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semblait S’emploie devant un verbe à l’infinitif pour exprimer une impression ou une apparence.
EN: The plan seemed to work.
FR: Le plan semblait fonctionner.

Tom seemed to like Mary.

Tom semblait apprécier Mary.

Tom and Mary seemed to know what they had to do.

Tom et Mary semblaient savoir ce qu’ils avaient à faire.

The medicine seemed to have no effect on the patient.

Le médicament semblait n’avoir aucun effet sur le patient.

She seemed to enjoy it.

Elle semblait apprécier.

Mary seemed to have everything she needed.

Mary semblait avoir tout ce dont elle avait besoin.

You seemed to like that.

On aurait dit que ça vous plaisait.

O'Hare seemed to take all the things I said rather personally.

O’Hare semblait prendre très à cœur tout ce que je disais.

— Mother Night (1996)

He always seemed to have time on his hands.

Il semblait toujours avoir du temps à tuer.

— About Time (2013)

The accident seemed to have something to do with the heavy snow.

L’accident semblait être lié aux fortes chutes de neige.

Day by day he seemed to get better.

Jour après jour, il semblait aller mieux.

She seemed to have been ill.

Elle semblait malade.

Nothing seemed to work.

Rien ne semblait fonctionner.

According to Akitaka, nothing like that seemed to happen.

D'après Akitaka, rien de tel ne semble s'être produit.

— The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)

Dan's truck seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

Le camion de Dan semblait avoir disparu sans laisser de trace.

The huge building seemed to touch the sky.

L'immense bâtiment semblait toucher le ciel.

Everything seemed to work.

Tout semblait fonctionner.

After a while, a voice seemed to come from the ship itself.

Au bout d’un moment, une voix sembla provenir du navire lui-même.

Fate seemed to lay one favorable sign after another at my feet.

Le destin semblait déposer signe après signe à mes pieds.

— Divorce Italian Style (1961)

They seemed to know what they were doing.

Ils avaient l’air de savoir ce qu’ils faisaient.

I always seemed to end up with Rory.

J'avais toujours l'impression de finir avec Rory.

— About Time (2013)

He seemed to conceal the fact.

Il semblait dissimuler ce fait.

Jackson seemed to get better.

Jackson semblait aller mieux.

The girl seemed to pay no attention to him.

La jeune fille semblait ne pas lui prêter attention.

The sky seemed to blend with the sea.

Le ciel semblait se fondre avec la mer.

It was the only thing that seemed to interest her.

C’était la seule chose qui semblait l’intéresser.

The prisoners seemed to have written nothing.

Les prisonniers semblaient n’avoir rien écrit.

It was the only thing which seemed to interest him.

C’était la seule chose qui semblait l’intéresser.

No one seemed to have seen him.

Personne ne semblait l’avoir vu.

They seemed to like it.

Cela semblait leur plaire.

— The Big Sick (2017)