Usage examples of "travaillais" in French with translation to English

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C'est la boutique où je travaillais. That is the shop where I used to work.

Clara me demanda pourquoi je travaillais aussi dur. Clara asked me why I worked so hard.

Je travaillais dur mais ne produisais rien d'utile. I was working hard, but producing nothing useful.

Je travaillais dans une poste pendant les vacances d'été. I worked in a post office during the summer vacation.

Quand je travaillais dans une école publique, j'avais de dix à quinze étudiants par classe. When I was working for a public school, I had ten-fifteen students in a class.

Jeune homme, je travaillais dans les communautés de Chicago où beaucoup trouvaient la dignité et la paix dans leur foi musulmane. As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith.

Elle travailla toute la nuit. She worked through the night.

Quand est-ce que tu travailles ton piano ? When do you practice the piano?

Il travailla toute la nuit. He worked through the night.

Tom travailla comme un forcené. Tom worked like a madman.

Ils travaillaient comme des abeilles. They worked like bees.

Elles travaillaient comme des abeilles. They worked like bees.

Il travaillait pour un richard. He worked for a rich man.

Son père travaillait comme porcher. His father worked as a swineherd.

Elle travaille sur le problème. She is working on the problem.

Il travaille sous mes ordres. He works under me.

Je travaille dans une banque. I work in a bank.

Elle travaille pour un hôpital. She works for a hospital.

Je travaille comme un esclave ! I work like a slave!

Ma maman travaille en usine. My mom works in a factory.

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