Le mot anglais pour brindille est
twig

Définition en anglais

brindille
1. n-f. twig

twig	©
1. n. Verge, baguette
2. n. Brindille, rejeton.
I ripped off a twig from the tree.
J'ai arraché une brindille de l'arbre.
3. n. Rameau.
4. v. (UK) (Familier) Piger, entraver (argot).
Foreigners only twig when you shout at them.
Les étrangers ne pigent que quand on leur crie dessus.

twig	©
1. n. slim-wikipedia
2. n. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.
3. v. To beat with twigs.
4. v. (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on.
* He hasn't twigged that we're planning a surprise party for him.
5. v. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
Do you twig me?
6. v. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
7. v. (obsolete, Scotland) To twitch; to pull; to tweak.