English | French |
he seems intelligent, but it might be better not to go into it too deeply | il paraît intelligent, mais il vaut mieux ne pas creuser (trop loin) |
I managed to finish my knitting, though it didn't seem that I was making any progress! | je suis arrivée au bout de mon tricot, sans en avoir l'air! |
it didn't seem to bother her | ça n'a pas eu l'air de la chiffonner |
it hardly seems possible at the present time | ce n'est guère envisageable à l'heure actuelle |
it may not seem much but when you add it all up, it's expensive | mine de rien, ça finit par coûter cher |
it seemed fairly certain what the result of the match would be | l'issue du match semblait évidente |
it seemed to me that he was aware of everything | il était, me semblait-il, au courant de tout |
it seems ... | il semble que ... |
it would seem that... | il paraît que... |
it would seem not | il paraît que non |
it would seem so | il semblerait que oui |
it would seem that he works, but how can one be sure? | en apparence il travaille, mais comment le savoir vraiment? |
it would seem to me that I have already told you that | je vous l'ai déjà dit, ce me semble |
it's more tiring than it seems | c'est plus fatigant qu'on ne le croit |
she seems convinced it was murder | elle en tient vraiment pour l'hypothèse de l'assassinat |
strange as it may seem | aussi curieux que cela puisse paraître |
strange though it may seem | aussi curieux que cela puisse paraître |
surprising though it may seem, I haven't got the time either! | eh bien figure-toi que moi non plus, je n'ai pas le temps! |
there doesn't seem to be any end to it | on n'en voit pas la fin |
they seem to be hurt, it seems as though they're hurt, apparently, they're hurt | ils sont blessés, semble-t-il |
when it came to jumping, he didn't seem so sure of himself | quand il a fallu sauter, il n'était plus tellement fier |
you don't seem particularly bothered by it | ça n'a pas l'air de te perturber outre mesure |