Young people today (19) Flashcards

1
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L’enfance

A

childhood

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2
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un enfant
des enfants

A

a child
children

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3
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l’adolescence

A

adolescence
the teenage years

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4
Q

un âge ingrat

A

an awkward age
a difficult age

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5
Q

une adolescent
un ado

A

an adolescent
a teenager

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6
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la jeunesse

A

youth

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7
Q

une bande de jeunes sans (sens péjoratif)

A

a gang of youths

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8
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la culture des jeunes

A

youth culture

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9
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un jeune

A

a young person

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10
Q

les jeunes

A

the young
young people

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11
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la jeunesse d’aujourd’hui
les jeunes de nos jours

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the youth of today
today’s young people

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12
Q

un enfant du millénaire

qn qui appartient à la génération Y

A

A Millenial

a generation Yer/ a gen Yer

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13
Q

grandir

A

to grow up

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14
Q

ne pas encore avoir 20 ans

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to be still in one’s teens

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15
Q

être adulte

A

to be grown up

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16
Q

un adulte

A

a grown-up
an adult

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17
Q

l’âge adulte

A

adulthood

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18
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la maturité
l’immaturité

A

maturity
immaturity

19
Q

être mûr
être immature

A

to be mature
to be immature

20
Q

le malaise/mal-être des jeunes

A

the malaise in young people

21
Q

se sentir bien/mal dans sa peau

A

to feel good/bad about oneself

21
Q

la violence des jeunes

A

teen violence
teenage violence

22
Q

l’absentéisme scolaire

23
Q

la délinquance juvénile

A

juvenile delinquency

24
Q

des incivilités

A

disruptive behavior

25
Q

le suicide des jeunes

A

teenage suicide

26
Q

s’auto-mutiler

A

to self-harm

27
Q

la grossesse des adolescents

A

teenage pregnancy

28
Q

la boulimie
être boulimique

A

bulimia
to be bulimic

29
Q

l’anorexie
être anorexique

A

anorexia
to be anorexic

30
Q

être stressé (e)

A

to feel stressed

31
Q

être désabusé

être désanchanté

A

to be disillusioned

to be disenchanted

32
Q

la désespérance

A

desperation

33
Q

le désoeuvrement

34
Q

ne pas avoir de repères

A

to have no points of reference

35
Q

s’insérer/s’intégrer dans la société

A

to integrate into/with society

36
Q

le racisme anti-jeunes

A

prejudice/bias against young people

37
Q

une partie de plaisir

A

a bed of roses

38
Q

la vie adulte

A

adult life

39
Q

des pressions sociales sans précédents

A

unprecedented social pressures

40
Q

voler de ses propres ailes

A

to step on one’s own two feet

41
Q

l’addiction aux jeux vidéos

A

video game addiction

42
Q

un comportement antisocial

A

an antisocial behavior