# Life Stages Essentials

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- CEFR: A2 (Elementary)
- Theme: Society & Culture
- Words: 12
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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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## Word list

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

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