sale, disagreeable ; slang, lit., dirty

Page 91. — 1. tout en repassant son rasoir, while stropping his razor. 2. On a beau être, one may be.

3. ce gros bonnet, that important man. " Gros bonnet " pretty nearly corresponds to the English slang " big-bug."

4. d'autres chats à fouetter, lit., other cats to whip, Eng., other fish to fry, i.e., something else niore important to do.