84: old age / la vieillesse Flashcards

1
Q

les personnes âgées

A

the old / old people / the elderly

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2
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un viel homme / une vieille dame

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an old man / an old lady

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3
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une personne du 3eme âge

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a senior citizen / a senior / a third-ager

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4
Q

vieillir

A

to grow old / to get old

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5
Q

prendre de l’âge

A

to be getting on in years

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6
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les plus de 70ans

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the over-70s

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7
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un septuagénaire

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a seventy-year-old man

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8
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un octogénaire

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a eighty-year-old man

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9
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un centenaire

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a centenarian

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10
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grisonner

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to go grey

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11
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un homme auX cheveux blancs

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a white-haired man

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12
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avoir les cheveux blancs

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to have white hair

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13
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être chauve / la calviTie

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to be bald / baldness

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14
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une ride

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a wrinkle / a line

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15
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les infirmités de la vieillesse

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the infirmities of old age

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16
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vulnérable

A

vulnerable

17
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handicapé

A

disabled

18
Q

l’impuissance (sexuelle) / impuissant (sexuellement)

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impotence / impotent

19
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la faiblesse / faible

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weakness / weak

20
Q

s’affaiblir

A

to weaken

21
Q

la maladie

A

illness / sickness

22
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être en bonne santé / mauvaise santé

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to be in good health / in poor health

23
Q

sénile

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senile

24
Q

perdre la mémoire

A

to lose one’s memory

25
Q

la perte de mémoire

A

memory loss

26
Q

la maladie d’Alzheimer

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Alzheimer’s (disease)

27
Q

nécessiter des soins particuliers

A

to require special care

28
Q

être grabataire

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to be bed-ridden

29
Q

une maison de retraite

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a home for the aged

30
Q

une maison médicalisée

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a nursing home / an old people’s home

31
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la gériatrie

A

geriatrics

32
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un gérontologue

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a gerontologist / a geriatrician

33
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l’âgisme / le racisme anti vieux

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agism / ageism / age discrimination

34
Q

être rejeté par la société

A

to be rejected by society

35
Q

le pouvoir économique des personnes âgées

A

grey power