Were watching (fr. Veillaient)

Translation into English

Mais j’aimais les gens qui veillaient sur moi.
I loved people taking care of me.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Tout autour de la localité veillaient les sentinelles.
All around the area sentries kept watch.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Ils veillaient sur la communauté.
They took care of the community.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
D'autres États ont simplement indiqué qu'ils veillaient à respecter leurs obligations au regard du droit international.
Other States simply declared that they ensured compliance with their obligations under international law.
Example taken from data source: MultiUN_v1
Les répondants devaient indiquer si les États veillaient à promouvoir le droit des handicapés à la plénitude de la vie professionnelle et s'ils s'assuraient que les lois n'établissaient aucune discrimination à leur encontre quant à la vie familiale, aux relations sexuelles, au mariage et à la procréation.
Respondents were asked whether Governments promoted the right of persons with disabilities to personal integrity and ensured that laws did not discriminate against them with respect to family life, sexual relationships, marriage and parenthood.
Example taken from data source: MultiUN_v1
Ceux qui veillaient sur les vampires le jour?
Who watches over vampires during the day?
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
L'effondrement des structures familiales, éventuellement aussi dans certains domaines l'éloignement de l'église, entraînent l'effondrement des structures traditionnelles qui veillaient à ce qu'il y ait toujours quelqu'un pour écouter.
The decline of the family, perhaps in some ways also the increased detachment from the Church, are leading to the disappearance of traditional structures which once ensured that people always had someone to listen to them.
Example taken from data source: Europarl_v8

Synonyms

  • gardaient
  • observaient
  • protégeaient
  • surveillaient