nager

Mon père nageait bien quand il était jeune.
My father could swim well when he was young.
Elle nageait sous l'eau dans un lac, mais elle pouvait respirer.
She was swimming underwater in a lake and she could breathe.
Pendant ce temps, mon père nageait en eaux troubles.
Meanwhile, my father was on a bridge over troubled water.
C'est comme si un poisson nageait là-dedans.
As if a fish were swimming around in there.
Il pêchait et nageait tout le temps.
He'd fish and swim all the time.
Tu imagines un poisson qui nageait à ce moment-là ?
Can't you just see one of those fish swimming along?
Le poisson nageait dans l'eau.
The fish was swimming in the water.
Non, elle nageait, puis a rencontré des difficultés.
No, she was swimming, got into difficulties.
Il nageait dans les dettes de jeu.
He was swimming in gambling debts.
Elle a perdu la clé de son casier alors qu'elle nageait dans la piscine.
While swimming in the pool, she lost her locker key.
Elle a perdu la clé de son casier pendant qu'elle nageait dans la piscine.
While swimming in the pool, she lost her locker key.
Elle nageait comme un poisson.
She could swim like a fish.
J'ai vu Mikey en songe cette nuit-là. Il nageait dans mes rêves.
Mikey came to me in the night, swimming in my dreams.
J'ai cru comprendre qu'elle nageait la plupart des soirs.
I understand she swam most evenings.
Cette tigresse nageait dans le lac.
I found this wildcat swimming in the lake.
Il ne nageait pas très bien.
He wasn't a very good swimmer.
Elle nageait comme un poisson.
He swims like a fish.
On nageait dans une carrière.
We used to swim in a quarry.
Dès qu'il pleuvait, on nageait.
Every time it rained, we all went swimming.
L'image se dissipa soudain et Vraska nageait à nouveau dans la rivière.
Suddenly, the image dissipated, vanished, and Vraska was swimming in the river once again.
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