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

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Il travaillait pour un richard. He worked for a rich man.
Son père travaillait comme porcher. His father worked as a swineherd.
Hier soir, il travaillait au bureau. He was working at the office yesterday evening.
Il travaillait pour un homme riche. He worked for a rich man.
Elle travaillait du matin au soir. She worked from morning till night.
Elle travaillait pour un homme riche. She worked for a rich man.
Elle ne travaillait que pour l'argent. She only worked for the sake of money.
Et il travaillait très fort pour M. Bois. And he worked very hard for Mr Wood.
Il travaillait la nuit et dormait le jour. He worked at night and slept in the daytime.
Il travaillait jour et nuit pour pouvoir devenir riche. He worked day and night so that he might become rich.
Il travaillait jour et nuit dans l'intérêt de son entreprise. He worked day and night in the interest of his firm.
La société dans laquelle il travaillait auparavant a fait faillite le mois dernier. The company he used to work for went into bankruptcy last month.
Mère Thérésa était une sœur catholique qui vivait et travaillait à Calcutta en Inde. Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who lived and worked in Calcutta, India.
Maintenant que vous en parlez, qu'est-il arrivé à cet homme qui travaillait ici ? Now that you mention it, what happened to that man who used to work here?
Cela faisait trois ans qu'il travaillait dans l'usine lorsque l'accident s'est produit. He had been working in the factory for three years when the accident occurred.
Elle ramenait souvent des restes du restaurant où elle travaillait pour donner à manger à son chien. She would often bring home table scraps from the restaurant where she worked to feed to her dog.
Thomas obtenait une fois et demi son salaire lorsqu'il travaillait au-delà de son heure de départ habituelle. Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.
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.
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