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начинали

began, started

n ə t͡ɕ ɪ n a lʲ ɪ → начинать
начин to begin, to start + а form verbs meaning “perform an action” + ли Past plural
verb · plural, past tense Rare #49,974
began, started Past-tense plural form; it can also refer to an action that was beginning or used to happen repeatedly.
RU: Мы начинали работу рано.
EN: We started work early.
Conjugation of начинать
Indicative past
начиналначиналаначинали

К этому времени зрители уже начинали шуметь.

By that time, the audience was already starting to get noisy.

Мы начинали терять надежду.

We were beginning to lose hope.

И через несколько часов перерыва начинали по новой.

And after a few hours’ break, they would start all over again.

— Нет (2012)

Кто-то указал на тебя пальцем — всё, под тебя снова начинали копать.

Someone pointed the finger at you, and that was it—they started digging into you again.

— Тар (2022)