il

1. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
2. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
3. Impersonal subject; it

avait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir

beaucoup

much, very much, a lot

de

• Prep

  1. of (expresses belonging)
  2. of (used to express property or association)
  3. from (used to indicate origin)
  4. of (indicates an amount)
  5. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
  6. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
  7. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
  8. by (indicates the amount of change)

• Article
• Noun

temps

1. time (in general)
2. weather
3. tense

pour

1. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
2. for (in support of)
3. for (as a consequence for)
4. for (an intended destination)
5. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
6. for, to (according to)

réfléchir

1. to ponder, to reflect
2. to be reflected