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, SDF

A

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

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5
Q

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

A

2 million homeless, the number of homeless

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6
Q

errer sans but

A

to wander about aimlessly

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7
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un vagabond

A

a wanderer, a vagabond, a vagrant

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8
Q

le vagabondage

A

vagrancy

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9
Q

la mendicité

A

begging(GB), panhandling (US)

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10
Q

la mendiant

A

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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12
Q

vivre de la charité des autres

A

to live on handouts

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13
Q

un clochard

A

a tramp (GB), a bum, a hobo (US)

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14
Q

une clocharde

A

a bag lady

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15
Q

la clochardisation, le dénuement

A

destitution

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16
Q

se clochardiser

A

ro be reduced to destitution

17
Q

être condamné à vivre dans la rue

A

to be forced into the streets

18
Q

les sans-abri

A

street people

19
Q

vivre dans la rue

A

to live on the streets

20
Q

dormir dans la rue

A

to sleep on the streets

21
Q

dormir à la dure

A

to sleep rough

22
Q

s’installer pour la nuit

A

to bed down for the night

23
Q

dormir dans un couloir de métro

A

to sleep in an underground corridor

24
Q

un carton

A

a cardboard box

25
une bouche d'aération
an air-vent
26
un sac de couchage
a sleeping bag
27
squatter, un sqatteur
to squat, a squatter
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rester propre
to stay clean
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lutter contre le froid
to fight off the cold
30
se mettre a boire
to take to drinking
31
un centre d'accueil pour sans-abri
a homeless shelter
32
une association caritative
a charity
33
une association de bénévoles
a voluntary organisation
34
une soupe populaire
a soup kitchen
35
l'aide sociale
benefit(GB), welfare (US)