tell

I was going to, then I found out you had been telling me the truth
- J'en avais l'intention, mais... J'ai découvert que tu me disais la vérité.
The cards had been telling us about three weeks.
Les cartes nous le disaient depuis trois semaines.
I wish your best friend had been telling you that for two days.
J'aimerais que ta meilleure amie te l'ai dit depuis deux jours.
My dream was realizing that was to achieve a global peace that I had been telling about many times.
Mon rêve était en train de réaliser ce que fut d’achever une paix globale que j’eusse racontée maintes fois.
And all the birds sang the same tune, the flowers danced on their stems, and the old trees nodded as if Ole-Luk-Oie had been telling them stories as well.
Tous les oiseaux chantaient avec elle, les fleurs dansaient sur leur tige et les vieux arbres dodelinaient de la tête comme si Ole Ferme-l'œil eût aussi, pour eux, raconté cette histoire.
If Mr. Powell had been telling the truth, such information would have been immediately made available to the inspectors, who would have gone to the missile launching site to verify the allegations.
Si ce qu'affirme M. Powell est vrai, il devrait communiquer immédiatement ces renseignements aux inspecteurs pour que ceux-ci se rendent sur le site des lance-roquettes et confirment ces affirmations.
I was feeling very thankful the time had come for my baby to be born (the doctor had been telling me that there was only one baby) and I was very excited about the birth of this baby.
Je me sentais très reconnaissante que le moment de la naissance de mon bébé soit arrivé (le médecin m'avait dit qu'il n'y avait qu'un seul bébé) et j'étais très excitée par la naissance de ce bébé.
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