The human being Flashcards

(93 cards)

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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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13
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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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19
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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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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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atteindre sa majorité
to come / be of age
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avoir dix-huit ans
to turn eighteen
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le fossé des générations
the generation gap
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vieillissant / agé
ageing / aged
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vieillir
to grow old
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le troisième age / les séniors
the elderly / the senior citizens
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une personne agé
an elderly person
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grisonner
to go grey
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invalide
crippled
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sénile
senile
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radoter
to dote
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espérance de vie
life expectancy
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un cadavre
a corpse
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se suicider
to commit suicide
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mettre fin à ses jours
to take one's (own) life
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le deuil
bereavement
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porter le deuil
to mourn
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les cendres
the ashes
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un cercueil
a coffin
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enterrer
to bury
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un cimetière
a graveyard / a cemetary
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une tombe
a grave / tomb (US)
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la veuve / le veuf
the widow / the widower
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un testament
a will
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la succession
the estate
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la crise de la quarantaine
mid-life crisis
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dans la force / fleur de l'âge
in the prime of life / in one's prime
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la perte de mémoire
memory loss
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la maladie d'Alzheimer
Alzheimer's disease
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désigner
to appoint
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la mariée / le marié
the bride / the bridegroom
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un mari
a husband
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une épouse
a wife
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divorcer
to divorce
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un foyer
a home / a household
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l'arrière grand-père
the great-grandfather
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le beau père / la belle mère (remariage)
the stepfather / the stepmother
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le beau père / la belle mère
the father-in-law / the mother-in-law
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le parrain / la marraine
the godfather / the godmother
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filleul / filleule
godchild / godson / goddaughter
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un oncle
an uncle
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une tante
an aunt
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un neveu
a nephew
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une niece
a niece
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les ancetres / les aïeux
the for(e)bears
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la parenté
kinship
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avoir un lien de parenté
to be related to sby
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un parent
a relative
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une famille monoparentale
a one-parent family
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élever -> adoptif
to foster -> foster
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un enfant adopté
an adopted child
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un orphelin / un orphelinat
an orphan / an orphanage
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la naissance
birth
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s'occuper
to look after
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élever
to raise
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un enfant
a child
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un fils / un beau-fils / un beau-fils (remariage)
a son / a son-in-law / stepson
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illégitime
illegitimate
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la fraternité
brotherhood
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fraternel
brotherly
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un frère ainé
an elder brother
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les frères et soeurs
the siblings
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le nom de famille
the surname
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le prénom
the first name
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se serrer les coudes
to stick together
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la vie / l'esprit de famille
family life/spirit
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les allocations familiales
family allowances
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une famille nombreuse
a large family
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un nom de jeune fille
a maiden name