False friends

A number of words are similar in form and spelling between English and French. This is often a trap because their meanings are usually different.
An example of a common error: actual = réel and not 'actuel'.
Choose the correct word for the following sentences. After the correction, I will give you the definition of the 'faux ami'.

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English exercise "False friends" created by eos17 with The test builder
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1. The man used truculentcolourful langage when he told comic stories.
2. I must traducetranslate a text before next week.
3. An alexandrine has twelve syllablessyllabus.
4. The old woman begs fromsupplies pedestrians at the door of the theatre.
5. In summer, children make sablesand pies on the beach.
6. My grandmother's sheets were roughrude and I didn't like sleeping in them!
7. I'm reading a romanticromanesque novel.
8. The police had a round-upraffle in the neighbourhood last night.
9. When walking in her high heels, she has an ungainlydisgraceful gait.
10. My friend loves moving in fashionablemundane circles.
11. The factory will be transferredmuttered from China to Vietnam.
12. In Autumn, farmers plough uplabour their fields.