brake

This was because the carriage had braked suddenly, causing my head to bump against the wooden board of the carriage in front of me so hard that even the board had broken.
C’était parce ce que le fiacre avait freiné brusquement, et que ma tête s’était cognée si fort contre la paroi de bois en face de moi que la paroi s’était fendue.
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