YOU SAID:
He tried to kill me with a forklift
INTO JAPANESE
彼はフォーク リフトで私を殺そうとしました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was killing me with a forklift.
INTO JAPANESE
彼はフォーク リフトで私を殺していた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was killing me with a forklift.
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