Chapître 3 (9)

la guérison

recovery, healing, closure

le éruelit

scholar

assommant

boring

saugrenu

crazy, absurd

la décence

decency, courtesy

border

to tuck sb into bed

terrasser

to floor, bring sb down (context: sleep)

le réveil

awakening, alarm clock

la mouette

(sea)gull

dépasser

to exceed, be taller than sth, poke out

un(e) orphelin(e)

orphan

épouvantable

terrible

lâcher

to give away, release (context: dropping his studies of law)

balbutier

to stammer, stutter

se charger

to charge, make sb responsible for sth, take on sb/sth

terne

lifeless

gonflé

filled (context: face flushed)

frémissement

mumur, quivering

s’ébranler

to shake, rattle, get going

haletant

out of breath, gripped/ing

habile

skilled

le biais

slant/angle

la paresse

laziness

le grappin

grapple hook

gémissement

whine, groan