4. The homeless Flashcards

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Ne pas avoir de domicile fixe

A

To have no fixed abode

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Homelessness

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Le fait d’être sans-abri

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Un sans-abri, un SDF

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A homeless person

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Un clochard

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A tramp (GB)
A bum / a hobo (US)
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Le fait d’être sans-abri

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Homelessness

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Être sans-abri

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To be homeless

To be down-and-out

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2 millions de sans-abri /le nombre de sans-abri

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2 million homeless / the number of homeless

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Errer sans but

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To wander about aimlessly

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Un vagabond

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A vagabond / a vagrant / a wanderer

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Le vagabondage

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Vagrancy

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La mendicité

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Begging (GB)

Panhandling (US)

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Un mandiant

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A beggar (GB) 
A panhandler (US)
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Mendier, tendre la main

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To beg (GB) 
To panhandle (US)
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Vivre de la charité des autres

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To live on handouts

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Une clocharde

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A bag lady

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Le clochardisation, le dénuement

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Destitution

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Se clochardiser

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To be reduced to destitution

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Être condamné à vivre dans la rue

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To be forced into the streets

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Les sans-abri

A

Street people

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Vivre dans la rue

A

To live on streets

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Dormir dans la rue

A

To sleep in the streets

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Dormir à la dure

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To sleep rough

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Quelqu’un qui dort a la dure

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A rough sleeper

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S’installer pour la nuit

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To bed down for the night

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Dormir dans un couloir du métro

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To sleep in an underground corridor

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Un carton

A

A cardboard box

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Une bouche d aération

A

An air-vent

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Un sac de couchage

A

A sleeping bag

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Squatter / un squatter

A

To squat / a squatter

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Rester propre

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To stay clean

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Lutter contre le froid

A

To fight off the cold

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Se mettre à boire

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To take to drinking

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Un centre d’accueil pour sans-abri

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A homeless shelter

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Venir en aide aux sans-abri

A

To assist the homeless

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Une association caritative

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A charity

35
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Une association de bénévoles

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A voluntary organisation

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Une soupe populaire

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A soup kitchen

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L’aide sociale

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Benefit (GB)

Welfare (US)