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Vocabulary
Objective: Describe health habits, discuss mental and physical wellbeing, and formulate a structured opinion on a wellness topic.
| French | English | French | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| l'alimentation | diet, nutrition | une alimentation équilibrée | a balanced diet |
| un repas | a meal | les fruits et légumes | fruit and vegetables |
| la viande | meat | les produits laitiers | dairy products |
| le sucre | sugar | le sel | salt |
| l'activité physique | physical activity | la marche | walking |
| le sommeil | sleep | le repos | rest |
The fixed expression for staying healthy is rester en bonne santé. The reflexive construction se garder en bonne santé does not exist in standard French.
The partitive article elides before a vowel-initial noun, producing de l'exercice. The sequence du exercice is never correct in French.
Rester en bonne santé is the fixed expression for staying healthy. The verb manger équilibré takes the adverb directly.
Faire attention à takes the preposition à. The noun alimentation refers to the overall diet.
Faire de l'exercice uses the elided form. The verb marcher takes no direct object.
Épuisement professionnel is the medical term for burnout. The verb mener à takes the preposition à.
Charge mentale refers to the accumulated weight of daily responsibilities. The noun phrase santé publique is fixed.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
| stress |
| la détente |
| relaxation |
| la méditation | meditation | la respiration | breathing |
The adjective stressé takes the preposition par to introduce the cause. The preposition de is used with emotions such as avoir peur de or être content de, not with stress.
The noun régime is masculine, so it takes the indefinite article un, not the feminine une.
Pratiquer la méditation takes a direct object. The reflexive verb se détendre expresses relaxation.
Bilan de santé is a full check-up. The frequency expression tous les deux ans means every two years.
Dépistage refers to screening for a condition before symptoms appear. The expression à un stade précoce means at an early stage.