Family, Birth, Death & Marriage Flashcards

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les parents (m)

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parents, relatives

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la vie de famille

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family life

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le foyer

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household

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fonder un foyer

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to set up home

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la cellule familiale

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family unit

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le chef de famille

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head of the family

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l’aîné(e)

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oldest

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le cadet, la cadette

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youngest

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le veuf

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widower

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la veuve

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widow

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le veuvage

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widowhood

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la mère

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mother

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la mère de famille

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mother, housewife

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la mère adoptive

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adoptive mother

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la grand-mère

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grandmother

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maternel

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maternal

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le père

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father

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le père de famille

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head of the household

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le père adoptif

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adoptive father

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le grand-père

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grandfather

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paternel

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paternal

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le frère

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brother

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fraternel

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fraternal

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le demi-frère

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half-brother

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la soeur

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sister

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la demi-soeur

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half-sister

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sororal

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sisterly

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la tante

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aunt

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tantine

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aunty

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la grand-tante

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great-aunt

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l’oncle (m)

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uncle

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tonton

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uncle

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le grand-oncle

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great-uncle

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le neveu

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nephew

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la nièce

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niece

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avunculaire

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avuncular

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le cousin germain

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first cousin

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des cousins éloignés

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distant cousins

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la belle-famille

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in-laws

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la belle-mère

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mother-in-law, stepmother

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le beau-père

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father-in-law, stepfather

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le beau-fils

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son-in-law, stepson

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le gendre

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son-in-law

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la belle-fille

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daughter-in-law, stepdaughter

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le beau-frère

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stepbrother

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la belle-soeur

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stepsister

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le taux de natalité

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birth rate

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enceinte

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pregnant

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la grossesse

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pregnancy

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le test de grossesse

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pregnancy test

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51
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la future maman

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expectant mother

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être enceinte de six mois

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to be six months pregnant

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l’accouchement(m)

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childbirth

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les douleurs d’accouchement (f)

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labour pains

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accoucher de

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to give birth to

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prématuré

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premature

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le nouveau-né

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new-born

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l’acte de naissance (m)

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birth certificate

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le baptême

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baptism

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avorter

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to abort

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se faire avorter

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to have an abortion

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faire une fausse couche

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to miscarry

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l’agence matrimoniale (f)

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marriage bureau

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le marieur

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matchmaker

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le mariage civil

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civil wedding, registry office wedding

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le mariage religieux

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church wedding

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la liste de mariage

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wedding list

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l’alliance (f)

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wedding ring

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le lunch de mariage

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wedding breakfast

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le cadeau de mariage

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wedding present

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les nouveaux mariés

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newly weds

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la lune de miel

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honeymoon

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la robe de mariée

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wedding dress

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le voile

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veil

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le bouquet

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bouquet

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le trousseau

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trousseau

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les fiançailles (f)

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engagement

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la mariée

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bride

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le mari

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groom, husband

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l’époux

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husband, spouse

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l’épouse

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wife, spouse

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le conjoint/la conjointe

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husband, wife

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les noces d’argent (f)

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silver wedding

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les noces d’or (f)

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golden wedding

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les noces de diamant (f)

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diamond wedding

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les noces de platine (f)

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platinum wedding

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cohabiter

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to cohabit

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vivre en concubinage

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to cohabit

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la concubine

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common-law wife

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le concubin

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common-law husband

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le mariage forcé

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shotgun wedding

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le témoin

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witness

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l’adultère (m)

A

adultery

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adultère

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adulterous

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l’annulation (f)

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annulment

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le divorce

A

divorce

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le décès

A

death

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décéder

A

to pass away

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la mort cérébrale

A

brain-death

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la mort clinique

A

clinical death

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feu

A

late

102
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le deuil

A

grief, mourning

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être en deuil

A

to be in mourning

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porter le deuil

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to wear mourning

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l’arbre généalogique (m)

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family tree

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les ancêtres (m)

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ancestors

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les aïeux (m)

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ancestors

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la progéniture

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offspring

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l’héritage (m)

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inheritance

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l’héritier/l’héritière

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heir, heiress

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mettre au monde

A

to bring into the world

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donner le jour à

A

to bring into the world

113
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le premier-né

A

first born

114
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les triplets

A

triplets

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l’extrait de naissance (m)

A

birth certificate

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la fille-mère

A

unmarried mother

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être parrain

A

to stand godfather

118
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être marraine

A

to stand godmother

119
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le filleul/la filleule

A

godchild

120
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la mère porteuse

A

surrogate mother

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l’orphelin(e)

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orphan

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l’orphelinat

A

orphanage

123
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la banque du sperme

A

sperm bank

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le garçon d’honneur

A

best man

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la demoiselle d’honneur

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bridesmaid

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faire sa déclaration

A

to propose

127
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conduire sa fille à l’autel

A

to give one’s daughter away

128
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mener sa fille à l’autel

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to give one’s daughter away

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être bien assortis

A

to be well matched

130
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être mal assortis

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to be badly matched

131
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la fidélité conjugale

A

marital fidelity

132
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le devoir conjugal

A

marital duty

133
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un mariage brisé

A

broken marriage

134
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se briser

A

to break up

135
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une séparation à l’amiable

A

amicable separation

136
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une séparation à l’essai

A

trial separation

137
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un tiers

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third party

138
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se remarier

A

to remarry

139
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l’inhumation (f)

A

burial

140
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les obsèques (f)

A

funeral

141
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l’embaumement (m)

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embalming

142
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ensevelir

A

to bury

143
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l’entrepreneur des pompes funèbres (m)

A

undertaker

144
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le cercueil

A

coffin

145
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le cadavre

A

corpse

146
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le défunt(e)

A

deceased

147
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défunt

A

late

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les derniers sacrements

A

the last rites

149
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le testament

A

will

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le soutien de famille

A

breadwinner

151
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la cagnotte

A

nest egg

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la personne à charge

A

dependant

153
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la lignée

A

lineage

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le fossé des générations

A

the generation gap

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le foyer nourricier

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foster family, foster home

156
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être pris en charge

A

to be placed in care

157
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accoucher par

A

to deliver by caesarean

158
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césarienne

A

section

159
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les douleurs d’accouchement (f)

A

labour pains

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avoir un polichinelle

A

to have a bun in the

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dans le tiroir

A

oven

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les services de planning familial (m)

A

family planning

163
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la mère adolescente

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teenage mother

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le bébé-éprouvette

A

test-tube baby

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l’eugénisme

A

eugenics

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un enfant mort-né

A

stillborn child

167
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la poussette

A

pushchair

168
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le porte-bébé

A

baby-sling

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la voiture d’enfant

A

pram

170
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le biberon

A

bottle

171
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la couche

A

nappy

172
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le nourrisson

A

infant

173
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allaiter

A

to breast-feed, to suckle

174
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nourrir au sein

A

to breast-feed

175
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téter

A

to suck

176
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sucer le pouce

A

to suck one’s thumb

177
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allaiter au biberon

A

to bottle-feed

178
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la tétine

A

comforter, dummy

179
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la nourrice

A

nanny

180
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confier un enfant pour l’adoption

A

to give a child up for adoption

181
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être placé

A

to be in care

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le tuteur

A

guardian

183
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une grossesse non désirée

A

unwanted pregnancy

184
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l’accord prénuptial

A

prenuptial agreement

185
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enterrer sa vie de garçon

A

to have a stag party

186
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publier les bans

A

to publish the banns

187
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la dot

A

dowry

188
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les voeux de mariage (m)

A

marriage vows

189
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se briser de façon irrémédiable

A

to break down irretrievably

190
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le jugement de divorce conditionnel

A

decree nisi

191
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le jugement de divorce définitif

A

decree absolute

192
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la pension alimentaire

A

alimony

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l’ordonnance de garde (f)

A

custody order

194
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obtenir la garde

A

to obtain custody

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les droits de visite (m)

A

access

196
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la dépouille mortelle

A

(mortal) remains

197
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être entre la vie et la mort

A

to be at death’s door

198
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être à l’article de la mort

A

to be at death’s door

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être sur son lit de mort

A

to be on one’s death-bed

200
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rendre son dernier soupir

A

to breath one’s last

201
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faire le grand voyage

A

to pass away

202
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fermer les yeux

A

to pass away

203
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la veillée funèbre

A

wake

204
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le convoi

A

funeral procession, mourners

205
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le cortège funèbre

A

funeral procession, mourners

206
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les funérailles nationales (f)

A

state funeral

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le linceul

A

shroud

208
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le suaire

A

shroud

209
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le corbillard

A

hearse

210
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la couronne

A

wreath

211
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la gerbe

A

spray

212
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le mausolée

A

mausoleum

213
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la pierre tombale

A

tombstone

214
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la dalle

A

tombstone

215
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le crématorium

A

crematorium

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le crématoire

A

crematorium

217
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la crémation

A

cremation

218
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l’incinération (f)

A

cremation

219
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prendre le deuil

A

to go into mourning

220
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tenir les cordons du poêle

A

to be a pallbearer

221
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le drapeau en berne

A

the flag at half-mast

222
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sonner le glas

A

to toll the bell

223
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le legs

A

inheritance, legacy

224
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la succession

A

estate

225
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les droits de succession (m)

A

death duties