تقابل زمان گذشته استمراری و گذشته ساده past continuous vs. past simple

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Use the ‘past continuous’ to talk about longer actions or the context.
Use the ‘past simple’ to talk about shorter actions

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What were you doing when the lights went out?
Longer action                                shorter action

I was washing my clothes and suddenly everything got dark.
Longer action                                shorter action