appuyer

C'est comme si tu avais appuyé sur la gâchette.
You might as well have pulled the trigger yourself.
J’avais déjà très faim avant, mais je venais à l’instant de chanter tellement fort et j’avais appuyé sur mon diaphragme avec une force telle que j’étais devenu plus affamé que jamais.
I was already pretty hungry before, but just then I was singing so hard and pressing down on my diaphragm with such force that I was hungrier than ever.
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