was bluffing
Ziri bluffait.
Ziri was bluffing.
Il bluffait, là.
He was bluffing.
— La Haine (1995)
Je savais qu'il bluffait.
I knew he was bluffing.
— Princess Bride (1987)
Je pensais que Tom bluffait.
I thought Tom was bluffing.
Il bluffait, ouais, super mortel.
He was bluffing—yeah, really deadly.