"You wait and see, maggot-snout," says Tirette, who is something of a psychologist. "If we attack this time, same as the adjutant seemed to hint, perhaps you'll find a Boche cup, and then it'll be something special!"

– Attends voir, bec d’asticot, dit Tirette qui ne manque pas de psychologie : cette fois-ci, si on attaque, comme le juteux a eu l’air de nous l’casser, tu en trouv’ras p’t’êt’ un, d’quart boche, et alors, c’est ça qui s’ra extra !

Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu

Le feu

Barbusse, Henri

© BELENUS, 2008

Under fire

Barbusse, Henri

© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

He's as good a chap as ever breathed, but his idiot of an uncle has stuffed his head with maggots.

C'est le meilleur garçon du monde, mais sa ganache d'oncle lui a bourré la cervelle de bourdes.

Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches

Les Trente-Neuf Marches

Buchan, John

Thirty-Nine Steps

Buchan, John