we had begun
-avions commencé
Past perfect we conjugation of begin.
But our purpose was to gather together again so we could continue moving forward with the movement that we had begun years before and that was restricted by the war.
Mais notre véritable projet était de nous regrouper, en vue de reprendre ce mouvement que nous avions lancé des années plus tôt là où la guerre l’avait stoppé et paralysé.
We had begun to plumb the true depths of time and space.
Nous avions commencé à sonder véritablement le temps et l'espace.
We had begun attacking that problem in 2000.
On a commencé par s’attaquer à ce problème-là en 2000.
We had begun to plumb the true depths of time and space.
Voulons-nous recréer ces enfers sur la Terre ? Nous avons vu des lunes désertes et des astéroïdes stériles.
We had begun the budgetary procedure and discussions on the procedure and on our budget for 2009 at the start of the year.
Nous avons entamé la procédure budgétaire et les discussions sur la procédure et sur notre budget pour 2009 au début de l'année.
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