Chapter 6 Life and death (5,6) Flashcards by David Theveneau | Brainscape

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La vieillesse

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Old age

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Les personnes âgées

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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 femme

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An old woman

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Une vielile dame

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An old lady

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Vieillir

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To grow* old, to get* old, to age

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La vieillesse

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(Old) age

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Le vieillissement, vieillissant

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Ageing

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Âgé

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Elderly

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Très âgé

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Aged

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Ne plus se faire tout jeune

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To be getting on (in years)

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Sentir qu’on se fait vieux

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To be feeling one’s age

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Vivre jusqu’à un âge avancé

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To live to a ripe old age

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Sur la fin de sa vie

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Towards the end of his life

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Il est plus jeune/plus âgé que moi (de 2 ans)

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He’s my junior/senior (by 2 years)

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Un(e) retraité(e)

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A pensioner, an old-age pensioner

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Les personnes du troisième age

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Senior citizens

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Une maison de traite

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An old people’s home, an old folks’ home

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Un(e) septuagénaire

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A septuagenarian

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Un(e) octogénaire

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An octogenerian

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Un(e) centenaire

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A centenarian

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Sénile

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Senile

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La sénilité

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Senility

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Perdre la tête

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To be losing one’s faculties

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Vieux et malade

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Elderly and infirm

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Retomber en enfance

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To lapse into second childhood

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Décati

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Decrepit

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Gateux

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Doddering

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Être/devenir gaga

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To be/to go* gaga

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Radoter

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To ramble on

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La mort

A

Death

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Mort

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Dead

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Les morts

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The dead

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Un mort

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A dead man

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Une morte

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A dead woman

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Défunt

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Deceased

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Le (la) défunt(e)

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The deceased

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Un cadavre

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A corpse (US: A cadaver)

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Mourir de quelque chose

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To die from something, of something

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Mourir de sa belle mort

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To die a natural death

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Mourant

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Dying

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Être près de la fin

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To be slipping away

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À l’article de la mort

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At death’s door

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Être à l’agonie

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To be near death

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S’éteindre

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To pass on/away

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Rendre le dernier soupir

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To breathe one’s last

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Expirer

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To expire

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Sans vie

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Lifeless

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Raide mort

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Stone-dead

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La dépouille mortelle

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The remains

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Tuer

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To kill

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Mortel (blessure)

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Fatal, lethal

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Mortel (chute)

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Fatal

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Un suicide

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A suicide

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Se suicider

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To commit suicide

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Mettre fin à ses jours

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To take* one’s own life

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Perdre quelqu’un

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To lose* somebody

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Les disparus

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The departed

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La perte d’un père

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The loss of a father

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Feu M. Jones

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The late Mr Jones

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Le taux de mortalité

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The death rate