84. Old age Flashcards

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1
Q

les personnes âgées

A

the old / old people/ the elderly

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un vieil homme

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an old man

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une vieille dame

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an old lady

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une personne du troisième âge

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a senior citizen / a senior / a third-ager

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5
Q

vieillir

A

to grow old / to get old

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prendre de l’âge

A

to be getting on in years

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les plus de 70 ans

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the over-70s

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un septuagénaire

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a seventy-year-old man

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un octogénaire

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an eighty-year-old man

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un centenaire

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a centenarian

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grisonner

A

to go grey

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un homme aux cheveux blancs

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a white-haired man

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avoir les cheveux blancs

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to have white hair

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être chauve

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to be bald

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la calvitie

A

baldness

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une ride

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a wrinkle / a line

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17
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les infirmités de la vieillesse

A

the infirmities of old age

18
Q

vulnérable

A

vulnerable

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handicapé

A

disabled

20
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l’impuissance (sexuelle)

A

impotence

21
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impuissant (sexuellement)

A

impotent

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la faiblesse

A

weakness

23
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faible

A

weak

24
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s’affaiblir

A

to weaken

25
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la maladie

A

illness / sickness

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être en bonne santé

A

to be in good health

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être en mauvaise santé

A

to be in poor health

28
Q

la sénilité

A

senility

29
Q

sénile

A

senile

30
Q

perdre la mémoire

A

to lose one’s memory

31
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la perte de mémoire

A

memory loss

32
Q

la maladie d’Alzeihmer

A

Alzeihmer’s (disease)

33
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nécessiter des soins particuliers

A

to require special care

34
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être grabataire

A

to be bed-ridden

35
Q

une maison de retraite

A

a home for the aged

36
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une maison médicalisée

A

a nursing home / an old people’s home

37
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la gériatrie

A

geriatrics

38
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un gérontologue

A

a gerontologist / a geriatrician

39
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l’âgisme, le racisme anti vieux

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agism / ageism / age discrimination

40
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être rejeté par la société

A

to be rejected by society

41
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le pouvoir économiques des personnes âgées

A

grey power