Was raining (fr. Pleuvait)
Translation into English
Il pleuvait lorsque je me levai, mais à l'après-midi, le ciel s'était éclairci et le soleil brillait.
It was raining when I woke up, but by afternoon the sky had cleared up and the sun was shining.
Example taken from data source: CCAligned_v1 Quant à mon logement, je me tenais dans ma tente, hormis quelques jours de la saison humide de l'année, où il pleuvait si fort que je ne pouvais y être à l'abri; ce qui m'obligea, plus tard, à couvrir tout mon enclos de longues perches en forme de chevrons, buttant contre le rocher, et à les charger de glaïeuls et de grandes feuilles d'arbres, en guise de chaume.
As for my lodging, I kept to the tent; except that sometimes, in the wet season of the year, it rained so hard that I could not keep myself dry, which caused me afterwards to cover all my place within my pale with long poles, in the form of rafters, leaning against the rock, and load them with flags and large leaves of trees, like a thatch.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Il demanda alors ce qu’il devait faire s’il pleuvait.
He asked what then he should do if it rained.
Example taken from data source: UNPC_v1.0 Des dollars comme s’il en pleuvait!
Dollars as if it were raining!
Example taken from data source: CCAligned_v1 Je suis resté à l'intérieur car il pleuvait.
I stayed indoors because it rained.
Example taken from data source: Tatoeba_v2022-03-03 Ce jour-là, il pleuvait à torrents, les colons étaient rassemblés dans la grande salle de Granite-House, quand le jeune garçon s'écria tout d'un coup.
On this day, as it was raining in torrents, the settlers were assembled in the great hall in Granite House, when the lad cried out all at once.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Il pleuvait et je la voyais s'enfoncer à chaque pas dans la boue.
It was raining and I saw her feet sink into the mud at every step.
Example taken from data source: Wikipedia_v1.0