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phrase Uncommon #10,352

was reading a book Past tense, masculine singular form of imperfective "читать". In context it can also simply mean "read a book".

RU: Вечером он читал книгу на диване.

EN: In the evening, he was reading a book on the couch.

He was reading a book.

I don't mind the boy reading a book.

I read a book today.

Have you ever read a book in French?

Instead of doing what he was supposed to do, Tom was reading a book.

While eating, I read a book.

Tom was reading a book under a tree.

I read a book last night.

Tom read a book almost all day.

He sat and read a book.

I read a book while I waited.

The girl was listening to music, and the boy was reading a book.

The teacher was reading a book.

At that time he was reading a book.

He sat and read a book.

Tom read a book while waiting for the bus.

I've already read the book you're talking about.

While I was reading the book, the phone rang.

Have you even read a book about London?

— Приключения Паддингтона 2 (2017)

Have you read Schweitzer's book?

— Тар (2022)