False friends: words that trick you
Some English words look like Dutch words but mean something else. Eventually means ‘in the end’, brave means ‘not afraid’ and slim means ‘thin’.
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Why
In a café in Brighton you ask: Can I become a glass of water? The waiter laughs. What did you actually say?
English and Dutch are related. That is why you recognise many words straight away: water, house, book. That helps a lot, until you meet a word that looks the same but means something else.
Become means ‘start to be’, not ‘get’ (the Dutch ‘bekomen’). So you asked if you could turn into a glass of water. Words like that are called false friends: they seem friendly, but they trick you.
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