đã từng 
used to 
She used to be my friend. ☊ 
Cô ấy đã từng là bạn của tôi. ☊ Past used to ☊ đã từng ☊ Past The ancient Egyptians used to worship cats. ☊ Người Ai Cập cổ đã từng thờ những con mèo. ☊ History Vietnam used to be a French colony. ☊ Việt Nam đã từng là một thuộc địa Pháp. ☊ History He believes he used to be a king in the previous incarnation. ☊ Anh ấy tin anh ấy đã từng là một vị vua ở kiếp trước. ☊ Paranormality They used to do business in China and Japan. ☊ Họ đã từng làm ăn ở Trung Quốc và Nhật. ☊ Informal Expressions She has lived in Madrid as well as in London. Chị ấy đã từng sống ở Madrid và ở cả London nữa. * 100 Have you already been to Berlin? Bạn đã từng đến Berlin chưa? * 102 like: đã từng → →
Hast du schon mal darauf geachtet, ob du du eher am Tag oder am Abend telefonierst? ☊ Bạn đã từng để ý, rằng bạn điện thoại nhiều vào ban ngày hay tối không? ☊ (Lektion 59, Nr. 837) Der Mann hatte in der Vergangenheit immer wieder Frauen belästigt und in vielen Bars Schlägereien angefangen. ☊ Trong quá khứ người đàn ông đã từng luôn quấy rối phụ nữ và đánh nhau trong nhiều quán Bar. ☊ (Lektion 63, Nr. 890) Von diesem Autor habe ich schon mal etwas gelesen. ☊ Anh đã từng đọc của tác giả này. ☊ (Lektion 71, Nr. 1015) She had been there often as a child (= when she was a child). ☊ as ☊
Have you been a bad boy? ☊ bad ☊
Some birds which were once a common sight are now becoming rare. ☊ common ☊
He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job. ☊ desk ☊
dream sth: Who'd have dreamt it? They're getting married. ☊ dream ☊
They used to be friends but they are now sworn enemies (= are determined not to become friends again). ☊ enemy ☊
'Have you ever been to Rome?' 'Yes, I have, actually. Not long ago.' ☊ ever ☊
I used to live in France; in fact, not far from where you're going. ☊ in (actual) fact ☊
I have been a faithful reader of your newspaper for many years. ☊ faithful ☊
You've been like a father to me. ☊ father ☊
The children were following every word of the story intently. ☊ follow ☊
I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn. ☊ formerly ☊
It's the best thing that has ever happened to me. ☊ happen to sb/sth ☊
I once met your mother. ☊ once ☊
Come and visit us if you're ever in our part of the world. ☊ part ☊
I used to live in York and I'm still fond of the place. ☊ place ☊
The building had previously been used as a hotel. ☊ previously ☊
She used to work for me, but our situations are now reversed. ☊ reverse ☊
right (in doing sth): Am I right in thinking we've met before? ☊ right ☊
She once ruled over a vast empire. ☊ rule ☊
She used to run when she was at college. ☊ run ☊
She has served as a Democratic senator for North Carolina since 2009. ☊ senator ☊
An old oak tree once stood here. ☊ stand ☊
Steel used to be important in South Wales. ☊ steel ☊
As I had suspected all along, he was not a real policeman. ☊ suspect ☊
He took in every detail of her appearance. ☊ take sth in ☊
She grew up in Zimbabwe, or Rhodesia as it then was. ☊ then ☊
Am I right in thinking that you used to live here? ☊ think ☊
it is thought that...: It was once thought that the sun travelled around the earth. ☊ think ☊
'Have you ever been to Australia?' 'No. I'd like to, though.' ☊ though ☊
The industry today is nothing to what it once was. ☊ to ☊
Have you ever used this software before? ☊ use ☊
used to doing sth: I'm not used to eating so much at lunchtime. ☊ used ☊
You used to see a lot of her, didn't you? ☊ used to ☊
Isobel, whose brother he was, had heard the joke before. ☊ whose ☊
He had been a talented musician in his youth. ☊ youth ☊