used to in Englisch

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    {
      "form": "simple present used to"
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      "form": "he used to"
    },
    {
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          "text": "I used to write articles for the German Wiktionary but now I'm not wasting my time anymore."
        }
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        "eine alte, abgelegte Gewohnheit beschreiben; einen zurückliegenden Umstand bezeichnen; früher"
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    "Englisch",
    "Hilfsverb (Englisch)",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "Wortverbindung (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present used to"
    },
    {
      "form": "he used to"
    },
    {
      "form": "she used to"
    },
    {
      "form": "it used to"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "used to",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
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    "verb"
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        {
          "text": "I used to write articles for the German Wiktionary but now I'm not wasting my time anymore."
        }
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        "eine alte, abgelegte Gewohnheit beschreiben; einen zurückliegenden Umstand bezeichnen; früher"
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  "word": "used to"
}

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"used to" meaning in Englisch

Phrase