The Killings at Badger's Drift: Midsomer Murders (1997) saison 1 épisode 1 : vocabulaire anglais

a kitchen tool with wire loops used for mixing or beating food

Traduction: batteur

a region in northern Israel

Traduction: Galilée

good at noticing small details

Traduction: observateur

a small lock with a U-shaped metal bar, used for doors, gates, bikes, and boxes

Traduction: cadenas

sexual relations between people who are closely related

Traduction: inceste

showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

Traduction: compatissant

covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

Traduction: recouvrir

to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

Traduction: surprendre; sursaut

shaped by hammering, especially metal

Traduction: forgé

to argue about small, unimportant things

Traduction: se chamailler

to decorate something so it looks more attractive

Traduction: orner

while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

Traduction: bravant

a person or company that provides food and drink for an event

Traduction: traiteur

a small bird with a plump body, often hunted for food

Traduction: caille

very unpleasant, ugly, or disgusting

Traduction: affreux

the daughter of your husband or wife from an earlier relationship

Traduction: belle-fille

a small piece of dough, often filled, that is boiled, steamed, or fried

Traduction: boulette de pâte

a large tent used for a party, wedding, or other event

Traduction: chapiteau

to cut stone out of the ground in a quarry

Traduction: extraire d'une carrière

a strong cotton fabric, usually blue, used for jeans and other clothes

Traduction: denim

very disgusting or unpleasant

Traduction: répugnant

kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

Traduction: pelotage

married

Traduction: marié

a person whose job is to arrange funerals and prepare bodies for burial or cremation

Traduction: entrepreneur de pompes funèbres

showing strong enthusiasm or excitement

Traduction: enthousiaste

the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

Traduction: cardage

to be enough for a need or purpose

Traduction: suffire

a piece of clothing with trousers and a bib front, worn over a shirt for work or casual wear

Traduction: salopette

an insulting slang term for a gay man

Traduction: terme insultant pour un homme gay

to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

Traduction: avancer lentement

a bicycle with three wheels

Traduction: tricycle

the act of moving along without using power

Traduction: roue libre

a small container with a narrow neck, used for holding liquids

Traduction: flasque

a smooth, shiny fabric with a soft surface

Traduction: satin

the period when a regent rules instead of a monarch

Traduction: régence

a formal room in a house where guests are received

Traduction: salon

a period when something is deliberately stopped or put on hold

Traduction: mise en sommeil

a man or boy

Traduction: type

Used in some nonstandard varieties of English to show that an action happened and is finished

Traduction: a déjà fait

a person who strongly supports and works for a cause

Traduction: militant

an affectionate way to address a woman

Traduction: ma chère

home; to or at home

Traduction: à la maison

to have no moral or legal permission to do something

Traduction: n’avoir pas le droit

sex between a married person and someone who is not their spouse

Traduction: adultère

not heard or not listened to

Traduction: sans être entendu

to chase or follow someone or something

Traduction: courir après

the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

Traduction: rempotage

to make someone or something more likely to act or happen

Traduction: inciter

the life or world believed to exist after death

Traduction: l’au-delà

a type of strong, pale wine from Spain

Traduction: xérès

to make it possible for something to happen

Traduction: ouvrir la voie à

a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

Traduction: tu peux attendre

to force an enemy or crowd to move back

Traduction: repousser

to attack someone suddenly and aggressively, with words or physically

Traduction: se jeter sur

the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

Traduction: port de toasts

the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

Traduction: chantage

to look at something with attention or wonder

Traduction: contempler; voici

to seriously damage or weaken something

Traduction: paralyser

the state of being mentally healthy and able to think clearly and reasonably

Traduction: santé mentale

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

used to say that something seems true or reasonable at first, but may not be when you look more closely

Traduction: à première vue

still not understanding something after an explanation or event

Traduction: pas plus avancé

used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

Traduction: très bien

to make something more difficult or harder to understand

Traduction: compliquer

located at the back; behind the front part

Traduction: arrière

to mean or indicate something

Traduction: signifier

very unpleasant-smelling

Traduction: puant

to record that you have started work or a shift

Traduction: pointer son arrivée

to throw something with a lot of force

Traduction: jeter

a person who likes rock music, especially a fan of rock and roll

Traduction: rocker ; amateur de rock ; fauteuil à bascule

a man whose wife has died and who has not married again

Traduction: veuf

proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

Traduction: alibi

strong, direct, and effective

Traduction: énergique