they were reading

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For once they were reading the news instead of making it.	Pour une fois, elles lisaient les informations au lieu de les faire.
And you'd kind of look over their shoulder on the Tube to see if they were reading your article.	Et vous regardiez par dessus son épaule dans le métro pour voir s'il était en train de lire votre article.
If they were reading from a script, they said, "I'll see you next friday", not two days, not two weeks, friday.	elles disaient, je vous verrai vendredi prochain, pas 2 jours, pas 2 semaines, vendredi.
If they were reading from a script, they said, "I'll see you next friday", not two days, not two weeks, friday.	Si c'était un texte, elles ont dit : "À vendredi." Ni deux jours ni deux semaines.
I wasn't reading them; they were reading me, but I was aware of it and have never been aware of any such things before.	Je ne savais pas ce qu’elles pensaient ; elles le savaient, mais j’en étais consciente, et je n'avais jamais su de telles choses auparavant.
And the reason is, the difficult font had slowed them down, forced them to work a bit harder, to think a bit more about what they were reading, to interpret it ...	La raison à cela est que la police complexe les avait ralentis, forcés à travailler un peu plus dur, à réfléchir un peu plus sur ce qu'ils lisaient, à l'interpréter...
Ines and Tomas were laughing because they were reading a funny story.	Inès et Tomas riaient parce qu'ils lisaient une histoire drôle.
They were reading that book.	Ils lisaient ce livre.
Eric and Kirsten have been enjoying that book. They were reading all day yesterday.	Éric et Kirsten ont apprécié ce livre. Ils ont lu toute la journée d'hier.
What were Mark and Alicia doing when you saw them on the beach? - They were reading.	Que faisaient Mark et Alicia quand tu les as vus sur la plage ? – Ils lisaient.