Verb conjugation of "gonfiare" 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.
If I look at dictionaries they do not give long sentences, only specific words and their meaning when they are used in a compounded form, which by the way can mean something totally different than when used by themselves.
I was one time in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv! Fantastic two cities. I liked Tel Aviv, and I want to get back soon. I want also to visit more cities around the globe, especially in East Asia.