CAMBRIDGE
ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 15
Birth and
death: from cradle to grave
A
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At the beginning
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(adj. = pregnant)
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time when sperm and egg meet and a baby starts to form
3
made to start developing into new life
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developing baby
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fixes itself
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organ inside the mother where the fertilised egg develops into a baby; uterus
is a more medical word than womb
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become pregnant
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drugs that help a woman to become pregnant
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in vitro fertilisation: process that fertilises a woman’s egg in a
laboratory; babies born this way are sometimes referred to as test tube
babies
10 what the embryo developing in the uterus is known as from
eight weeks onward 11 organ connecting the developing baby to the mother and
giving it food
12 goes into the last stage of pregnancy, where the womb
starts the process of pushing the baby out of the body
13 be helped medically to start the process of labour (noun
= induction)
14 have her baby
15 person medically trained to help women when they are
giving birth
16 help the mother to give birth (noun = delivery)
17 operation in which the mother’s abdomen and womb are cut
open to allow the baby to be removed
Language help
Expect when it means ‘expect a baby’ is only used in the
continuous form, e.g. Helena and her sister are both expecting (NOT
expect).
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B
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At the end
1 living well into old age; usually used in the phrase to
live to a ripe old age
2 now dead
3 elderly person, receiving an old age pension from the
state
4 special housing, usually for old people, where care staff
also live
5 weak and unable to walk well, usually because of old age;
informal
6 unable to think clearly because of old age; informal and
offensive
7 is still able to think and react quickly
8 an illness that causes problems with memory loss
9 box where the dead person is put
10 gathering of family and friends after a funeral
11 legal document saying what is to happen to your
possessions after your death
12 remains of a body after cremation (see 14)
13 expressing sadness after someone’s death (the mourners
have been bereaved)
14 service at a place called a crematorium, where a
dead body is burnt (as opposed to a burial, where the body is buried
in the ground)
15 spread around
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C
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Death in different registers
expressions
of sympathy: Please accept my condolences.
(formal) I was so sorry to
hear/learn of your loss. (informal)
euphemisms
for ‘to die’: to pass away, to pass
on, to pass over
very
informal expressions for being close to death: to be at death’s door, to be on your last legs (often used about
machines, e.g. My laptop’s on its last legs)
newspaper
words: fatalities [dead people], perished [died], slaughtered [violently killed]
legal
words: the deceased [the dead
person], to bequeath [to leave
something in a will; noun = a bequest],
to inherit [to receive something from someone who has died; noun = an inheritance], to die intestate [without having made a
will]
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EXERCISES
15.1
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Complete
these sentences with words from A opposite.
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15.2
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Correct
these sentences, which use the vocabulary in B and C.
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15.3
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Write
sentences with the same meanings, using the word in brackets and making any appropriate
changes.
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15.4
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Choose words or expressions from the
box to complete these texts.
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ANSWER KEY
15.1
1 conceive
2 labour, birth
3 delivery, caesarean
4 placenta, uterus/womb
5 tube
6 midwife
7 expecting
8 pregnancy, foetus
15.2
1 The whole country is in mourning after the President’s death.
2 I’d like my ashes scattered in my favourite forest.
3 My late grandfather was a shepherd all his life.
4 I’m afraid her elderly step-mother
has just passed away.
5 My car is on its last legs.
6 My father bequeathed me his gold watch in his will.
7 Mrs Wilson seems to have been at
death’s door for years.
8 Over 2,000 people perished in the earthquake.
9 It was amazing there were no fatalities when the bridge collapsed.
10 My aunt left me a bequest of £500 in her will.
15.3
1 Both my sisters are expecting at the moment.
2 Shona Harrison gave birth to twins last Monday.
3 She has been taking fertility drugs (to help her
conceive).
4 All my grandparents lived to a ripe old age.
5 My neighbour is 90 but she still has all her wits about her.
6 Unfortunately, the deceased died without leaving a will.
7 John’s three nephews each inherited £1,000 from him.
8 Please accept my condolences.
15.4
1 perished
2 slaughtered
3 fatalities
4 deceased
5 passed away
6 pensioner
7 bequeathed
8 inherited
9 bequest |
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