Homophones: words that are spelt alike and sound alike:
En découvrant le palais royal, il en eut le palais asséché : By discovering the royal palace he had a dry palate (the roof of his mouth went dry). Je ne pense pas qu’il faille relever la faille de mon raisonnement : I do not think it is necessary to note down the flaw in my reasoning. Le ver allait vers le verre vert : The worm was moving towards the green glass (three for the price of two here).
Merci à Jean-Pierre et Marguerite Tournon pour ces phrases.