"’twas" meaning in Anglais

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      "word": "’tis"
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      "word": "’twere"
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          "ref": "Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas,1837",
          "text": "’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house\nNot a creature was stirring, --not even a mouse;\nThe stockings were hung by the chimney with care,\nIn hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.",
          "translation": "Dans la nuit de Noël, on n'entendait pas un bruit\ndans toute la maison, pas même celui d’une souris ;\nDevant la cheminée, attendant le père Noël,\nnos chaussons patientaient qu’il arrive à tire-d’aile."
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        "Contraction de it was. C’était, il était."
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      "ipa": "\\twəz\\"
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  "word": "’twas"
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          "translation": "Dans la nuit de Noël, on n'entendait pas un bruit\ndans toute la maison, pas même celui d’une souris ;\nDevant la cheminée, attendant le père Noël,\nnos chaussons patientaient qu’il arrive à tire-d’aile."
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