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1. What to an English-speaker is just a type of witty, light amusement, may be misunderstood as a kind of night-club. Seven-letter word beginning in c ?
2. For an English speaker a brassiere has since long ago become a bra. The Frenchies still know the word brassiere in its older form. What is it for them?
3. What for an English speaker are the 'feelers' of an insect, will look to a Frenchman as the aerials of his TV-set or radio. Seven letters, first letter "a".
4. For English speakers a sharp point, for Frenchies a beard. English: four letters first of which is b.
5. For the English speaker it is the commemoration of an important event, for the French speaker it is just his birthday. Eleven letters, the first of which is "a".
6. Director of an orchestra for the Anglophones, for Francophones a driver. Has nine letters first of which is a c.
7. A man-made waterway for the English-speaker, a Frenchman believes it is a TV-channel (with a "+" symbol after the name). Five letters, first of which is a c?
8. For the Englishman the word refers to the one who's the boss in the kitchen of the restaurant, for the Frenchman it can be the head cook too, but he will also use the word for anyone who is the boss in any other domain. Four letters first of which is a c.
9. For a Frenchman it is a man's suit. For an Englishman it is what actors wear when they disguise themselves as somebody else, especially if there is the suggestion of another historic period. Seven letters, first of which is a c.
10. For the Frenchies it is also 'lover' of something. English-speakers only think of his or her non-professionalism. The word has 7 letters and the first is the vowel A.
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