nous faisions

we were doing

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phrase Rare #29,024
we were doing The imperfect can describe an action in progress in the past or something we used to do.
FR: Nous faisions une promenade quand il a commencé à pleuvoir.
EN: We were taking a walk when it started to rain.

Certes, Mad Max n'avait pas à savoir tout ce que nous faisions ici.

Certainly, Mad Max didn't need to know everything we were doing here.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Nous faisions l'amour jusqu'à ce que nous étions fatigués.

We made love until we were tired.

Nous faisions semblant d'être des rivaux.

We were pretending to be rivals.

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)

Nous faisions une course contre les nazis.

We were racing against the Nazis.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Je vais vous dire ce que nous faisions.

I'll tell you what we were doing.

Beaucoup de gens n'aimaient pas ce que nous faisions.

Many people didn’t like what we were doing.

Dis-leur que nous faisions notre boulot.

Tell them we were doing our job.

— Léon (1994)

Nous nous faisions du souci.

We were worried.

Elle avait l'air de s'ennuyer pendant que nous faisions l'amour.

She looked bored while we were having sex.

Nous nous faisions tous du souci.

We were all worried.

Il a regardé ce que nous faisions.

He watched what we were doing.

Il a vu que c'était ce que nous faisions.

He saw that it was what we were doing.

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Nous faisions de la voile.

We were sailing.