The Homeless Flashcards

(38 cards)

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
Q

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

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
Dormir dans un couloir du métro
To sleep in an underground corridor
26
Un carton
A cardboard box
27
Une bouche d aération
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 a boire
To take to drinking
33
Un centre d accueil pour sans abri
A homeless shelter
34
Venir en aide aux sans abri
To assist the homeless
35
Une association caritative
A charity
36
Une association de bénévoles
A voluntary organisation
37
Une soupe populaire
A soup kitchen
38
L aide sociale
Benefit (uk) | Welfare (us)