semble avoir

seems to have

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phrase Uncommon #17,524
seems to have Used before a past participle to suggest that something appears to have happened.
FR: Il semble avoir oublié son sac.
EN: He seems to have forgotten his bag.

Tom semble avoir perdu sa clef.

Tom seems to have lost his key.

Et il semble avoir amené toute sa tribu.

And he seems to have brought his entire tribe with him.

— Princesse Mononoké (1997)

L'ennemi semble avoir fait une pause.

The enemy seems to have taken a break.

— Il est de retour (2015)

Tom semble avoir perdu le goût de collectionner des coquillages.

Tom seems to have lost his taste for collecting shells.

Il semble avoir été aspiré par un ventilateur.

He seems to have been sucked into a fan.

— Alien³ (1992)

Je semble avoir égaré mes clés.

I seem to have misplaced my keys.

Tôko semble avoir fait disparaître les corps avant les travaux.

Tôko appears to have disposed of the bodies before the work began.

— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)

L'avidité semble avoir aveuglé son bon jugement.

Greed seems to have clouded his good judgment.

Maman semble avoir commencé le français.

Mom seems to have started French.

Elle semble avoir glissé sur une flaque d'eau sur le balcon.

She seems to have slipped on a puddle of water on the balcony.

— Andhadhun (2018)

Nous lui en avons parlé, il semble avoir oublié.

We told him about it, he seems to have forgotten.

Tokyo semble avoir reçu le message de Washington.

Tokyo seems to have received Washington's message.

La chaleur semble avoir quitté mon sang !

The heat seems to have left my blood!

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

La lumière semble avoir déclenché un mécanisme quelconque.

The light seems to have triggered some kind of mechanism.

— Space Seed (1967)

Elle semble avoir oublié notre rendez-vous.

She seems to have forgotten our appointment.

La vieille cabane semble avoir plutôt bien résisté à la tempête.

The old cabin seems to have weathered the storm quite well.

Araya semble avoir perdu la vie pour capturer Shiki Ryôgi.

Araya appears to have lost her life in order to capture Shiki Ryôgi.

— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)