2. Human Being : Adulthood, old age Flashcards

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1
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mid-life crisis

A

la crise de la quarantaine

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in the prime of life / In one’s prime

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dans la force / la fleur de l’âge

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well-preserved

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bien conservé

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4
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to look young for one’s age

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faire jeune pour son âge

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5
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to be pushing forty

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atteindre la quarantaine

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to be on the right side of 40

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ne pas avoir encore 40 ans

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to be on the wrond side of 40

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avoir dépassé les 4 ans

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a forty-something

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un quadragénaire

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9
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to be getting on in years

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prendre de l’âge

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10
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to be past one’s prime

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ne plus être tout jeune

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11
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an old people’s home

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une maison de retraite

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12
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in his / her old age

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sur ses vieux jours

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13
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an old-timer

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un vieux de la vieille

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14
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the over-70s

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les plus de 70 ans

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15
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a receding hairline

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un front qui se dégarnit

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16
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memory loss

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la perte de mémoire

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17
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Alzheimer’s disease

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la maladie d’Alzeihmer

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18
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to be* at death’s door

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être à l’article de la mort

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19
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to breathe one’s last

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rendre son dernier soupir

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20
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to die a natural death

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mourir de mort naturelle

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21
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to die an untimely death

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mourir prématurément

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22
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to lay out a body

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faire la toilette d’un mort

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23
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to lie in state

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être exposé solennellement

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24
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to be a pall-bearer

A

porter le cercueil

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25
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to be in mourning

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être en deuil

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26
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to offer one’s sympathy

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présenter ses condoléances

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27
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the late Jim Morrison

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le regretté Jim Morrison

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28
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to be widowed

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perdre son conjoint

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29
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to make one’s will

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faire son testament

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30
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a direct heir

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un héritier direct

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31
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to appoint / name sbdy as heir

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désigner qqun comme héritier

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to appoint / name sbdy as heir

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désigner qqun comme héritier

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32
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THE FUNERAL

A

les obsèques

33
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bereavement

A

le deuil

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the bereaved

A

la famille du défunt

35
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to mourn

A

porter le deuil

36
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mourning

A

le deuil

37
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the mourners

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l’entourage du défunt

38
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a wake / a funeral vigil

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une veillée funèbre

39
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a mortuary, a morgue

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une morgue

40
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to cremate

A

incinérer

41
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cremation

A

l’incinération

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a crematorium / a crematory (us)

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un crématorium

43
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the ashes

A

les cendres

44
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a funeral urn

A

une urne funéraire

45
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to embalm

A

embaumer

46
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a funeral home

A

un funérarium

47
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an undertaker

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un entrepreneur des pompes funèbres

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the undertaker’s (shop)

A

les pompes funèbres

49
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a shroud / a winding sheet

A

un linceul

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a coffin / a casket (us)

A

un cercueil

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a hearse

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un corbillard

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a wreath

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une couronne

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the funeral procession

A

le cortège funèbre

54
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to bury

A

enterrer / inhumer

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a burial

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un enterrement / une inhumation

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a burial place / ground

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une sépulture

57
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a graveyard / a cemetary

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un cimetière

58
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a churchyard

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un cimetière de campagne

59
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a grave / tomb (us)

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une tombe

60
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a gravestone / a tombstone

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une pierre tombale

61
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a family vault

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un caveau de famille

62
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an epitaph

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une épitaphe

63
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an obituary

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une notice nécrologique

64
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condolences

A

les condoléances

65
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to exhume

A

exhumer

66
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exhumation

A

l’exhumation

67
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an autopsy

A

une autopsie

68
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the widow

A

la veuve

69
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the widower

A

le veuf

70
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an orphan

A

un orphelin

71
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an orphanage

A

un orphelinat

72
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a will

A

un testament

73
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an heir

A

un héritier

74
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an heiress

A

une héritère

75
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to inherit sth

A

hériter de qqchose

76
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an inhéritance

A

un héritage

77
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to disinherit sbdy

A

déshériter qqun

78
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to leave sby sth

A

léguer qqchose a qqun

79
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a legacy

A

un legs

80
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the estate

A

la succession