teenager
/ˈtiˌneɪdʒər/A young person between about thirteen and nineteen years old.
Example: As a teenager, he spent hours playing the guitar.
A212 words · Elementary
Life Stages vocabulary — A2
Life Stages vocabulary for growing up and growing old, including teenager, pregnant and widow, with plain words for the stages every life passes through.
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/əˈdʌlt/A person who is fully grown, over eighteen years old.
Example:
Every adult must show a ticket at the gate.
pregnant
/ˈprɛɡnənt/Having a baby growing inside your body.
Example:
My colleague is pregnant and due in April.
grow up
To change from a child into an adult.
Example:
Children grow up so fast these days.
mature
/məˈtʃʊr/Fully grown, or behaving in a sensible, adult way.
Example:
She seemed very mature for her age.
youth
/juθ/The period of your life when you are young, before you are an adult.
Example:
He spent his youth travelling around Europe.
infant
/ˈɪnfənt/A baby or very young child.
Example:
The nurse checked on the infant every hour.
widow
/ˈwɪdoʊ/A woman whose husband has died and who has not married again.
Example:
She became a widow at just forty years old.
orphan
/ˈɔrfən/A child whose parents have both died.
Example:
He grew up as an orphan after the accident.
birth
/bɜrθ/The moment when a baby comes out of its mother's body and begins life.
Example:
The whole family celebrated the birth of the twins.
nursery
/ˈnɜrsəri/A place where very young children are looked after during the day.
Example:
She goes to nursery three mornings a week now.
pension
/ˈpɛnʃən/Money paid regularly to someone who has stopped working because of age.
Example:
His pension arrives on the third of every month.
