pray

It was beautiful to discover people in that parish who had been praying with the songs from Taizé for almost thirty years.
C’était beau de découvrir que les gens de cette paroisse prient chaque vendredi soir avec les chants de Taizé depuis près de trente ans.
His wife, Pat, had been praying for him for years.
Sa femme, Pat, priait et suppliait depuis des années.
When you have fallen down upon your knees, and said your prayers, in such an unfeeling and careless manner, that if you had been put under oath five minutes after you left your closet, you could not have told what you had been praying for.
Vous vous êtes mis à genoux et vous avez " fait votre prière" avec une telle insensibilité et une telle distraction, que si l'on vous avait interrogés cinq minutes après, vous n'auriez pas pu dire quel avait été l'objet de votre prière.
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