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
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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 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
Q

Un vagabond

A

A vagabond
A vagrant
A wanderer

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8
Q

Le vagabondage

A

Vagrancy

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9
Q

La mendicité

A

Begging (uk)

Panhandling (us)

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10
Q

Un mendiant

A
A beggar (uk)
A panhandler (us)
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11
Q

Mendier

Tendre la main

A
To beg (uk)
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 (uk)
A bum (us)
A hobo (us)
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14
Q

Une clocharde

A

A bag lady

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15
Q

Les sans-abris

A

The homeless

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16
Q

La clochardisation

Le dénuement

A

Destitution

17
Q

Se clochardiser

A

To be reduced to destitution

18
Q

Être condamné a vivre dans la rue

A

To be forced into the streets

19
Q

Les sans abri

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 a la dure

A

To sleep rough

23
Q

Quelqu’un qui dort a 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 du métro

A

To sleep in 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

Un squatter

A

To squat

A squatter

30
Q

Rester propre

A

To stay clean

31
Q

Lutter contre le froid

A

To fight off the cold

32
Q

Se mettre a boire

A

To take to drinking

33
Q

Un centre d accueil pour sans abri

A

A homeless shelter

34
Q

Venir en aide aux sans abri

A

To assist the homeless

35
Q

Une association caritative

A

A charity

36
Q

Une association de bénévoles

A

A voluntary organisation

37
Q

Une soupe populaire

A

A soup kitchen

38
Q

L aide sociale

A

Benefit (uk)

Welfare (us)