les

• Article

  1. plural of le: the
  2. plural of la: the

• Pron

années

plural of année

passèrent

third-person plural past historic of passer

et

and

devenait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of devenir

de plus en plus

more and more (used to express a progressive increase)

brutal

• Adj

  brutal

• Noun

envers

• Noun

  1. reverse
  2. inverse
  3. back
  4. wrong side
  5. other side
  6. seamy side ("l'envers de la vie")
  7. inside

• Prep