4. The Homeless Flashcards

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1
Q

le fait d’être sans abri

A

homelessness

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2
Q

ne pas avoir de domicile fixe

A

to have no fixed abode

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3
Q

être sans abri

A

to be homeless / to be down-and-out

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4
Q

un sans-abri, un SDF

A

a homeless person / a down-and-out / a dosser

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5
Q

2 millions de sans-abris

A

2 million homeless

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6
Q

le nombre de sans-abris

A

the number of homeless

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7
Q

errer sans but

A

to wander about aimlessly

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8
Q

un vagabond

A

a vagabond / a vagrant / a wanderer

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9
Q

la vagabondage

A

vagrancy

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10
Q

la mendicité

A

begging / panhandling

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11
Q

un mendiant

A

a beggar / a panhandler

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12
Q

mendier, tendre la main

A

to beg / to panhandle

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13
Q

vivre de la charité des autres

A

to live on handouts

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14
Q

un clochard

A

a bum / a hobbo

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15
Q

une clocharde

A

a lady bag

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16
Q

la clochardisation, le dénument

A

destitution

17
Q

se clochardiser

A

to be reduced to destitution

18
Q

être condamner à vivre dans la rue

A

to be forced into the streets

19
Q

les sans-abris

A

street people

20
Q

vivre dans la rue

A

to live on the streets

21
Q

dormir dans la rue

A

to sleep in the streets

22
Q

dormir à la dure

A

to sleppe rough

23
Q

quelqu’un qui dore à la dure

A

a rough sleeper

24
Q

s’installer pour la nuit

A

to bed down for the night

25
Q

dormir dans un couloir de métro

A

to sleep into an underground corridor

26
Q

un carton

A

a cardboard box

27
Q

une bouche d’aération

A

an air-vent

28
Q

un sac de couchage

A

a sleeping bag

29
Q

squatter

A

to squat

30
Q

un squatter

A

a squatter

31
Q

rester propre

A

to stay clean

32
Q

lutter contre le froid

A

to fight off the cold

33
Q

se mettre à boire

A

to take to drinking

34
Q

un centre d’accueil pour sans-abris

A

a homeless shelter

35
Q

venir en aide aux sans-abris

A

to assist the homeless

36
Q

une association caritative

A

a charity

37
Q

une associations de bénévoles

A

a voluntary organisation

38
Q

une soupe populaire

A

a soup kitchen

39
Q

l’aide sociale

A

benefit / welfare