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

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Juste comme je sortais ça commençait à pleuvoir. Just as I went to go out, it began to rain.
Comme il commençait à pleuvoir, je courus à la maison. As it began to rain, I ran into my house.
Alors qu’il commençait à pleuvoir, je venais de quitter la maison. As it began to rain, I had just left the house.
L'eau commençait à peine à bouillir lorsqu'elle ajouta les ingrédients. The water hardly began to boil when she added the ingredients.
Il commençait à faire sombre et, pour empirer les choses, il s'est mis à pleuvoir. It was getting dark, and, what made matters worse, it began to rain.
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?'
L'école commence à 8h10. School begins at 8:10 a.m.
Je commence dès ce soir. I am starting this evening.
L'école commence en avril. School begins in April.
L'école commence lundi prochain. School starts next Monday.
L'école commence au printemps. School begins in spring.
Il commence à faire froid. It's starting to cool off.
Je commence à la détester. I'm beginning to hate her.
Le virus commence à muter. The virus is starting to mutate.
Alors, où devons-nous commencer ? So, where shall we begin?
Commence un nouveau paragraphe ici. Start a new paragraph here.
Les travaux vont commencer demain. Work is due to begin tomorrow.
À quelle heure ça commence ? What time does it start?
Nous allons commencer sous peu. We'll begin shortly.
Commence par faire les comptes. Start by doing the books.
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