4Date

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FR: dat – In French, you put more emphasis on the second part of the word: daTE.

ENG: dāt – In English, it’s the contrary, you put more emphasis on the beginning of the word.

5Effort

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FR: efɔ ̃:ʀ – In French, you do not pronounce the t at the end and the whole word is quite soft.

ENG: efərt – In English, you do pronounce the t and the beginning of the word is stronger: EFFort.

6Excellent

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FR: εksεlɑ – In French, you hear eggcellent instead of a very strong x and you put more emphasis on the beginning of the word than the end of it. You also do not pronounce the t at the end.

ENG: eks(ə)lənt – In English, you pronounce it more with an x and you do pronounce the t at the end. But, like in French, you put more emphasis at the beginning of the word.