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4. The Homeless Flashcards

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Le fait d’être sans-abri

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Homelessness

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Les sans-abri

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The homeless / street people

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Ne pas avoir de domicile fixe

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To have no fixed abode

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Etre sans abri, être sur le pavé

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To be homeless / to be down-and-out

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Un sans-abri, un sdf

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

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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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Le quart-monde

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The underclass

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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 / (US) panhandling

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Un mendiant

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A beggar / (US) a panhandler

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Mendier, tendre la main

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To beg / (US) to panhandle

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Vivre de la charité des autres

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To live on handouts

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Un clochard

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A tramp / (US) a bum / a hobo

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Une clocharde

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A bag lady

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Un poivrot ( qui vie dans la rue)

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A wino

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Se clochardiser

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To be reduced to destitution

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Etre condamné à vivre dans la rue

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To be forced into the streets

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Vivre dans la rue

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To live on the streets

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Dormir dans la rue

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To sleep in the streets

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Dormir à la dure

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To sleep rough

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Qqn qui dort à 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
To sleep in an underground corridor
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Un carton
A cardboard box
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Une bouche d'aération
A vent / an air vent
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Un sac de couchage
A sleeping bag
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Squatter / un squatteur
To squat / a squatter
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Rester propre
To slay clean
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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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Lutter pour sa survie
To fight for survival
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Un centre d'accueil pour sans-abri
A homeless shelter
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Une association caritative
A charity
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Une association de bénévoles
A voluntary organisation
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Une soupe populaire
A soup kitchen
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Il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri dans de nombreux pays européens
Homelessness is on the rise in many European countries
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De plus en plus de jeunes n'ont pas de toit
Increasing numbers of young people have no roof over their heads
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Comme de nombreux SDF, il espère repartir du bon pied en vendant des magazines dans les rues
Like many homeless people, he hopes to get back on his feet by selling magazines on the streets
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Lorsqu'il s'est retrouvé sans emploi, sa femme l'a mis à la porte et il est allé grossir les rangs des SDF
When he lost his job, his wife kicked him out of the house and he joined the ranks of the homeless
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Il a été rejeté par sa famille et s'est retrouvé à la rue avec son chien pour seule compagnie
He was rejected by his family and ended up in the street with just his dog for company
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Se retrouver à la rue, c'est l'ultime catastrophe d'une série de graves problèmes personnels
Homelessness is the end of the line in a series of personal disasters
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Les sans-abri sont généralement des gens dont la vie a été ruinée par la perte de leur emploi, par des dettes, la malchance ou la maladie
Homeless people are usually people whose lives have been ruined by the loss of their job, debts, ill luck or illness
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Certains font les poubelles des restaurants pour trouver de la nourriture
Some scavenge for food in restaurant dustbins
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C'est la loi de la jungle qui domine dans la rue où ce n'est qu'une question de temps avant qu'un SDF ne soit battu, volé ou violé
The law of the jungle is the rule in the street where it is only a matter of time before a dosser is beaten, robbed or raped
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Affronter le regard des autres et faire face à la solitude ne sont que certaines des difficultés dont les sans-abri doivent s'accommoder tous les jours
Meeting other people's gaze and coping with loneliness are only some of the difficulties homeless people have to put up with every day
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C'est le devoir des gouvernements occidentaux d'aider les sans-abri à ne plus vivre dans la rue
It is the duty of Western governments to help the homeless get off the streets
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Les autorités ne semblent se préoccuper du sort des sans-abri que lorsqu'il y a une vague de froid
The authorities seem to care about the fate of the homeless only when there is a cold spell

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