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ça allait

it was going to, it was going well

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phrase Uncommon #17,693
it was going to Usually followed by an infinitive to describe something that was expected or about to happen.
FR: Ça allait commencer quand je suis arrivé.
EN: It was going to start when I arrived.

Je vous avais dit que ça allait être facile.

I told you it was going to be easy.

Je me demandais justement comment ça allait marcher, dit Maurice.

I was just wondering how that was going to work,” Maurice said.

Ça allait être un garçon.

It was going to be a boy.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

Je ne me trouvais pas très jolie, mais ça allait changer en grandissant.

I didn’t think I was very pretty, but that would change as I got older.

Ça allait être l'émeute.

It was going to turn into a riot.

— Dangal (2016)

Vous saviez que ça allait arriver.

You knew this was coming.

Savais-tu que ça allait nous tomber dessus ?

Did you know this was going to happen to us?

Je vous avais dit que ça allait être ennuyeux.

I told you it was going to be boring.

Ziri pensait que ça allait l'aider.

Ziri thought it would help.

J'aurais dû me douter que ça allait foutre la merde.

I should have known that was going to screw everything up.

— Forrest Gump (1994)

Comme si ça allait arriver.

As if it was going to happen.

Je n'ai pas dit que ça allait être facile.

I never said it was going to be easy.

Ça allait quand même faire mal.

It was still going to hurt.

Je savais que ça allait arriver.

I knew it was going to happen.

Le silence que ça allait créer !

The silence it was going to create!

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Je t'avais dit que ça allait être facile.

I told you it was going to be easy.

Ça allait devenir "L'année de la grande neige".

It was going to become “The Year of the Great Snow.”

— Amarcord (1973)

Je pensais que ça allait durer.

I thought it would last.

J'ai cru que ça allait se faire.

I thought it was going to happen.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Ça allait devenir 'L'année de la grande neige'.

It was to become 'The Year of the Big Snow'.

Savais-tu que ça allait te tomber dessus ?

Did you know that this was going to happen to you?

Ça allait arriver.

It was going to happen.

— La Femme de ménage (2025)

Saviez-vous que ça allait nous tomber dessus ?

Did you know this was going to happen to us?

Je pensais que ça allait marcher, mais non.

I thought it would work, but it didn't.

— Rushmore (1998)

Tu savais que ça allait arriver.

You knew this was going to happen.

Je sentais que ça allait mal finir.

I had a feeling it was going to end badly.

— Solaris (1972)

phrase Uncommon #22,888
it was going well Depending on context, it can also mean “it was okay” or simply “things were going.”
FR: À cette époque, ça allait mieux.
EN: At that time, things were going better.

Ils t'ont engagée quand ça allait.

They hired you when things were going well.

— Amours chiennes (2000)

Elle a dit que ça allait.

She said it was okay.

Ça allait.

It was okay.

Mais le docteur a dit ça allait !

But the doctor said it would be fine!

— Une seconde mère (2015)

Hier, ça allait très mal.

Yesterday, things were going very badly.

— Le Conformiste (1971)

Elle le laissa payer l'addition comme si ça allait de soi.

She let him pay the bill as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Il a dit que ça allait.

He said it was fine.

Ça allait pour la bougie ?

Was the candle okay?

— La Nuit américaine (1973)

Hier, ça allait.

Yesterday, it was okay.

— Un prophète (2009)

Je vous ai dit que ça allait.

I told you it was fine.

— Psychose (1960)

J'ai dit que ça allait.

I said it was fine.

Quand il était petit, ça allait.

When he was little, things were fine.

— Mommy (2014)

Ça allait beaucoup plus loin.

It went much further.

— Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés (2025)

Ça allait ?

How were you?

— Mommy (2014)

Ça allait mieux à ton chef.

Your boss was feeling better.

— The Wandering Earth 2 (2023)

Ça allait comment, déjà ?

How was it again?

— Tenacious D Et Le Mediator Du Destin (2006)

Surtout quand ça allait mal.

Especially when things were going badly.

— Solaris (1972)

Je t'ai dit que ça allait !

I told you it would be fine!

— Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier (1991)

Ça allait, cette semaine ?

How was your week?

— Je suis toujours là (2024)