| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| les | ⇆ appease; ⇆ instruction; ⇆ lay; ⇆ lection; ⇆ lesson; ⇆ quench; ⇆ slake |
| die les lees | ⇆ lecture |
| iemand die les lees | ⇆ read somebody a lecture; ⇆ read somebody a lesson |
| jou dors les | ⇆ satisfy one’s thirst |
| les bes | ⇆ last but not least |
| les gee | ⇆ lecture; ⇆ profess; ⇆ teach |
| sy les opsê | ⇆ say one’s lesson |
| aanskouingsles | ⇆ object lesson |
| breiles | ⇆ knitting‐lesson |
| dansles | ⇆ dancing lesson |
| lessing | ⇆ quenching |
| lesuur | ⇆ class |
| lesvliegtuig | ⇆ training‐aeroplane |
| musiekles | ⇆ music lesson |
| onlesbaar | ⇆ inextinguishable; ⇆ quenchless; ⇆ slakeless; ⇆ unquenchable |
| privaatles | ⇆ private lesson |
| proefles | ⇆ test lesson |
| ryles | ⇆ driving‐lesson |
| sangles | ⇆ singing; ⇆ singing‐lesson |
| sedeles | ⇆ moral |
| skermles | ⇆ fencing lesson |
| vliegles | ⇆ flying lesson |