gril
Meanings
Noun
1. grill (cooking implement made of metal rods)
2. A heated metal grill used to torture by burning (historical)
3. Torture, torment (by extension, chiefly phrasal)
Examples4
passer sur le gril
rake over the coals
retourner sur le gril d'école
suffer the torment of school (literally "turn over on the grill")
Je n'aurais jamais cru... vous vous rappelez: le soufre, le bûcher, le gril...
I would never have believed it... you remember: the fire, the brimstone, the torment...
Le cuisinier a fait cuire la viande sur le gril.
The cook broiled the meat.