Birth and death: from cradle to grave

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pregnancy

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pregnant, to expect a baby

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conception

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time when sperm and egg meet and a baby starts to form

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fertilised

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made to start developing into new life

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embryo

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developing baby

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implants

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fixes itself

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womb/uterus

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organ inside the mother where the fertilised egg develops into a baby

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conceive

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become pregnant

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fertility drugs

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drugs that help a woman to become pregnant

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IVF

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in vitro fertilisation = process that fertilises a woman’s egg in a laboratory

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test tube babies

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babies born via IVF

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foetus

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what the embryo developing in the uterus is known as from eight weeks onwards

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placenta

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organ connecting the developing baby to the mother and giving it food

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going into labour

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going into the last stage of pregnancy, where the womb starts the process of pushing the baby out of the body

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be induced

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be helped medically to start the process of labour (noun = induction)

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give birth

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have her baby

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midwife

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person medically trained to help women when they are giving birth

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deliver

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help the mother to give birth (noun = delivery)

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caesarean section

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operation in which the mother’s abdomen and womb are cut open to allow the baby to be removed

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ripe old age

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living well into old age (to live to a ripe old age)

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late

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now dead

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pensioner

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elderly person, receiving an old age pension from the state

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sheltered accommodation

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special houses, usually for old people, where care staff also live

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doddery

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weak and unable to walk well, usually because of old age; informal

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gaga

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unable to think clearly because of old age; informal and offensive

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have all her wits about her

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is still able to think and react quickly

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dementia

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an illness that causes problemswith memory loss

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coffin

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box where the dead person is put

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wake

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gathering of family and friends after a funeral

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will

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legal document saying what is to hapen to your possessions after your death

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ashes

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remains of a body after cremation

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mourning

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expressing sadness after someone’s death (

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bereaved

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be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death

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cremation

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service where a dead body is burnt

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crematorium

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place where the cremation happens

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burial

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the body is buried in the ground

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scattered

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spread around

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please accept my condolences

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expression of sympathy (formal)

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I was so sorry to learn/hear of your loss

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expression of sympathy (informal)

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to pass away/on/over

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euphemisms for ‘to die’

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to be at death’s door

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very informal expression for being close to death

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to be on your last legs

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very informal expression for being close to death (often used about machines)

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fatalities

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newspaper word for dead people

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perished

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newspaper word for died

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slaughtered

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newspaper word for violently killed

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the deceased

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legal word for dead person

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to bequeath

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legal word to leave something in a will (a bequest)

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to inherit

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legal word to receive something for someone who has died (an inheritance)

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to die intestate

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legal word for dying without having made a will