brusque

Karl saw the mother making a brusque gesture, as if ordering her daughter to keep him there.
Karl vit la mère faire un geste brusque de la main, comme pour ordonner à sa fille de le retenir.
Garay (1974) is an epiphytic species with cylindrical ramified stems equipped with long aerial roots and alternate cylindrical leaves, distichous, ascending, 12-15 cm long, with a brusque slight bending near the apex.
Garay (1974) est une espèce épiphyte aux tiges cylindriques ramifiées pourvues de longues racines aériennes et aux feuilles cylindriques alternes, distiques, ascendantes, longues de 12 à 15 cm, avec un brusque léger pliage au voisinage de l’apex.
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