No. 14,250 in Russian
оставались
"Оставались" means "remained" in English.
In a sentence
Они оставались на вокзале до прихода поезда.
They stayed at the station until the train arrived.
The word 'оставались' is used here in the past tense to indicate that the action of staying occurred continuously or repeatedly in relation to the specific timeframe.
Во время зимы они оставались дома чаще, чем ходили на улицу.
During the winter, they stayed home more often than going outside.
The word 'оставались' is used here to express the habitual action of staying home during the stated period, describing a recurring past scenario.
Мы оставались в одной комнате, когда началась буря.
We stayed in the same room when the storm began.
In this case, 'оставались' illustrates the continuity of the action of staying, which was happening when another event (the storm beginning) occurred.
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