they were cleaning
Past progressive they conjugation of clean.
Mrs Jackson gave me a plastic bag of this waste, recovered by the environmental NGOs when they were cleaning up the beach in Cornwall.
Mme Jackson m’a donné un sac en plastique contenant des déchets récupérés par les ONG environnementales ayant nettoyé la plage en Cornouailles.
Currently, what they were doing is that they were using these small fishing boats, and they were cleaning clean lines in an ocean of dirt.
A ce moment-là, ce qu'ils faisaient, c'est qu'ils utilisaient ces petits bateaux de pêche, et ils nettoyaient des lignes dans un océan de saleté.
They were cleaning women.
Des femmes de ménage.
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