The Homeless Flashcards

1
Q

Le fait d’être sans-abri

A

Homelessness

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2
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Les sans-abri

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The homeless / street people

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3
Q

Ne pas avoir de domicile fixe

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To have no fixed abode

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4
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Être sans abri, être sur le pavé

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To be homeless / to be down-and-out

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5
Q

Un sans abri-abri, un SDF

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

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6
Q

2 millions de sans-abri / le nb de sans-abri

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2 million homeless / the nb of homeless

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7
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Le quart-monde

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The underclass

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8
Q

Errer sans but

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To wander about aimlessly

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9
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Un vagabond

A

A vagabon / a vagrant / a wanderer

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10
Q

Le vagabondage

A

Vagrancy

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11
Q

La mendicité

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Begging / (US) panhandling

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12
Q

Un mediant

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A beggar / (US) a panhandler

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13
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Mendier, tendre la main

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To beg / (US) to panhandle

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14
Q

Vivre de la charité des autres

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To live on handouts

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15
Q

Un clochard

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A tramp / (US) a bum / a hobo

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16
Q

Une clocharde

A

A bag lady

17
Q

Un poivrot (qui vit dans la rue)

18
Q

Se clochardiser

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To be reduced to destitution

19
Q

Être condamné à vivre dans la rue

A

To be forced into the streets

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 sleep rough

23
Q

Qqn qui dort à la dure

A

A rough sleeper

24
Q

S’installer pour nuit

A

To bed down for the night

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Dormir dans un couloir du métro
to sleep in an underground corridor
26
Un carton
A cardboard box
27
Une bouche d’aération
A vent / an air vent
28
Un sac de couchage
A sleeping bag
29
Squatter / un squatter
To Squat / a squatter
30
rester propre
To stay clean
31
Lutter contre le froid
To fight off the cold
32
Se mettre à boire
To take to drinking
33
Lutter pr sa survie
To fight for survival
34
Un centre d’accueil pour sans-abri
A homeless shelter
35
Venir en aide aux sans-abri
To assist the homeless
36
Une association caritative
A charity
37
Une association de bénévoles
A voluntary organisation
38
Une soupe population
A soup kitchen