they were breaking
-cassaient
Past progressive they conjugation of break.

break

He didn't tell you they were breaking out?
Il ne vous a pas prévenu pour l'évasion ?
It's not the car they were breaking into.
Ce n'était pas leur cible.
It sounded like water had got onto the cables somehow, and they were breaking.
On aurait dit que de l'eau s'était mise sur les câbles d'une manière ou d'une autre, et ils cassaient.
We smelt the tear gas and right away they were breaking everything that stood in their path.
Nous avons senti le gaz lacrymogène et ils se sont mis à tout casser sur leur passage.
I was born in 1970; the year the Beatles announced they were breaking up, the year after man landed on the moon for the first time.
Je suis née en 1970, l'année où les Beatles ont annoncé leur séparation, l'année suivant le premier pas de l'homme sur la lune..
They were breaking the law.
Ils enfreignaient la loi.
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