91 . Old age Flashcards

(37 cards)

1
Q

les personnes âgées

A

the old/ old people/ the elderly

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2
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un vieil homme/ une vieille dame

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an old man/ an old lady

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3
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une personne du 3e âge

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a senior citizen/ a senior/ a third-year

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4
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vieillir

A

to get old/ to grow old

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5
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prendre de l’âge

A

to be getting on in years

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6
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les plus de 70 ans

A

the over-70s

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7
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un septuagénaire

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a seventy-year-old man

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8
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un octogénaire

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an eighty-year-old man

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9
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un centenaire

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a centenerian

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10
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grisonner

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to go grey

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11
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un homme aux cheveux blancs

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a white-haired man

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12
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avoir les cheveux blancs

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to have white hair

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13
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être chauve/ la calvitie

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to be bald/ baldness

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14
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une ride

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a wrinkle/ a line

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15
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les infirmités de la vieillesse

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the infirmities of old age

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16
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vulnérable

17
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handicapé

18
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un déambulateur

A

a Zimmer frame/ a walking frame

19
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une chaise roulante

20
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la faiblesse/ faible/ s’affaiblir

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weakness/ weak/ to weaken

21
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la maladie

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illness/ sickness

22
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être en bonne/ mauvaise santé

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to be in good health/ in poor health

23
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mourir de

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to die of/ to die from

24
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la sénilité/ sénile

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senility/ senile

25
perdre la mémoire
to lose one's memory
26
la perte de mémoire
memory loss
27
la maladie d'Alzheimer
Alzheimer's (disease)
28
nécessiter des soins particuliers
to require special care
29
être grabataire
to be bed-ridden
30
une maison de retraite
a home for the aged
31
une maison médicalisée
a nursing home/ an old people's home
32
l'hospitalisation à domicile
home health care
33
gériatrie
geriatrics
34
un gérontologue
a gerontologist/ a geriatrician
35
l'âgisme, le racisme anti-vieux
agism/ ageism/ age discrimination
36
être rejeté parla société
to be rejected by society
37
le pouvoir économique des personnes âgées
grey power