they had understood
-avaient compris
Past perfect they conjugation of understand.

understand

I thought that they had understood, that they had accepted.
Je pensais qu'ils avaient compris. Qu'ils avaient accepté.
The courteous exchange between Father Louis and the students showed us that they had understood the message.
L’échange sympathique entre le père Louis et les élèves nous laisse entrevoir qu’ils avaient compris le message.
What they were awaiting, they had found, and therefore everything, because what the heart awaits is everything, and therefore they had understood everything.
Ce qu’ils attendaient, ils l’avaient trouvé. Ils avaient donc tout trouvé car ce qu’attend le cœur, c’est tout, et donc ils avaient tout compris.
They also showed that they had understood the theme of the text, but they had a certain difficulty in finding specific information when later asked to do so by the interviewer.
Ils démontrèrent également qu’ils avaient compris le sujet du texte, mais qu’ils avaient une certaine difficulté à trouver des informations spécifiques quand l’interviewer le leur demandait par la suite.
In any case, my dear Mr Tillich, Mr President, if we were to ask a normal person whether they had understood any of this, I think the answer would be no.
De toute façon, je crois, cher ami Tillich, Monsieur le Président, que si nous demandions à une personne normale si elle a compris quelque chose, la réponse serait négative.
Young poet, I never grew my professors, I knew that they did not say all and often I understood that they pronounced lesson that they had understood.
Jeune poète, je n’ai jamais crû mes professeurs, je savais qu’ils ne disaient pas tout et souvent je comprenais qu’ils prononçaient des enseignements qu’ils n’avaient pas compris.
They had understood that these could no longer be won over by negotiation.
On avait compris que ceux-ci ne pouvaient plus être reconquis au moyen de négociations.
They had understood that their role with myBO.com was to convene their supporters but not to control their supporters.
avec myBO.com était d'inviter leurs supporters pas de les contrôler. Et c'est le genre de discipline
They had understood that the actions of individual Member States would be even more effective if supported by joint action from their fellow Member States.
Ils avaient compris que les actions de chaque État membre seraient d’autant plus efficaces qu’elles seraient étayées par l’action conjointe des autres États membres.
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