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1
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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

24
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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

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A cardboard box

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Une bouche d’aération

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A vent / an air vent

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Un sac de couchage

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A sleeping bag

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Squatter / un squatteur

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To squat / a squatter

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Rester propre

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To slay clean

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Lutter contre le froid

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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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Lutter pour sa survie

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To fight for survival

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Un centre d’accueil pour sans-abri

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A homeless shelter

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Une association caritative

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A charity

36
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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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Il y a de plus en plus de sans-abri dans de nombreux pays européens

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Homelessness is on the rise in many European countries

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De plus en plus de jeunes n’ont pas de toit

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The authorities seem to care about the fate of the homeless only when there is a cold spell

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