they were closing
Past progressive they conjugation of close.
- Examples
The guy at the pen said they were closing out a month. | Le gars de l'enclos a dit qu'ils terminaient le mois. |
If anything, they were closing themselves off. | Au contraire, ils se renfermaient sur eux-mêmes. |
Close to the expected time of the reopening of the Rafah crossing, the Egyptian authorities suddenly announced they were closing it because of the security situation in the region (Portal Veto, February 22, 2018). | Avant l’ouverture du terminal, les autorités égyptiennes ont annoncé de manière surprenante sa fermeture (Portal Veto, 22 février 2018), apparemment en raison de la situation sécuritaire dans la région. |
I tried to get back to HQ, I tried, but... all the stations were locked, you see, and I couldn't get back in, and all the time I kept seeing more and more Yeti, and they were closing in on me. | J'ai tenté de retourner au Q.G., mais toutes les stations étaient fermées et je ne pouvais pas entrer. Je voyais toujours plus de yétis et ils se rapprochaient de moi. Je reculais. |
We got on the train that was going to Segovia as they were closing the doors. | Nous sommes montés dans le train qui allait à Ségovie alors qu'ils fermaient les portes. |
They were closing in on him, so he jumped the first transport he could find. | Ils se rapprochaient. Il a donc sauté dans le 1er moyen de transport. |
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