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Homelessness
The haves and tha have-nots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| être négligé x2 | shabby looking / to be dressed shabbily |
| haillon | to wear rags / to be dressed up in tatters |
| un clochard / un vagabond | a tramp / a vagrant / a vagabond / a down and out |
| vagabondage | vagrancy |
| les SDFs | the homeless |
| oeuvre de charité | charities |
| un(e) SDF | a person without fixed abode |
| dormir à la belle étoile | to sleep in the open |
| un mangiant | a beggar |
| mandier | to beg |
| les pauvres | the poor / the destitute / the have-nots |
| avoir de gros problèmes | to be in dire straits |
| être durement frappé par.. | to be hard hit by |
| abandonné | to feel let down |
| honte | to feel ashamed |
| céder au désespoir | to give way to despair |
| se résigner à.. | to resign oneself to V_ing |
| être désespéré | to feel desperate |
| faire face à la réalité | to face reality |
| être méprisé | to be despired / scorned / looked down on by people |
| suivre des cours du soir | to attend evening classes |
| se recycler | to retrain |
| pôle emploi | the dole office / job center |
| loyer / propriétaire | the rent / a landlord |
| saisi(e)/ une saisie / être expulsé | to be foreclosed / a foreclosure / to be evicted = an eviction |
| les chiffres du chômage / monter en flèche | the unemployment figures / to rocket / soar |
| un passager | a passer-by |
| en ruine | run down / derelict / dilapidated |
| un taudi | a slum |
| Un HLM | A council flat |
| crasseux | grimy / filthy / squalid |
| sordide | sordid / bleak |
| surpeuplé / bombé | overcrowded |
| un quartier | a district / a neighbourhood |
| un abri | a shelter |
| un bidonville | a shantytown |
| un | a makeshift home |
| le trottoir | the pavement |
| un pont | a bridge |
| une bouche d'aération | a steam vent |
| des condition pas hygiéniques | unhygienic conditions |
| sans eau courante | without running water |
| être pauvre | to be poor / destitute / in need / penniless |
| être fauché | to be short of money / to be broke / to be skint |
| recevoir des aides sociales | to be on relief / to be on welfare |
| avoir le droit au aide sociales | to be entitled to welfare benefits |
| être au chômage | to be out of work / on the dole / to be unemployed / jobless |
| être renvoyé | to be fired / sacked |
| dans le besoin | to be in need |
| glisser dans la pauvreté | to slip into poverty |
| vivre précairement | to live precariously |
| vivre au jour le jour | to live from hand to mouth |
| joindre les deux bouts | to make both ends meet |
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