Verb conjugation of "durare" in Italian

The third and forth largest economies in the world are growing due to the fact that the countries were investing large resources in education, including foreign language acquisition. English, in this case, was the dominant language.
I had never heard the phrase before. In America, there are also different idioms than here in England. It seems that the Americans say it differently than we do here in the United Kingdom.
You're a nice person and you are very talented. That is great. Thank you so much for your response, it's nice to become friends. Well, I'll tell you more about me but not today, soon ...