have been construing
- present perfect progressive of construe.
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Joe, on the other hand, was a dreamy boy; he wrote poems, when he should have been construing Caesar, and gave several other indications that he was destined to a great career.
From Boycotted And Other Stories by Reed, Talbot Baines