le whist

Les joueurs étaient tout entiers à leur whist.

The players were completely absorbed in their whist game.

Certainement, monsieur, répondit vivement la jeune femme, je connais le whist.

“Certainly, sir,” the young woman replied eagerly. “I know how to play whist.”

Puis il jouait au whist.

Then he played whist.

Son seul passe-temps était de lire les journaux et de jouer au whist.

His only pastimes were reading the newspapers and playing whist.