snake

serpent

Animal long et mince, sans pattes, qui rampe au sol ; certaines espèces ont une morsure venimeuse.

En anglais simple : A long, thin animal with no legs that moves along the ground; some kinds have a poisonous bite.

• A snake moved through the grass.
• Some snakes can give a dangerous bite.
• Have you ever held a snake?

Synonymes : serpent

Expressions courantes : poisonous snake, snake bite, pet snake, snake skin

traître

Personne qui ment ou agit en secret contre ceux qui lui font confiance.

En anglais simple : A person who lies or secretly acts against people who trust them.

• Don't trust him; he's a snake.
• That snake told everyone my secret.
• She called her former partner a snake.

Synonymes : traitor, backstabber

Expressions courantes : a real snake, such a snake

furet

Long outil souple qu’on introduit dans un tuyau pour enlever ce qui le bouche.

En anglais simple : A long, flexible tool pushed into a pipe to remove things blocking it.

• The plumber used a snake.
• Push the snake slowly into the drain.
• This snake can reach deep inside the pipe.

Synonymes : drain auger

Expressions courantes : drain snake, plumbing snake, use a snake

indic, mouchard

Personne qui renseigne secrètement la police ou une autre autorité sur d’autres personnes.

En anglais simple : A person who secretly gives information about others to the police or another authority.

• The gang thought he was a snake.
• Someone accused her of being a police snake.
• They searched for the snake who had reported them.

Synonymes : informer, snitch, rat

Expressions courantes : a police snake, such a snake

serpenter

Avancer ou s’étendre en suivant de nombreuses courbes.

En anglais simple : To move or continue along a path with many curves.

• The road snakes through the hills.
• A long queue snaked around the building.
• We watched the river snaking across the plain.

Comment l'utiliser : snake through/around/along something (The path snakes around the lake.)

Synonymes : wind, twist

Expressions courantes : snake through something, snake around something, snake along something

déboucher au furet

Déboucher un tuyau à l’aide d’un long outil souple.

En anglais simple : To clear a blocked pipe with a long, flexible tool.

• We need to snake the drain.
• The plumber snaked the kitchen pipe.
• Have you tried snaking the toilet?

Synonymes : clear, unblock

Expressions courantes : snake a drain, snake the toilet, snake a pipe

piquer, voler

Prendre en cachette les affaires de quelqu’un sans sa permission.

En anglais simple : To take someone else's things secretly and without permission.

• Someone snaked my phone.
• He snaked a few coins from my bag.
• Did you snake my headphones?

Synonymes : steal, swipe, nick

Expressions courantes : snake someone's phone, snake someone's money

balancer, dénoncer

Signaler secrètement à la police ou à une autre autorité les actes répréhensibles de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : To secretly tell the police or another authority about someone's wrongdoing.

• He swore he hadn't snaked.
• Someone snaked them out to the police.
• The gang threatened anyone who snaked.

Comment l'utiliser : snake someone out (They feared he would snake them out.)

Synonymes : inform, snitch, rat

Expressions courantes : snake someone out, snake to police