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False Adjective Sahte  /Fɔːls   Yanlış True I Real

Level A1 
Kind adjective
Front false 
IPA  /fɔːls   / adjective
Back yanlış
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false (adjective)

 /fɔːls   / adjective
 
 1 not true; not correct
yanlış
 Bucharest is the capital of Romania – true or false?
 I think the information you have been given is false.
 I got a completely false impression of him from our first meeting.
OPPOSITES TRUE
 2 not real; artificial
takma;
yapma
 false hair/eyelashes/teeth
OPPOSITE REAL1, NATURAL
 3 not genuine, but made to look real in order to trick people
düzmece, sahte
 This suitcase has a false bottom.
 a false name/passport
 4 (used about sb's behaviour or expression) not sincere or honest
 (davranış, ifade) sahte
 a false smile
 false modesty
IDIOMS
a false alarm
a warning about a danger that does not happen
sahte alarm
a false friend
a word in another language that looks similar to a word in your own but has a different meaning
 (dilbilimi) başka bir dilde benzer yazılan başka anlamlı sözcük
on/under false pretences
pretending to be or to have sth in order to trick people
dalavereyle
 She got into the club under false pretences – she isn't a member at all!
 

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