il tira

shot, pulled, benefited, brought

t i . ʁ a → tirer
tir to shoot + a simple past (he/she/it)
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #23,367
shot
FR: Il tira sur la cible.
EN: He shot at the target.
pulled
FR: Elle tira la boîte de sous le lit.
EN: She pulled the box out from under the bed.
benefited
FR: Il en tira profit.
EN: He benefited from it.
brought
FR: Cette histoire lui tira des larmes.
EN: This story brought tears to his eyes.
Conjugation of tirer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First tirai —
Third tira —

Elle le saisit par la main et le tira sur le bateau.

She grabbed him by the hand and pulled him onto the boat.

Il tira un coup au hasard.

He fired a shot at random.

Ce souvenir me tira presque des larmes.

That memory almost brought me to tears.

De son expérience elle tira un livre.

She drew inspiration from her experience to write a book.

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

Il tira un grand profit du livre.

He made a great deal of money from the book.

Il lui tira dessus et il y eut un grand bruit.

He shot at him, and there was a loud bang.

— Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

La bonne nouvelle lui tira des larmes des yeux.

The good news brought tears to his eyes.

Le bruit à la porte me tira de mon rêve.

The noise at the door jolted me out of my dream.

— Suzhou River (2000)

Passepartout tira sa grosse montre.

Passepartout pulled out his big watch.

Il se tira une balle dans la bouche.

He shot himself in the mouth.

— Titanic (1997)

Sami s'approcha, sortit son arme et tira une fois dans le cœur de Farid.

Sami approached, drew his weapon, and shot Farid once in the heart.

Tom tira une boîte de sous le lit.

Tom pulled a box from under the bed.

Puis, sans un mot, comme malgré lui, il tira une sonnette.

Then, without a word, almost against his will, he rang the bell.

Tom tira la corde.

Tom pulled the rope.

Elle lui tira dessus.

She shot him.

Il perdit la raison et tira sur le pauvre animal.

He lost his mind and shot the poor animal.

Elle tira avantage de mon ignorance.

She took advantage of my ignorance.

Et Ramadhir en tira profit.

And Ramadhir took advantage of it.

— Gangs of Wasseypur : 1ère partie (2012)

Marie tira la langue et prit un selfie.

Marie stuck out her tongue and took a selfie.

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