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eût commencé
-he/she had started
Pluperfect subjunctive il/elle conjugation of commencer.
eut commencé
Past anterior il/elle conjugation of commencer.

commencer

Je pus réaliser avec ma vie que chaque chose eût commencé à vivre dans une ère nouvelle.
I could realize with my life that everything had started to live in a new era.
Je rappelai qu’éventuellement le DVD eût commencé à rouler tandis que je fusse dans une chambre d’hôtel en Syrie.
I recalled that eventually the DVD had started to play when I was in a hotel room in Syria.
Avant qu’on eût commencé le partage, Caleb se rendit auprès de Josué, accompagné des chefs des tribus.
Before the distribution of the land had been entered upon, Caleb, accompanied by the heads of his tribe, came forward with a special claim.
Après le concert, M. Idaki Shin me dit la signification de son concert, et je reconnus qu’effectivement un temps nouveau fût manifeste et une histoire humaine nouvelle eût commencé.
After the concert, Mr. Idaki Shin told me the meaning of his concert and I realized that indeed a new time was manifested and a new human history had started.
Je rappelai que ma vie eût commencé à se libérer d’une situation fermée et finalement tout le public applaudit mon concert en disant qu’ils avaient été remplis d’énergie pour avancer à ouvrir notre futur.
I realized that my life had started to get liberated from a closed situation and finally all the audience applauded my concert saying that they were filled with energy to move on to open up our future.
Le concert des Légendes de Koguryo Redécouvertes à Nara me montra qu’un rouleau pittoresque de l’histoire passée fût achevé et qu’une ère nouvelle eût commencé pour la reconstruction de notre nation pour le bien de chaque vie humaine.
The Legends of Koguryo Rediscovered concert in Nara showed me that a picture scroll of past history was over and a new era for rebuilding our nation for the sake of every human life had started.
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