I was reaching
Past progressive I conjugation of reach.

reach

I recorded my personal desires, those controlled and uncontrolled and my goals, what I was reaching for, and what my mind feared it might miss out on or what it might lose.
Je notais mes désirs personnels, ceux qui étaient contrôlés et ceux qui ne l'étaient pas, et mes buts, ce que j'essayais d'atteindre, et ce que mon mental craignait qu'il lui manque ou qu'il perde.
I was reaching for the knocker when the butler opened the door.
J'allais saisir le heurtoir quand le majordome a ouvert la porte.
I was reaching for the rose when I felt the prick of a thorn in my finger.
J'étais en train d'atteindre la rose lorsque j'ai senti la piqûre d'une épine dans mon doigt.
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