Usage examples of "était en train" in French with translation to English

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Elle l'a interrompu tandis qu'il était en train de parler à mon père. She interrupted him while he was speaking to my father.
Elle lui demanda pourquoi il était en train de pleurer, mais il ne répondit pas. She asked him why he was crying, but he didn't answer.
Elle lui a demandé pourquoi il était en train de pleurer, mais il n'a pas répondu. She asked him why he was crying, but he didn't answer.
Elle l'interrompit tandis qu'il était en train de parler à mon père. She interrupted him while he was speaking to my father.
Le chien était en train de creuser un trou. The dog was digging a hole.
Il supposa que l'homme était en train de lui cacher quelque chose. He assumed that the man was hiding something from him.
Elle était en train de laver la vaisselle. She was washing the dishes.
Elle était en train de faire du thé. She was making tea.
Elle était en train de repasser sa robe. She was ironing her dress.
Elle était en train de jouer du piano lorsque les invités arrivèrent. She was playing the piano when the guests arrived.
Il était en train de méditer devant un mandala quand elle entra dans le sauna. He was in the process of meditating before the mandala when she entered the sauna.
Il était en train de déjeuner quand je suis entré dans la pièce. He was having lunch when I entered the room.
Il était en train de lire un journal. He was reading a newspaper.
Il était en train de traverser la rue. He was crossing the street.
Le chien était en train de mourir. The dog was dying.
Il était en train de regarder le ciel. He was looking at the sky.
Notre avion était en train de voler au-dessus de l'océan Pacifique. Our plane was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Alice commençait à être très fatiguée d'être assise à côté de sa sœur sur la berge et de n'avoir rien à faire : une ou deux fois, elle avait jeté un coup d'œil dans le livre que sa sœur était en train de lire, mais il ne contenait aucune image ni conversation, « et à quoi sert un livre », pensait Alice, « sans images ni conversations ? » Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'
Ken était en train de lire quand je suis rentrée à la maison. Ken was reading when I came home.
Il était en train de dormir sous l'arbre. He was sleeping under the tree.
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