91 . Old age Flashcards

1
Q

les personnes âgées

A

the old/ old people/ the elderly

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2
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un vieil homme/ une vieille dame

A

an old man/ an old lady

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3
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une personne du 3e âge

A

a senior citizen/ a senior/ a third-year

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4
Q

vieillir

A

to get old/ to grow 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 70 ans

A

the over-70s

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7
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un septuagénaire

A

a seventy-year-old man

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8
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un octogénaire

A

an eighty-year-old man

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9
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un centenaire

A

a centenerian

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10
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grisonner

A

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
Q

une ride

A

a wrinkle/ a line

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15
Q

les infirmités de la vieillesse

A

the infirmities of old age

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16
Q

vulnérable

A

vulnerable

17
Q

handicapé

A

disabled

18
Q

un déambulateur

A

a Zimmer frame/ a walking frame

19
Q

une chaise roulante

A

a wheelchair

20
Q

la faiblesse/ faible/ s’affaiblir

A

weakness/ weak/ to weaken

21
Q

la maladie

A

illness/ sickness

22
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être en bonne/ mauvaise santé

A

to be in good health/ in poor health

23
Q

mourir de

A

to die of/ to die from

24
Q

la sénilité/ sénile

A

senility/ senile

25
Q

perdre la mémoire

A

to lose one’s memory

26
Q

la perte de mémoire

A

memory loss

27
Q

la maladie d’Alzheimer

A

Alzheimer’s (disease)

28
Q

nécessiter des soins particuliers

A

to require special care

29
Q

être grabataire

A

to be bed-ridden

30
Q

une maison de retraite

A

a home for the aged

31
Q

une maison médicalisée

A

a nursing home/ an old people’s home

32
Q

l’hospitalisation à domicile

A

home health care

33
Q

gériatrie

A

geriatrics

34
Q

un gérontologue

A

a gerontologist/ a geriatrician

35
Q

l’âgisme, le racisme anti-vieux

A

agism/ ageism/ age discrimination

36
Q

être rejeté parla société

A

to be rejected by society

37
Q

le pouvoir économique des personnes âgées

A

grey power