вводн. (выражает повторение действия в прошлом) used, would (to do smth.) моя мать, бывало, часто пела эту песню – my mother often used to sing this song
my mother would often sing this song
разг. would (+ inf)
used (to)
~, он работал по двенадцати часов в сутки he would work twelve hours a day, he used to work twelve hours a day