clochard

Il est clochard.

He's a bum.

J'ai vu un clochard à la gare.

I saw a rough sleeper at the railway station.

Je suis un clochard bon à rien.

I'm a good-for-nothing bum.

Je savais que Tom était un clochard.

I knew that Tom was a bum.

Je sais que Tom est un clochard.

I know that Tom is a bum.

La vie quotidienne des clochards est mal connue.

The everyday life of vagrants is poorly known.

Ziri est devenu un clochard.

Ziri became a tramp.

Le vent froid faisait terriblement souffrir le clochard.

The cold wind pained the tramp terribly.

Le voyageur du temps consacra son attention au déjeuner et montra un appétit de clochard.

The Time Traveller devoted his attention to his dinner, and displayed the appetite of a tramp.