The Homeless Flashcards

1
Q

Le fait d’être sans-abri

A

Homelessness

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2
Q

Les sans-abri

A

The homeless / street people

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3
Q

Ne pas avoir de domicile fixe

A

To have no fixed abode

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4
Q

Être sans abri, être sur le pavé

A

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
Q

Le quart-monde

A

The underclass

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8
Q

Errer sans but

A

To wander about aimlessly

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9
Q

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

A

Begging / (US) panhandling

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12
Q

Un mediant

A

A beggar / (US) a panhandler

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13
Q

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

A

To live on handouts

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15
Q

Un clochard

A

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)

A

A wino

18
Q

Se clochardiser

A

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

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

A vent / 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 à boire

A

To take to drinking

33
Q

Lutter pr sa survie

A

To fight for survival

34
Q

Un centre d’accueil pour sans-abri

A

A homeless shelter

35
Q

Venir en aide aux sans-abri

A

To assist the homeless

36
Q

Une association caritative

A

A charity

37
Q

Une association de bénévoles

A

A voluntary organisation

38
Q

Une soupe population

A

A soup kitchen