we were approaching
-nous approchions
Past progressive we conjugation of approach.

approach

Then we were approaching a group of presences because I could hear many voices.
Puis nous approchions d'un groupe de présences car j'entendais plusieurs voix.
After flying over Beijing, we were approaching Seoul.
Arrivé à la hauteur de Pékin, nous approchons de Séoul.
And I think this just shows how we were approaching the problem of incredibly large-scale construction.
Et je pense que cela montre juste comment nous approchions le problème d'une construction à échelle inhabituellement grande.
Naturally, people had different opinions on the matter and how we were approaching the discussion.
Bien sûr, il y a eu des opinions divergentes sur la question, et sur la manière d'aborder la discussion.
I may say that no one was unhappy, everyone was happy to continue with the new way we were approaching the problem.
Je peux dire que tout le monde était satisfait de notre manière d’aborder le problème.
As we were approaching the airport, I told him to give Clinton my regards, and to tell him that we harbored no feelings of hostility towards him.
Sur le point darriver, je lui ai demandé de transmettre un salut à Clinton et de lui dire que je n’avais pas d’hostilité envers lui.
- (SK) Following the initial hopes that we were approaching agreement on the revised Working Time Directive it is truly regrettable that this has not happened.
(SK) Après avoir espéré dans un premier temps nous rapprocher d'un accord sur la révision de la directive sur le temps de travail, il est tout à fait regrettable que cela n'ait pas été le cas.
We were determined to do something about racism, to show that with Article 13 we in the European Union had something to say to the rest of the world about how we were approaching our own problems.
Nous étions déterminés à faire quelque chose à propos du racisme, à montrer que par l'article 13, nous, au sein de l'Union européenne, avions un message à transmettre au reste du monde à propos de la façon dont nous abordions nos propres problèmes.
When we were approaching the island, we ran aground.
Lorsque nous approchions de l'île, nous nous sommes échoués.
We were approaching the station of Hendaye.
Nous arrivions en gare d'Hendaye.
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