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elle parlait

she was talking

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phrase Uncommon #21,976
she was talking The exact translation depends on what follows; it can also mean “she was speaking.”
FR: Elle parlait de son voyage.
EN: She was talking about her trip.

Elle parlait encore et encore de ses problèmes familiaux.

She talked on and on about her family problems.

Elle parlait couramment allemand après seulement deux ans.

She was fluent in German after only two years.

Elle parlait en tamazight.

She spoke in Tamazight.

Je croyais qu'elle parlait dans une autre langue.

I thought she was speaking another language.

— Zootopie (2016)

Elle parlait pas de toi.

She wasn't talking about you.

— The Little Thief (1988)

Quand elle était enceinte, elle parlait de "la petite", ça m'est resté.

When she was pregnant, she used to talk about “the little one”; it stuck with me.

— The World (2004)

Elle parlait rarement à qui que ce soit.

She rarely spoke to anyone.

Elle parlait de quoi ?

What was she talking about?

— Silent Voice (2016)

Je tremblais quand elle parlait.

I was trembling when she spoke.

— Le Facteur (1994)

Elle parlait à peine anglais à son arrivée aux États-Unis.

She barely spoke English when she arrived in the United States.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

C'est à moi qu'elle parlait.

She was talking to me.

— The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

À mon avis, elle parlait de toi.

In my opinion, she was talking about you.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Elle parlait souvent de sa meilleure amie.

She often talked about her best friend.

— Salé, Sucré (1994)

Elle parlait d'un beau petit mec.

She was talking about a cute little guy.

Elle parlait en berbère.

She spoke Berber.

Mais elle parlait plus.

But she wasn't talking anymore.

— A Bad Son (1980)

Elle parlait souvent de notre malédiction.

She often spoke of our curse.

Vous auriez dû entendre comment elle parlait de vous.

You should have heard how she talked about you.

— The Big Sick (2017)

Vous savez à qui elle parlait ?

Do you know who she was talking to?

— Mystic River (2003)

Plus elle parlait, plus je m'ennuyais.

The more she talked, the more bored I became.