bredouiller

“Ah,” bredouillé-je.

“Ah,” bredouillé-je.

Il a d'abord bredouillé.

First, he muttered something or other indistinctly.

Ne rentrez pas bredouille !

Do not come back empts handed!

Mais ils reviennent bredouilles.

But they return empty-handed.

- Je ne peux pas..., bredouille Chawkat.

- I can't ! stammers CHAWKAT.

Stricher bredouille: "Mais je fais quoi?"

"But what do I do?" stammers Stricher.

Il est souvent revenu bredouille d’Angleterre…

They have often come home from England with nothing to show for their efforts...

Nous sommes donc revenus bredouilles, chers collègues.

Evans cation of the motions more open and more easily available. ble.