friend - "petrol" is what we put in our cars)
10) do (false friend - "practise" means to perfect a skill)
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