Dictionary French ← English: were

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to be | [I/he/she/it] was/wis [Scot.]// [you/we/they] were | been ...

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citation Je ne suis pas gay, quoique j'aimerais bien l'être, rien que pour faire chier les homophobes.

I am not gay although I wish I were just to piss off homophobes. [Kurt Cobain]

Ils étaient trois.

The three of them were together.

Ils étaient trois.

There were three of them.

Ils ont été refoulés à la frontière

They were turned back at the border.

Nous allions partir lorsqu'on a sonné.

We were about to leave when the door bell rang.

loi {f} du talion

principle, to give back as you were given

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film F La Perle noire [film de 1953]

All the Brothers Were Valiant [Richard Thorpe]

littérat. F Quand nous étions grands

Back When We Were Grownups [Anne Tyler]

film F Les Sacrifiés

They Were Expendable [John Ford]

littérat. F Quand nous étions orphelins

When We Were Orphans [Kazuo Ishiguro]

littérat. F J'aimerais tellement que tu sois là

Wish You Were Here [Graham Swift]

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