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Words that are the same in French and English?

You're asking for cognates, words that share a common origin and are similar in spelling and meaning in English and French.

Here are some common examples:

Simple:

* Animal

* Art

* Bank

* Chance

* City

* Control

* Danger

* Difficult

* Example

* Fatal

* Hotel

* Idea

* Information

* Justice

* Legal

* Music

* Nature

* Normal

* Problem

* Public

* Reason

* Science

* Special

* Standard

* Telephone

* Traffic

* Universe

Slightly less obvious:

* Challenge (although the pronunciation is different)

* Costume

* Elegant

* Engine

* Final

* General

* Government

* Honest

* Important

* Interesting

* Medical

* Modern

* Moment

* National

* Original

* Personal

* Physical

* Popular

* Possible

* Practical

* President

* Principal

* Professional

* Progress

* Quality

* Quantity

* Revolution

* Significant

* Situation

* Social

* Special

* Success

* Symbol

* System

* Technique

* Technology

* Tradition

* Unique

Important to note:

* Cognates can sometimes have slightly different meanings or be used in different contexts.

* Some words that appear similar may have completely different meanings (false cognates). For example, "attorney" in English is not the same as "attorney" in French.

I hope this gives you a good starting point. Happy learning!

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