cartonet

[torpid gust]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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[primal meteor]

Ancien boxeur, ancien communiste (ne pas lui en vouloir d'avoir craqué, comme d'autres, devant les commissions maccarthystes),

I don't really understand how the sentence is made...

[sudden citrus]

Ex-boxer, ex-communist. (don't be angry at him for having cracked, like others, before the McCarthy committees)

en vouloir à quelqu'un = to be angry at someone, to hold a grudge against someone

When giving orders in French, the imperative is normally used. But it's also possible to use the infinitive (the base form of a verb). The infinitive is more distant, impersonal, and often found in manuals and signs.

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/infinitive/
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/impersonal-orders/