Topic 1: la famille en voie de changement

Question 1

marital status

Answer 1

le statut matrimonial

Question 2

widower/ widow

Answer 2

veuf (m) / veuve (f)

Question 3

to get engaged to sb

Answer 3

se fiancer avec qqn

Question 4

to marry sb

Answer 4

épouser qqn

Question 5

church wedding

Answer 5

le mariage religieux

Question 6

son-in-law

Answer 6

gendre

Question 7

childhood

Answer 7

l’enfance (f)

Question 8

to have an older brother/ sister

Answer 8

avoir un frère/ une sœur ainé(e)

Question 9

to have a younger brother/ sister

Answer 9

avoir un frère/ une sœur cadet(te)

Question 10

to be the oldest sibling

Answer 10

être l’ainé(e)

Question 11

to the youngest siblings

Answer 11

être le cadet/ la cadette

Question 12

to reach the age of 18

Answer 12

atteindre la majorité

Question 13

grandchildren, son, daughter

Answer 13

les petits-enfants, le petit-fils, la petite-fille

Question 14

the essential function

Answer 14

la fonction essentielle

Question 15

to be retired

Answer 15

être à la retraite

Question 16

to look after; take care of

Answer 16

s’occuper

Question 17

to be available

Answer 17

être disponsible

Question 18

to look after the children

Answer 18

s’occuper des enfants

Question 19

to take the children to school

Answer 19

emmener les enfants à l’école

Question 20

to pick up the children from school

Answer 20

aller chercher les enfants à l’école

Question 21

to prepare the tea-time snack

Answer 21

préparer le gouter

Question 22

to supervise the h/w

Answer 22

surveiller les devoirs

Question 23

to offer reassuring support

Answer 23

offrir un soutien rassurant

Question 24

to guarantee a measure of stability

Answer 24

garantir une certaine stabilité

Question 25

to give the child attention

Answer 25

accorder de l’attention à l’énfant

Question 26

to provide emotional support; a sympathetic ear

Answer 26

apporter un soutien affectif; de l’écoute

Question 27

to be clear about how roles are shared

Answer 27

clarifier le partage des rôles

Question 28

to maintain the right distance

Answer 28

conserver la bonne distance

Question 29

to get the right balance

Answer 29

acquérir un équilibre

Question 30

to avoid overstepping the mark

Answer 30

éviter de déborder

Question 31

to make oneself inconspicuous

Answer 31

savoir s’effacer

Question 32

to avoid a confrontational situation

Answer 32

éviter de se trouver en situation de conflit

Question 33

to respect the parents’ convictions

Answer 33

respecter les convictions des parents

Question 34

to respect the parents’ choice

Answer 34

respecter les choix parentaux

Question 35

to interfere too much

Answer 35

être trop envahissant(e)

Question 36

to try to compete with the parents

Answer 36

chercher à rivaliser avec les parents

Question 37

to express disagreements about how the child should be brought up

Answer 37

exprimer des désaccords sur la façon d’élever un enfant

Question 38

to undermine parental authority

Answer 38

saper l’autorité des parents

Question 39

to allow what is forbidden

Answer 39

autoriser ce qui est interdit