Qu'elle avalait volontiers, car elle aimait les cachets.
She was a great taker of pills.
Il avalait la fumée ?
Let's hope he didn't inhale.
Il avalait sa soupe avec des gestes calmes et réguliers, il coupait le pain qu’elle avait posé là pour lui.
With calm, regular movements he spooned up his soup, cut the bread she had put out for him.
L'épéiste, qui avalait un bifteck bleu sans le mastiquer, a répété qu'il y a avait trop de monde dans le restaurant à ce moment-là.
The swordsman who was swallowing rare-cooked beef without chewing it repeated there were too many people in the restaurant at that moment.
L'épéiste, qui avalait un bifteck bleu sans le mastiquer, a répété qu'il y a avait trop de monde dans le restaurant à ce moment-là.
The swordsman, who was swallowing rare-cooked beef without chewing it, murmured that there were too many people in the restaurant at that moment.
Elle en avalait de plus en plus.
She kept on taking more of it.
Le pauvre garçon avalait sa salive et balbutiait en essayant d'expliquer en larmes ce qui s'était passé.
The poor boy gulped and stuttered as he tried to explain through his tears what had happened.
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