c'étaient

C'étaient des Hommes autrefois.

They were men once.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau (2001)

C'étaient de fausses informations.

They were false reports.

C'étaient des conneries, hein ?

That was bullshit, right?

— Rushmore (1998)

C'étaient leurs paroles exactes.

Those were their exact words.

— Le vent se lève (2006)

Vendredi, au Copa, c'étaient les petites amies.

On Friday at the Copa, it was the girlfriends.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

C'étaient les mêmes anciens endroits où je devais vivre ma vie.

They were the same old places where I had to live my life.

— Les Enfants du temps (2019)

Et c'étaient les vacances.

And it was the holidays.

— Les Diaboliques (1955)

C'étaient des gens du Pas-de-Calais.

They were from the Pas-de-Calais.

— Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

C'étaient des soldats.

They were soldiers.

C'étaient des détails qu'ils n'avaient pas à connaître l'un de l'autre.

Those were details they didn’t need to know about each other.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

C'étaient les célèbres femmes de la rivière Huai Qin.

They were the famous women of the Huai Qin River.

— Sacrifices of War (2011)

C'étaient mes chevaux.

Those were my horses.

— Gladiator (2000)

C'étaient des enfants.

They were children.

C'étaient peut-être des appels en direct.

They may have been live calls.

— Scream 7 (2026)

C'étaient des clients.

They were customers.

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

C'étaient, en effet, le maître et le serviteur.

They were, in fact, the master and the servant.

Le maire me dit que c'étaient les élèves de mon père.

The mayor tells me they were my father's students.

— The Road Home (1999)

Avant, c'étaient mes amis.

They used to be my friends.

— Dune : Deuxième partie (2024)

C'étaient tous des monstres ?

Were they all monsters?

— Il est de retour (2015)

C'étaient des révolutionnaires.

They were revolutionaries.

— La La Land (2016)

Plus tard, j'ai compris que c'étaient des mensonges.

Later, I realized they were lies.

— The Wandering Earth (2019)

C'étaient les dollars de Chika.

Those were Chika's dollars.

— La petite Véra (1988)

Et c'étaient les meilleurs !

And they were the best!

— Andreï Roublev (1966)

C'étaient surtout les lecteurs du Daily Telegraph.

They were mostly Daily Telegraph readers.

C'étaient leurs noms.

Those were their names.

— Mystic River (2003)

C'étaient des manuels.

They were manuals.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

C'étaient les hommes de Nishad.

They were Nishad's men.

— Article 15 (2019)

C'étaient vraiment des jeunes mariés ?

Were they really newlyweds?

— Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

Mais c'étaient les mensonges qu'ils voulaient entendre.

But those were the lies they wanted to hear.

— Wicked : Partie II (2025)

C'étaient des amis.

They were friends.

— La Cité des hommes (2007)

Je me suis cru mort, mais au bruit, j'ai su que c'étaient des flics.

I thought I was dead, but from the sound of it, I knew they were cops.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

C'étaient les personnages de mon film.

They were the characters in my film.

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

C'étaient les dernières volontés d'un mourant.

They were the final wishes of a dying man.

— Gladiator (2000)

C'étaient des Elfes.

They were Elves.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau (2001)

C'étaient des gens ordinaires.

They were ordinary people.

— Il est de retour (2015)

C'étaient ses fleurs préférées.

They were her favorite flowers.

C'étaient des extraterrestres.

They were aliens.

C'étaient de formidables guerriers.

They were formidable warriors.

— Space Seed (1967)

Nos maris, c'étaient pas des grands patrons.

Our husbands weren’t big bosses.

— Les Affranchis (1990)