The Human Being - Birth, Childhood Flashcards by David S

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A spermatozoon

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Un spermatozoïde

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A loop / a coil

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Un stérilet

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An ovum / an egg

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Un ovule

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An ovary

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Un ovaire

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An embryo / embryonic

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Un embryon / embryonnaire

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An expectant mother

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Une future mère

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Fertile / fertility
To fertilize
Fertilization

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Fertile / la fertilité
Féconder
La fécondation

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A test-tube

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Une éprouvette

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Infertile / infertility

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Infertile / l’infertilité

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Barren / sterile

Barrenness / sterility

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Stérile

La stérilité

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A termination (of pregnancy)

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IVG

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A midwife

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Une sage-femme

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To be in labour

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Être en travail

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A delivery

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Un accouchement

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A Caesarian (section)

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Une césarienne

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The umbilical cord

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Le cordon ombilical

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To be born

A newborn

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Naître

Un nouveau né

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A stillborn baby

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Un bébé mort-né

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To miscarry

A miscarriage

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Faire une fausse couche

Une fausse couche

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To give away / abandon

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Abandonner

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To breastfeed
Breastfeeding
Breast milk

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Allaiter
L’allaitement
Le lait maternel

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A bottle

To bottle-feed

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Un biberon

Donner le biberon

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A comforter / a baby-soother

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Une tétine

Q

Disposable / reusable nappies (diapers)

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Des couches jetables / lavables

A cradle

Un berceau

A pram / a baby carriage (US)

Un landau

A pushchair / a stroller (US)

Une poussette

To bawl

Hurler

To lull | A lullaby

Bercer | Une berceuse

To crawl

Marcher a quatre pattes

A tot / toddler

Un tout-petit

A brat

Un môme

An infant | Infancy

Un enfant en bas âge | La petite enfance

To look after / to take care of / to care for

S'occuper de

A crèche / a day-nursery / a daycare center (US)

Une crèche

Childish | Childlike

Puéril | Enfantin

To be on / off the pill

Prendre / arrêter la pilule

The morning-after pill

La pilule du lendemain

To have an abortion

Se faire avorter

The awkward age

L'âge ingrat

To be in one's teens

Être un ado

UK : The nanny state / Nannyism :

A government perceived as having excessive control over the welfare of it's citizens

A boy-meets-girl story

Une idylle conventionnelle

A child could do it

C'est un jeu d'enfant

Boys will be boys

Il faut bien que jeunesse se passe

On maternity leave

En congé de maternité