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1
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Vivre

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To live

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Vivant

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Alive

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Un être

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A being

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Animé

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Animate

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Inanimé

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Inanimate

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Mortel

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Mortal

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La mortalité

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Mortality

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Immortel

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Immortal

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L’immortalité

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Immortality

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L’humanité

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Mankind

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Vivre sa vie

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To live one’s life

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Perdre la vie

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To lose one’s life

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Risquer sa vie

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To risk one’s life

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Sauver une vie

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To save a life

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Prendre une vie

= tuer quelqu’un

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To take a life

= to kill sb

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Faire une victime

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To claim a life

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Donner/ sacrifier sa vie pour quelqu’un

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To lay down one’s life for sb

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S’accrocher à la vie

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To cling to life

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Mettre fin à ses jours

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To end

= to put an end to one’s life

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Un être vivant/ humain

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A living / human being

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Une question de vie ou de mort

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A matter of life and death

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Ça lui a donné un second souffle

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It’s given him lease of life

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Faire du bouche à bouche à quelqu’un

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To give sb the kiss of life

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Je me suis amusé comme jamais

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I had the time of my life

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25
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C’est la vie

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That’s life

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26
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C’est la belle vie

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This is the life

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27
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La vie continue

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Life must go on

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28
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Jamais! Absolument pas !

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Not for the life of me!

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29
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Être bien en vie

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To be alive and kicking (coll)

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30
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Il faut être tolérant

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Live and let live

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Tant qu’il y’a de la vie, il y’a de l’espoir

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While there’s life, there’s hope

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Concevoir

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To conceive

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La conception

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Conception

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(Se) reproduire

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To reproduce

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35
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La reproduction

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Reproduction

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36
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Fertile

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Fertile

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37
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Stérile

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Barren

= sterile

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38
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La stérilité

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Barrenness

= sterility

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39
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Un spermatozoide

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A spermatozoon (pl: spermatozoa)

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40
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Un ovaire

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An ovary

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41
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Un embryon

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An embryo

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Un fœtus

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A fœtus / a fetus

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43
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Enceinte

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Pregnant

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44
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La grossesse

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Pregnancy

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45
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Une femme enceinte/ une future mère

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A mother-to-be

= an expectant mother

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La maternité

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Maternity

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47
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Le congé de maternité

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Maternity leave

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48
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Une maternité

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A maternity hospital

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49
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Une sage-femme

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A midwife

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50
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Être en travail

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To be in
Labour uK
Labor US

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Accoucher une femme

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To deliver a woman(‘s baby)

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52
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Un accouchement

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A delivery

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53
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Le terme prévu

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The due date

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54
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Le cordon ombilical

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The umbilical cord

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Une grossesse non prévue

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An unplanned pregnancy

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Un accouchement à terme

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A full-term delivery

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Un accouchement prématuré

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A premature delivery

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Un accouchement facile/ difficile

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An easy/ difficult labour

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Les douleurs de l’accouchement

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Labour pains/ pangs

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Une salle d’accouchement

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A labour ward

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Être entrain d’accoucher

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To be in labour

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62
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Commencer à avoir des contractions

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To go into labour

/ to begin labour

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Mettre une femme enceinte

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To get

= to make a woman pregnant

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Tomber/ être enceinte

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To be

= to become / to be pregnant

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Être enceinte de 3 mois

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To be 3 months pregnant

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Attendre un bébé

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To be expecting a baby

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67
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Être EN congé maternité

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To be ON maternity leave

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Donner naissance à un enfant

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To give brith to a child

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Elle a perdu les eaux

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Her waters have broken

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La naissance

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Birth

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Les douleurs de l’accouchement

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Birth pangs

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72
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Le taux de natalité

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The birthrate

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73
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Un acte de naissance

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A birth certificate

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74
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Une péridurale

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An epidural

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75
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Une césarienne

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A caesarean (section)

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Naitre

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To be born

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Un nouveau-né

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A newborn baby

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78
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Des jumeaux

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Twins

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79
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Des jumeaux / jumelles

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Twin boys / girls

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Des triplets, quadruplés

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Triplets, quadruplets

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Un incubateur/ une couveuse

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An incubator

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82
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Faire une fausse couche

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To miscarry

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83
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Une fausse couche

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A miscarriage

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84
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Le planning familial

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Family planning

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85
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La contraception

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Contraception

= birth control

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86
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Un contraceptif

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A contraceptive

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87
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Un stérilet

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A loop

= an IUD

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88
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Un préservatif

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A condom

A rubber US (coll)

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89
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La pilule

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The pill

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Génétique (adj)

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Genetic

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La manipulation génétique

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Genetic engineering

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La génétique

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Genetics

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93
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L’insémination artificielle

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Artificial insemination

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Une mère porteur se

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A surrogate mother

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La mère/ le père biologique

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The biological mother / father

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Un avortement

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An abortion

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Mettre un terme à une grossesse

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To end

= to terminate a pregnancy

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Une interruption volontaire de grossesses

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A termination

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99
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Une naissance avant terme

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A premature birth

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100
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Un prématuré

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A premature baby

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Un bébé né deux mois avant terme

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A two-months’ premature baby

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Un bébé âgé de deux mois

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A two-month baby

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103
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Allaiter un bébé

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To breastfeed baby

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Calmer= réconforter un bébé

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To calm
= to soothe
= to comfort baby

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La bébé hurle

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The baby is bawling

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106
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Le bébé fait ses dents

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The baby is teething

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Le bébé bave

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The baby dribbling

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Le bébé marche à quatre pattes

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The baby is crawling

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109
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Donner à adopter un bébé

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To give away a baby

/ To put up / to give up a baby for adoption

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Prendre la pillule

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To be on the pill

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Arrêter la pillule

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To be off the pill

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112
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La pillule du lendemain

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The morning after pill

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113
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Chercher à se faire avorter

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To seek abortion

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114
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Avorter

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To have

= to get an abortion

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115
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Pratiquer un avortement

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To perform

= to carry out an abortion

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116
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Un avortement clandestin

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A back street / back alley abortion

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117
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Mener une grossesse à son terme

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To carry a baby to term

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118
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Être à terme (femme enceinte)

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To be at full term

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119
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Naître à terme

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To be born at term

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120
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Je suis né LE

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I was born on…+ date

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121
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Être pour l’avortement et l’euthanasie

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To be pro-choice

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Être contre l’avortement et l’euthanasie

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To be pro-life

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Allaiter

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To nurse

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Une nourrice

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A nurse

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125
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L’allaitement

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Nursing

/ Breast-feeding

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126
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Un nourrisson

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A nursling

/ An infant

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127
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Un sein

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A breast

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128
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Donner le sein

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To breast-feed

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129
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Du lait maternel

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Breast milk

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130
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Sevrer

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To wean

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131
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Le sevrage

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Weaning

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132
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Un biberon

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A (baby’s) bottle

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Donner le biberon

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To bottle-feed

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134
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Stériliser

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To sterilize

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135
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Un stérilisateur

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A sterilizer

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136
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Du lait en poudre pour bébé

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Formula

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137
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Une tétine/ une sucette

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A pacifier US

A comforter / a baby-soother UK

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Les couches (jetables)

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(Disposable)
Nappies UK
Diapers US

139
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Des lingettes

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Baby wipes

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Un pèse-bébé

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Baby scales

141
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Un berceau

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A cradle

A crib UK

142
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Un lit d’enfant

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A cot UK

A crib US

143
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La mort subite du nourisson

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Cot death

= crib death

144
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Calmer/ apaiser

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To lull

145
Q

Une berceuse

A

A lullaby

146
Q

Une poussette

A

A pushchair UK

A stroller US

147
Q

Un porte-bébé

A

A baby carrier

148
Q

Le bébé a fait son rot

A

The baby has done her
/ his burp
Has got her / his wind up

149
Q

Donner le biberon à un bébé

A

To give sb a baby his/ her bottle

150
Q

Endormir un bébé en lui chantant une berceuse/ le berçant

A

To lull/ rock a baby to sleep

151
Q

S’occuper de quelqu’un

A

To look after sb

152
Q

Une nounou à domicile

A

A Nanny UK

A babysitter US

153
Q

Une crèche/ une garderie

A

A day-nursery

A crèche UK (comme Français)

154
Q

Le jardin d’enfants

A

Kindergarten

155
Q

L’éducation des enfants de moins de 3 ans

A

Pre-school education

156
Q

L’école maternelle (3à 5ans)

A

Nursery school

157
Q

Croître / grandir

A

To grow

158
Q

Grandir/ devenir

A

To grow up

159
Q

La petite enfance

A

Infancy

160
Q

Un enfant

A

A child

161
Q

L’enfance

A

Childhood

162
Q

Puéril/ d’enfant

A

Childish

163
Q

Enfantin

A

Childlike

164
Q

Un gosse

A

A kid

165
Q

Un tout petit (qui sait à peine marcher)

A

A toddler

166
Q

Un môme/ un mioche

A

A brat (pej)

167
Q

Enfantin (garçons)

A

Boyish

168
Q

Un garçon manqué

A

A tomboy

169
Q

Adolescent

A

Teenage

= adolescent

170
Q

Un adolescent

A

A teenager

=an adolescent

171
Q

L’adolescence

A

Adolescence

172
Q

La puberté

A

Puberty

173
Q

Juvénile

A

Juvenile

174
Q

Un mineur

A

A juvenile

= a minor

175
Q

La jeunesse

A

Youth

176
Q

Un jeune

A

A youth

177
Q

Un jeune homme/ fille

A

A young man/ woman

178
Q

Les jeunes

A

A young man/ woman

179
Q

Quand je serais grand, je…

A

When I’m grown up, I will

180
Q

Ça te passera

A

You’ll grow out of it!

181
Q

C’est pour les enfants

A

That’s kid’s stuff!

182
Q

C’est un jeu d’enfant !

A

A child could do it!

183
Q

L’âge tendre

A

The tender years

184
Q

L’âge ingrat

A

The awkward / difficult age

185
Q

L’acné juvénile

A

Teenage acne

186
Q

Une histoire d’amour conditionnelle

A

A boy-meets-girl story

187
Q

Être mineur

A

To be under age

188
Q

Être adolescent

A

To be in one’s teens

189
Q

Atteindre sa majorité / être majeur

A

To come/ be of age

190
Q

Atteindre l’âge de raison

A

To reach the age of reason

= of discretion

191
Q

Atteindre l’âge adulte

A

To reach of age of adulthood

192
Q

La jeune génération

A

The younger generation

193
Q

Le conflit des générations

A

The generation gap

194
Q

Il faut bien que jeunesse se passe !

A

Boys will be boys

195
Q

Un adulte

A

An adult

196
Q

Une grande personne / un adulte

A

A grown-up

197
Q

Un homme

A

A man (pl:men)

198
Q

Une femme

A

A woman (pl:women)

199
Q

D’un certain âge/ entre deux âges

A

Middle-aged

200
Q

Dans la force/ la fleur de l’âge

A

In the prime of life

= in one’s prime

201
Q

Une personne de 30ans…

A

A thirty-year-old (person)

202
Q

Bien conservé

A

Well-preserved

203
Q

Quel âge as-tu?

J’ai vingt ans

A

How old are you?

I’m twenty

204
Q

Quand es-tu né?
Je suis né EN+ année
/ le + date

A

When were you born ?

I was born in+ year
On+ date

205
Q

À ton âge

= quand j’avais ton âge

A

At your age

= when I was your age

206
Q

Avoir le même âge QUE

A

To be as old as sb

= to be the same age as sb

207
Q

Être plus jeune que quelqu’un

A

To be younger than sb

208
Q

Être plus vieux que quelqu’un

A

To be older than sb

209
Q

Elle a deux ans de plus que moi

A

She is two years older than I am

= she is my senior BY two years

210
Q

J’ai deux ans de moins qu’elle

A

I’m her junior by two years

211
Q

Elle a mon âge, à un an près

A

She is my age, give or take a year

212
Q

J’ai passé l’âge de faire ça

A

I’m too old for that

= I’m past the age for that

213
Q

Ne pas avoir encore dépassé la cinquantaine

A

To be on the right side of fifty

214
Q

Avoir dépassé la cinquantaine

A

To be on the wrong side of fifty

215
Q

Elle fait jeune pour son âge

A

She looks young for her age

216
Q

Il n’est plus tout jeune

A

He’s past his prime

217
Q

Vieux / vieille (adj)

A

The old

= old people

218
Q

Un vieux / une vie vieille

A

An old man /woman

219
Q

Un vieux monsieur / une vielle dame

A

An old gentleman

/ woman

220
Q

Vieillir

A

To grow old

221
Q

Vieillir (=prendre les marques de la vieillesse)

A

To age

222
Q

Âgé

A

Aged

/ elderly

223
Q
  1. (Adj) vieillissant

2. (N) le vieillissement

A

Ageing

224
Q

Très âgé

A

Ancient

225
Q

Les personnes âgées

A

The elderly

= senior citizens

226
Q

Dans/ sur ses vieux jours

A

In his / her old age

227
Q

Une maison de retraite

A

An old people’s home

228
Q

Un octogénaire

A

An octogenarian

229
Q

Un vieillard

A

An old-timer

230
Q

Une (très) vieille bonne femme

A

An old crone

231
Q

Une canne

A

A walking stick

232
Q

Marcher avec difficulté / en tremblotant

A

To dodder

233
Q

Gâteux

A

Doddering
= doddery
/ doting

234
Q

Sénile

A

Senile

235
Q

Sénilité

A

Senility

236
Q

Perdre un peu la tête

A

To dote

237
Q

Un vieux gâteux

A

A do tard

238
Q

Prendre de l’âge

A

To be getting on (in years) (informal)

239
Q

Sentir son âge

A

To feel one’s age

240
Q

Vivre jusqu’à un âge avancé

A

To live to a ripe old age

241
Q

Devenir/ être gaga

A

To go / to be gaga (coll)

242
Q

Vieux comme mathusalem

A

As old as the hills

243
Q

Il commence à retomber en enfance

A

He’s beginning to lapse into second childhood

244
Q

Il perd la tête / ses facultés

A

He’s losing his faculties

245
Q

Il radote

A

He rambles on

246
Q

Elle s’est adoucie en prenant de lâge

A

She has mellowed with age

247
Q

L’agonie

A

The death throes

248
Q

Un certificat de décès

A

A death certificate

249
Q

Le taux de mortalité

A

The death rate

250
Q

Mourir = expirer

A

To die

251
Q

Mourant

A

Dying

= expiring

252
Q

Mort

A

Dead

253
Q

Les morts

A

The dead

254
Q

Un mort

A

A dead man/ woman

255
Q

Défunt

A

Deceased

256
Q

Les disparus

A

The departed

257
Q

Un cadavre

A

A corpse

258
Q

Sans vie

A

Lifeless

259
Q

Les restes / la dépouille (mortelle)

A

The remains

260
Q

Perdre quelqu’un

A

To lose sb

261
Q

Fatal = mortel

A

Fatal =lethal

262
Q

Mourir de mort naturelle

A

To die a natural death

263
Q

Mourir d’une mort suspect

A

To die of unnatural causes

264
Q

Mourir prématurément

A

To die an early

= untimely death

265
Q

Tu joues avec la mort

A

You’re dicing with death

266
Q

Ne plus avoir pour longtemps

A

To be on one’s last legs

= to be nearing one’s end

267
Q

S’en aller

= être près de sa fin

A

To be slipping away

268
Q

Être à l’article de la mort

A

To be at death’s door

269
Q

S’éteindre

A

To pass on/ away

270
Q

Rendre le dernier soupir

A

To breathe one’s last

271
Q

Passer l’arme à gauche

A 
To kick the bucket 
= to give up the ghost 
= to ring down the curtain 
= to croak 
= to snuff it
272
Q

Être à six pieds sous terre

A

To be six feet under

273
Q

Se suicider = se supprimer

A

To commit suicide
= to take one’s (own) life
= to kill oneself

274
Q

C’est une perte sèche

A

It’s a dead loss

275
Q

Ressusciter d’entre les morts

A

To rise from the dead

276
Q

Il faudra me passer sur le corps

A

Over my dead body! (Coll)

277
Q

C’est un bon à rien / une nullité

A

He’s a dead loss

278
Q

Il est hors de question que je porte ça!

A

I wouldn’t be seen dead in this dress!

279
Q

Elle est trop canon

A

She’s drop-dead gorgeous

280
Q

Crève!

A

Drop dead!

281
Q

Dormir très profondément

A

To be dead to the world

282
Q

Absolument !

A

Dead right!

283
Q

Être épuisé

A

To be half dead/ dead beat

284
Q

Une veillée funèbre

A

A wake

= a funeral vigil

285
Q

Faire la toilette d’un mort

A

To lay out a body

286
Q

Une morgue (hôpital)

A

A mortuary

287
Q

Une morgue (police)

A

A morgue

288
Q

Incinérer

A

To cremate

289
Q

L’incinération

A

Cremation

290
Q

Les cendres

A

Ashes

291
Q

Une urne (funéraire)

A

An urn

= a funeral urn

292
Q

Embaumer

A

To embalm

293
Q

Un funérarium

A

A funeral home

294
Q

Un croque-mort

A

An undertaker’s assistant UK

A mortician’s assistant US

295
Q

Un cercueil

A

A coffin UK

A casket US

296
Q

Le cortège funèbre

A

The funeral procession

297
Q

Un corbillard

A

A hearse

298
Q

Inhumer

A

To inter

299
Q

Enterrer

A

To bury

300
Q

Un enterrement (mise en terre)

A

A burial

301
Q

Une sépulture

A

A burial place

302
Q

Un cimetière

A

A burial ground
= a graveyard
= a cemetery

303
Q

Un cimetière (à coté d’une église)

A

A churchyard

304
Q

Une tombe = un tombeau

A

A grave

A tomb US

305
Q

Une pierre tombale

A

A gravestone

= a tombstone

306
Q

Un caveau (de famille)

A

A (family) vault

307
Q

Un monument

A

A memorial

308
Q

La famille du défunt

A

The bereaved

309
Q

Le deuil (événement, sentiment)

A

Bereavement

310
Q

Porter le deuil de

A

To mourn for

311
Q

Le deuil

A

Mourning

312
Q

Les condoléances

A

Condolences

313
Q

Exhumer

A

To exhume

314
Q

Une autopsie

A

An autopsy

315
Q

La veuve

A

The widow

316
Q

Le veuf

A

The widower

317
Q

Un orphelin

A

An orphan

318
Q

Un orphelinat

A

An orphanage

319
Q

Qu’il/elle repose en paix

A

Rip

= Rest In Peace

320
Q

Ça l’a achevé

A

That was the last nail in the coffin

321
Q

Perdre sa femme/ son mari

A

To be widowed

322
Q

Peter en deuil

A

To be in mourning

323
Q

Prendre le deuil

A

To go into mourning

324
Q

Pleurer quelqu’un

A

To grive / mourn for sb

325
Q

Le/a la cher disparu

A

The love one

326
Q

Présentée ses condoléances

A

To offer one’s condolences / sympathy

327
Q

(Veuillez accepter) toutes mes condoléances

A

(Please accept) all my condolences

/ my deepest sympathy

328
Q

Faire une tête d’enterrement

A

To have a funereal look

329
Q

Un héritier

A

AN hear

330
Q

Une héritière

A

AN heiress

331
Q

Un héritage (objet)

A

AN heirloom

332
Q

Hériter

A

To inherit

333
Q

Un héritage

A

An inheritance

334
Q

Déshériter

A

To disinherit

335
Q

La succession (patrimoine)

A

The estate

336
Q

L’héritage / le patrimoine

A

Heritage

337
Q

Un legs

A

A heritage

= a bequest = a legacy

338
Q

Léguer

A

To bequeath

339
Q

Faire son testament

A

To make one’s will

340
Q

Un héritier légitime

A

A lawful
= a rightful
= a legitimate heir

341
Q

Le seul héritier de quelqu’un

A

The sole heir of sb

342
Q

Reconnaitre quelqu’un comme héritier

A

To acknowledge sb as

= to recognize sb as heir

343
Q

Désigner qqch comme héritier

A

To appoint

= to name one’s heir

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