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Tenet

Christopher Nolan

The Protagonist, a soldier tested for his loyalty, is drawn into Tenet—a secret organization waging a war where time can move forward and backward. Along with Neil and Kat, he faces Sator, an oligarch tied to the future and a deadly device called the Algorithm. Their mission leads them into battles fought across reverse timelines, where sacrifice and hidden truths reveal the Protagonist's deeper role: not just a fighter, but the very founder of Tenet, destined to protect humanity in a war that never truly ends.

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enfumés / ɑ̃.fy.me /adjective

full of or obscured by smoke

Le Protagoniste avance dans les couloirs enfumés de l'opéra de Kyiv.

The Protagonist advances through the smoke-filled corridors of the Kyiv opera house.

fumébrumeuxobscurci par la fumée

cruauté / kʁuote /noun

cruel behavior or attitudes

Ils ne cachent pas leur cruauté.

They do not hide their cruelty.

la méchancetéla barbariela duretéla sauvagerie

défi / de.fi /noun

Defiance or a provocative act

Le silence devient défi.

Silence becomes defiance.

provocationaudacecontestation

efface / e.fas /verb

blurs

Ce genre de confusion efface les frontières entre survie et devoir.

This kind of confusion blurs the boundaries between survival and duty.

gommerestompersupprimer

emplis / ɑ̃pli /verb

filled or occupied by something

Ses poumons emplis d'un souffle qu'il n'aurait pas dû posséder.

His lungs were filled with a breath he should not have possessed.

remplipleinchargé

fausse / fos /adjective

fake

La mission est fausse — les signaux ne concordent pas.

The mission is fake — the signals do not match.

falsifiéerronébidoncontrefait

le luxe / lə lœks /noun

luxury

le doute est un luxe.

doubt is a luxury.

la monnaie / la mɔ.nɛ /noun

currency

la seule monnaie qui compte

the only currency that counts

dorés / dɔʁe /adjective

Having a gold or gold-colored coating; gilded

C'est le bruit étouffant des tirs ricochant sur les balcons dorés.

It is the muffled sound of shots ricocheting off the gilded balconies.

plaqué orgildédorure

mord / mɔʁ /verb

to sink one's teeth into something

Il mord la capsule de cyanure cachée dans sa molaire.

He bites the cyanide capsule hidden in his molar.

croquergrignoterdéchiqueter

brisent / bʁiz /verb

To smash, shatter, or fracture something hard

Ils brisent les os.

They break the bones.

casserfracasserpulvériserrompre

figés / fiʒe /adjective

Unable to move due to fear, shock, or cold

Des civils figés dans leurs sièges.

Civilians frozen in their seats.

immobileparalyséstatiquesidéré

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