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il avançait

was moving forward, was advancing, was making progress

→ avancer
avanç to move forward, to advance + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #40,714
was moving forward, was advancing, was making progress The informal form “avançait pas” omits “ne”; standard French uses “n’avançait pas.”
FR: Le train avançait lentement.
EN: The train was moving slowly.
Conjugation of avancer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third avançait —

La fillette avançait avec peine.

The little girl trudged along.

— Shower (1999)

Elle m'a dit que le livre avançait bien.

She told me that the book was coming along well.

— Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007)

Tom avançait de façon inconfortable.

Tom moved uncomfortably.

Cependant le paquebot s'avançait rapidement.

However, the ocean liner was moving forward quickly.

Ça paraît impressionnant mais en fait, on avançait pas.

It looks impressive, but actually, we weren’t making any progress.

— Taxi (1998)

Avec quatre paires de bras, le deuxième filet avançait à toute allure.

With four pairs of arms, the second net was moving at full speed.

Dans la prairie, on avançait à raison d'un mille et demi par jour.

On the prairie, we were making progress at a rate of a mile and a half a day.