manier

La voile avait été arrachée avant que les apôtres aient pu la replier, et ils dépendaient maintenant entièrement de leurs rames qu’ils maniaient vigoureusement pour atteindre le rivage distant de trois kilomètres.
The high wind had torn the sail away before the apostles could furl it, and they were now entirely dependent on their oars as they laboriously pulled for the shore, a little more than a mile and a half distant.
Il y eut une espèce de procession interminable que je ne comprenais pas : ni les faits, ni les éléments qui intervenaient, ni les valeurs qu'ils maniaient .
There was a sort of endless procession that I didn't understand: neither the facts, or the elements or the values that were taking place.
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