"past continuous" meaning in English

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        "A tense used to describe actions and states continued in the past."
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        "(grammar) A tense used to describe actions and states continued in the past."
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          "word": "past perfect continuous"
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          "word": "present continuous"
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        {
          "word": "imperfect"
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        {
          "word": "imperfective past"
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        {
          "word": "past progressive"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paratatikós",
          "sense": "past continuous",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "παρατατικός"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "past continuous",
          "word": "folyamatos múlt"
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        {
          "alt": "かこしんこうけい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kako shinkōkei",
          "sense": "past continuous",
          "word": "過去進行形"
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        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "tuṭaṟccābhūtakālaṁ",
          "sense": "past continuous",
          "word": "തുടർച്ചാഭൂതകാലം"
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "öngörsönd ürgelžilž buj cag",
          "sense": "past continuous",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "өнгөрсөнд үргэлжилж буй цаг"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gozašte-ye estemrâri",
          "sense": "past continuous",
          "word": "گذشته استمراری"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "past continuous",
          "word": "thì quá khứ tiếp diễn"
        }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "past perfect continuous"
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      "word": "imperfect"
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      "word": "imperfective past"
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      "word": "past progressive"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paratatikós",
      "sense": "past continuous",
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      "word": "παρατατικός"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "past continuous",
      "word": "folyamatos múlt"
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    {
      "alt": "かこしんこうけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kako shinkōkei",
      "sense": "past continuous",
      "word": "過去進行形"
    },
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "tuṭaṟccābhūtakālaṁ",
      "sense": "past continuous",
      "word": "തുടർച്ചാഭൂതകാലം"
    },
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "öngörsönd ürgelžilž buj cag",
      "sense": "past continuous",
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      "word": "өнгөрсөнд үргэлжилж буй цаг"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gozašte-ye estemrâri",
      "sense": "past continuous",
      "word": "گذشته استمراری"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "past continuous",
      "word": "thì quá khứ tiếp diễn"
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  "word": "past continuous"
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