translate English to French: The bread was so thin as was the margarine or the occasional bit of lard, that I imagined how small were their own food rations and that it must have been difficult for Mrs F to remove anything at all to feed me in addition to her children.
Ce jour-là, il faisait un temps superbe. Des drapeaux blancs flottaient sur les balcons de toutes les maisons en signe de reddition.