il filait

was giving, was handing out, was speeding, was rushing along, was having a perfect love life

f i . l ɛ → filer
fil to leave, to take off + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #44,605
was giving, was handing out Colloquial in this sense.
FR: Il filait des bonbons aux enfants.
EN: He was handing out sweets to the children.
was speeding, was rushing along
FR: La voiture filait sur la route.
EN: The car was speeding along the road.
was having a perfect love life Used in the expression « filer le parfait amour ».
FR: Il filait le parfait amour avec sa compagne.
EN: He was enjoying a perfect love life with his partner.
Conjugation of filer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third filait —

Tout le monde filait du fric pour avoir des copies des photos.

Everyone was paying to get copies of the photos.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Quand Devdas filait comme un ouragan, j'envoyais Paro le chercher.

When Devdas took off like a hurricane, I'd send Paro to go find him.

— Devdas (2002)

Parfois, elle en filait aux gamins contre un petit service.

Sometimes she would give them to the kids in exchange for a small favor.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Cependant on filait rapidement.

However, we were moving quickly.

On filait le parfait amour, docteur.

We were in perfect love, doctor.

— Carandiru (2003)

Il nous filait plein de bouffe.

He used to give us loads of food.

— La Cité des hommes (2007)

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