An user French
says…

Mais
Coordinating conjunction
  ils
Pronoun
  étaient
Auxiliary
  bloqués
Verb
le
Determiner
  moindre
Adjective
  pas
Noun
  en avant
  et
Coordinating conjunction
 c'était  la
Determiner
  mort
Noun
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But they were blocked, the slightest step forward and it was death.
Words and sentences
New
ils

  1. they (male or mixed group)
  2. (informal) they (female)

New
bloqués

masculine plural of bloqué

New
le

New
moindre

  1. comparative degree of petit; lower; less; lesser
  2. superlative degree of petit; the smallest, the slightest, the least

New
en avant

New
New
la

New
mort

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