Pilot: Medium (2005) saison 1 épisode 1 : vocabulaire anglais

making it hard to breathe because the air is hot, thick, or smoky

Traduction: étouffant

easy to manage, control, or deal with

Traduction: gérable

a pile of hay

Traduction: meule de foin

to stop someone from breathing, or to die because there is not enough air

Traduction: étouffer

a milky liquid from some plants, used to make rubber

Traduction: latex

a feeling of being very nervous, upset, or unable to stay calm

Traduction: agitation; nervosité

mocking or insulting speech or behavior that shows contempt

Traduction: moquerie

kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

Traduction: pelotage

a small wild bird that is often hunted for food

Traduction: perdrix

to stop someone from breathing by covering their nose and mouth

Traduction: étouffer

to put someone or something in danger

Traduction: compromettre

people who claim they can sense hidden things or predict the future

Traduction: médiums

the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

Traduction: cardage

to be enough for a need or purpose

Traduction: suffire

used to say you have suddenly found the answer or solution to something

Traduction: eurêka

think about something carefully, especially before making a decision

Traduction: réfléchir

to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

Traduction: enlever

moving or walking with quick, light steps

Traduction: qui marche d’un pas léger

to talk in a casual, lively way

Traduction: bavarder

strange and a little unsettling, especially in a way that seems almost supernatural

Traduction: troublant

to marry a woman, especially someone you have been dating

Traduction: épouser

past tense and past participle of shoot

Traduction: passé et participe passé de shoot

the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

Traduction: report

after something has already happened or been decided

Traduction: après coup

used before an adjective to mean extremely

Traduction: ultra-

to land or settle lightly on something

Traduction: se poser sur

to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

Traduction: retenir après les cours

the act of directing energy, money, or attention into something

Traduction: canalisation

a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

Traduction: pressentiment

a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

Traduction: Derrière !

expected or likely to happen in the future

Traduction: potentiel

to annoy someone or interfere with something, often in a playful or irritating way

Traduction: embêter

objects used in a play, movie, or TV show

Traduction: accessoires

connected with spiritual experiences or mysterious religious feelings

Traduction: mystique

a strong feeling of regret and guilt about something wrong you did

Traduction: remords

the act of fastening something with a screw

Traduction: vissage

an official court order that allows police to search a place

Traduction: mandat de perquisition

to make someone feel afraid, especially in order to control them

Traduction: intimider

used to say that something is not surprising

Traduction: pas étonnant

used as an angry rhetorical question to say someone is not listening

Traduction: Tu es sourd ou quoi ?

showing no kindness or sympathy

Traduction: sans cœur

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

Traduction: découvrir

something that is not possible or not acceptable

Traduction: c’est exclu

not real, true, or honest; fake

Traduction: faux

a group of wild boars

Traduction: une harde de sangliers

to feel an uncomfortable sensation on your skin that makes you want to scratch

Traduction: démanger

an informal way of asking what is happening or what the situation is

Traduction: qu'est-ce qui se passe ?

a card used in tarot readings

Traduction: carte de tarot

soon; after a short time

Traduction: bientôt

a person who commits a harmful, illegal, or immoral act

Traduction: auteur

used to ask if someone is willing to do something or agrees with an idea

Traduction: qu'en dis-tu ?

to move away from a place without meaning to

Traduction: s’éloigner sans s’en rendre compte

to reduce the number of possibilities so something becomes more specific

Traduction: préciser

to find or get something after some effort

Traduction: dénicher

used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

Traduction: quelque chose comme ça

to release something or someone from restraint

Traduction: déchaîner

someone who claims to have special powers to know things or see the future

Traduction: voyant

to drive a vehicle into a place and stop there

Traduction: entrer en voiture

to put people or things into groups based on shared qualities

Traduction: classer

to support a claim with facts or proof

Traduction: étayer

people who have little money or wealth

Traduction: les démunis

to do someone else's job or perform their role for a short time

Traduction: remplacer quelqu’un

the act of questioning someone closely, especially by police

Traduction: interrogatoire

to make a long, narrow cut in something

Traduction: entailler

as; in the same way that

Traduction: comme

a hard round nut with a wrinkled edible kernel inside

Traduction: noix

moving forward quickly and forcefully

Traduction: fougueux

marked or decorated with letters or writing

Traduction: inscrit

past tense and past participle of bed

Traduction: prétérit et participe passé de bed

the process of becoming narrower

Traduction: rétrécissement

used to talk about an earlier time in the past

Traduction: déjà en

a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

Traduction: autopsie

the act of deceiving or cheating someone

Traduction: tromperie

to stop something by force or authority

Traduction: réprimer