Chapître 4 (10)

entrevue (f)

interview

être en proie à

to be prey to/plagued by

la bonté

kindness, generosity, goodness

inanité (f)

futility

sifflement

whistling

embellir

to become more beautiful

un galopin

scallywag, rascal

hausser

to raise, increase

extorquer

to extort, get sth out of sb

travailler arrache-pied

to work flat out

hindou

Hindu

figé

frozen, fixed

le pantin

puppet

le mépris

contempt

le poignet

wrist

crûment

bluntly, crudely

une allumette

match

s’éteindre

to extinguish

arracher

to tear

s’affoler

to panic

crisper

to tense, contract

le fossé

ditch, gap, gulf