Generality Flashcards

1
Q

La crise de la quarantaine

A

The mid-life crisis

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2
Q

Dans la force / fleur de l’âge

A

In the prime of life / in one’s prime

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3
Q

Bien conservé

A

Well-preserved

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4
Q

Faire jeune pour son âge

A

To look young for one’s age

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5
Q

Atteindre la quarantaine

A

To be pushing forty

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6
Q

Ne pas avoir encore 40 ans

A

To be on the right side of 40

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7
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Avoir dépassé les 40 ans

A

To be on the wrong side of 40

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8
Q

Un quadragénaire

A

A forty-something

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9
Q

Prendre de l’âge

A

To be getting on in years

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10
Q

Ne plus être tout jeune

A

To be past one’s prime

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11
Q

Une maison de retraite

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An old people’s home

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12
Q

Sur ses vieux jours

A

In his/her old age

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13
Q

Un front qui se dégarnit

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A receding hairline

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14
Q

La perte de mémoire

A

Memory loss

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15
Q

Être à l’article de la mort

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To be at death’s door

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16
Q

Rendre son dernier soupir

A

To breathe one’s last

17
Q

Mourir de mort naturelle

A

To die a natural death

18
Q

Mourir prématurément

A

To die an untimely death

19
Q

Faire la toilette d’un mort

A

To lay out a body

20
Q

Présenter ses condoléances

A

To offer one’s sympathy

21
Q

Le regretté Jim Morrison

A

The late Jim Morrisson

22
Q

Faire son testament

A

To make one’s will

23
Q

Désigner quelqu’un comme héritier

A

To appoint / name somebody as heir