English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

mourning
13
. As for me, I think I’d prefer an ordinary 
cremation
14
. 
But then I’d quite like to have my ashes 
scattered
15
at sea, as I love sailing.
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
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: