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

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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

Elderly and infirm

Retomber en enfance

To lapse into second childhood

Décati

Decrepit

Gateux

Doddering

Être/devenir gaga

To be/to go* gaga

Radoter

To ramble on

La mort

Death

Mort

Dead

Les morts

The dead

Un mort

A dead man

Une morte

A dead woman

Défunt

Deceased

Le (la) défunt(e)

The deceased

Un cadavre

A corpse (US: A cadaver)

Mourir de quelque chose

To die from something, of something

Mourir de sa belle mort

To die a natural death

Mourant

Dying

Être près de la fin

To be slipping away

À l'article de la mort

At death's door

Être à l'agonie

To be near death

S'éteindre

To pass on/away

Rendre le dernier soupir

To breathe one's last

Expirer

To expire

Sans vie

Lifeless

Raide mort

Stone-dead

La dépouille mortelle

The remains

Tuer

To kill

Mortel (blessure)

Fatal, lethal

Mortel (chute)

Fatal

Un suicide

A suicide

Se suicider

To commit suicide

Mettre fin à ses jours

To take* one's own life

Perdre quelqu'un

To lose* somebody

Les disparus

The departed

La perte d'un père

The loss of a father

Feu M. Jones

The late Mr Jones

Le taux de mortalité

The death rate