She managed to breathe a little, yet she continued to be half suffocated, her eyes white, her head thrown back, still struggling, but unable, even for a moment, to look at me or to speak, to emerge from the abyss into which she had already sunk.
Elle put souffler un peu, mais elle continua à suffoquer à demi, les yeux blancs, la tête renversée, luttant toujours, mais incapable, fût-ce un instant, pour me regarder et me parler, de sortir du gouffre où elle était déjà plongée.