they were begging
-mendiaient
Past progressive they conjugation of beg.
We hugged and were holding hands and they were begging me to come with them.
Nous nous sommes étreints et nous sommes tenus par la main, ils me suppliaient de venir avec eux.
A number of women interviewed in the city described how they had been repeatedly moved on from where they were begging or even forcibly driven to random locations outside of town where they were abandoned.
Plusieurs femmes interrogées dans la ville ont expliqué qu’elles avaient été à plusieurs reprises chassées de l’endroit où elles mendiaient ou conduites de force dans des lieux inconnus en dehors de la ville, où la police les abandonnait.
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