The human being Flashcards

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1
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la contraception / un contraceptif

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birth control/ contraceptive

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un preservatif

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a condom

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la pilule

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a pill

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enceinte / la grossesse

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pregnant / pregnancy

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une future mere

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an expectant mother

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féconder / la fécondation

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to fertilize / fertilization

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in vitro

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in vitro

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une interruption volontaire de grossesse

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a termination (of pregnancy)

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un accouchement

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a delivery

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le cordon ombilical

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the umbilical cord

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un nouveau-né

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a newborn

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un berceau

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a cradle

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un biberon

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a bottle

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une poussette

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a pushchair / a stroller(US)

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pleurer

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to cry

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hurler

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to bawl

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17
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faire ses dents

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to teethe

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18
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la paternité/maternité

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fatherhood/motherhood

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un tout petit

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a tot/ a toddler

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grandir / la croissance

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to grow up / growth

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21
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puéril / enfantin

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childish / childlike

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22
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un mineur

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a minor

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23
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jeunesse

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youth

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24
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se faire avorter

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to have an abortion

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25
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atteindre sa majorité

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to come / be of age

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26
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avoir dix-huit ans

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to turn eighteen

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27
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le fossé des générations

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the generation gap

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28
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vieillissant / agé

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ageing / aged

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29
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vieillir

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to grow old

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30
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le troisième age / les séniors

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the elderly / the senior citizens

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31
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une personne agé

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an elderly person

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32
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grisonner

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to go grey

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33
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invalide

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crippled

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34
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sénile

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senile

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35
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radoter

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to dote

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36
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espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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37
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un cadavre

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a corpse

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38
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se suicider

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to commit suicide

39
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mettre fin à ses jours

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to take one’s (own) life

40
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le deuil

A

bereavement

41
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porter le deuil

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to mourn

42
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les cendres

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the ashes

43
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un cercueil

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a coffin

44
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enterrer

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to bury

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un cimetière

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a graveyard / a cemetary

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une tombe

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a grave / tomb (US)

47
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la veuve / le veuf

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the widow / the widower

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un testament

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a will

49
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la succession

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the estate

50
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la crise de la quarantaine

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mid-life crisis

51
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dans la force / fleur de l’âge

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in the prime of life / in one’s prime

52
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la perte de mémoire

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memory loss

53
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la maladie d’Alzheimer

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Alzheimer’s disease

54
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désigner

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to appoint

55
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la mariée / le marié

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the bride / the bridegroom

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un mari

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a husband

57
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une épouse

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a wife

58
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divorcer

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to divorce

59
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un foyer

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a home / a household

60
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l’arrière grand-père

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the great-grandfather

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le beau père / la belle mère (remariage)

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the stepfather / the stepmother

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le beau père / la belle mère

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the father-in-law / the mother-in-law

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le parrain / la marraine

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the godfather / the godmother

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filleul / filleule

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godchild / godson / goddaughter

65
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un oncle

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an uncle

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une tante

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an aunt

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un neveu

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a nephew

68
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une niece

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a niece

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les ancetres / les aïeux

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the for(e)bears

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la parenté

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kinship

71
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avoir un lien de parenté

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to be related to sby

72
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un parent

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a relative

73
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une famille monoparentale

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a one-parent family

74
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élever -> adoptif

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to foster -> foster

75
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un enfant adopté

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an adopted child

76
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un orphelin / un orphelinat

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an orphan / an orphanage

77
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la naissance

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birth

78
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s’occuper

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to look after

79
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élever

A

to raise

80
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un enfant

A

a child

81
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un fils / un beau-fils / un beau-fils (remariage)

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a son / a son-in-law / stepson

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illégitime

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illegitimate

83
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la fraternité

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brotherhood

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fraternel

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brotherly

85
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un frère ainé

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an elder brother

86
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les frères et soeurs

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the siblings

87
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le nom de famille

A

the surname

88
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le prénom

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the first name

89
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se serrer les coudes

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to stick together

90
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la vie / l’esprit de famille

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family life/spirit

91
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les allocations familiales

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family allowances

92
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une famille nombreuse

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a large family

93
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un nom de jeune fille

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a maiden name