4. The Homeless Flashcards

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
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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
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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
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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

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dormir dans un couloir de métro
to sleep into an underground corridor
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un carton
a cardboard box
27
une bouche d'aération
an air-vent
28
un sac de couchage
a sleeping bag
29
squatter
to squat
30
un squatter
a squatter
31
rester propre
to stay clean
32
lutter contre le froid
to fight off the cold
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se mettre à boire
to take to drinking
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un centre d’accueil pour sans-abris
a homeless shelter
35
venir en aide aux sans-abris
to assist the homeless
36
une association caritative
a charity
37
une associations de bénévoles
a voluntary organisation
38
une soupe populaire
a soup kitchen
39
l'aide sociale
benefit / welfare