was trying
Se você estava tentando me ajudar, você falhou.
If you were trying to help me, you failed.
I was just trying to help.
Acho que é isso que Tom estava tentando fazer.
I think that's what Tom was trying to do.
Tom só estava tentando me ajudar.
Tom was just trying to help me.
Estava tentando matar o tempo.
I was trying to kill time.
Tom estava tentando ajudar Maria.
Tom was trying to help Maria.
Tom estava tentando ser engraçado.
Tom was trying to be funny.
Ele estava tentando realizar um experimento de física.
He was trying to conduct a physics experiment.
Tom sabia quem estava tentando matá-lo.
Tom knew who was trying to kill him.
Sami estava tentando se afastar.
Sami was trying to walk away.