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Falsos Cognatos (False Friends) 
Também chamados de falsos amigos, os falsos cognatos são palavras normalmente derivadas do latim, aparecendo em diferentes idiomas com ortografia semelhante, mas que ao longo dos tempos acabaram adquirindo significados diferentes. Essas palavras causam confusão nos estudantes de qualquer língua estrangeira, fazendo com que os mesmos façam analogias com palavras parecidas em língua portuguesa, induzindo ao erro. Por isso, é importante estudá-las.
Exercises 
1. Encontre os falsos cognatos no texto abaixo, destacando-os: 
A DAY AT WORK 
In the morning I attended a meeting between management and union representatives. The discussion was very comprehensive, covering topics like working hours, days off, retirement age, etc. Both sides were interested in an agreement and ready to compromise. The secretary recorded everything in the notes. Eventually, they decided to set a new meeting to sign the final draft of the agreement. 
Back at the office, a colleague of mine asked me if I had realized that the proposed agreement would be partially against the company policy not to accept workers that have already retired. I pretended to be really busy and late for an appointment, and left for the cafeteria. Actually, I didn’t want to discuss the matter at that particular moment because there were some strangers in the office. 
After lunch I attended a lecture given by the mayor, who is an expert in tax legislation and has a graduate degree in political science. He said his government intends to assist welfare programs and senior citizens, raise funds to improve college education and build a public library, and establish tougher limits on vehicle emissions because he assumes this is what the people expect from the government. 
2. Leia o seguinte diálogo e responda: Por que o americano não entendeu o que o brasileiro disse? Por que ele foi informal.
One Brazilian and one American are meeting in a coffee shop. 
AMERICAN – Hello, my friend! BRAZILIAN – Good afternoon.
AMERICAN – How are you, man? BRAZILIAN – I’m disgust with my girlfriend.
AMERICAN – So what? Can you repeat? I don’t understand. 
Por causa da palavra DISGUST, porque é desgosto.
Ambiguidade Lexical 
A ambiguidade lexical acontece quando uma palavra possui mais de um significado possível. Esses significados são todos contextuais, que variam de situação para situação. 
3- A) Assinale o significado correto das palavras em destaque nas sentenças:
1) I need to cancel your documents.
(x) cancelar () carimbar 
2) She is the principal of the school.
(x) diretora ( ) principal 
3) His mark was terrible.
( x) marca () nota 
4) The operator (a) gave me the wrong number of the plant (b). 
a- ( ) operador (x) telefonista
b- ( ) planta (x) fábrica 
 We are lost. We need a compass now.
(x) bússola ( ) compasso 
He is the most famous bachelor of the party. 
( ) bacharel (x) solteirão
4- Choose the most appropriate word:
Did you know that Chris got pregnant (embarrassed/pregnant) on holiday in Brazil?
The discipline (discipline/subject) I hate most is Maths.
Actually (Actually/Nowadays) I´m living with my parents again.                                                                 
I´ve got a cold. (cold/constipation). Please pass me the tissue.
I was only living with my parents temporarily (eventually, temporarily).
The government have invested (invested/inverted) a lot of money in the new scheme.
Do not invert. (invert/invest) this package.
We did not enjoy the party at all (at all/absolutely).
English is very important. (important/interesting) for my job.
My family live in England, but I have some parents (parents/relatives) in Britain.
He intends (pretends/intends) to be a soldier.
Temporarily (Eventually/Temporarily) we decided to go on holiday rather than buy a plasma TV. 
If you eat this plant you will get intoxicated (intoxicated/poisoned). 
Have a good job!