셈이었다

amounted to

→ 셈
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amounted to Describes something as effectively equivalent to an action or situation, even if it did not happen directly.
KO: 결과적으로 그는 우리를 도운 셈이었다.
EN: In the end, he had effectively helped us.

아만다 키라스도트르는 사라지고, 오징어도 사라지는 셈 이었다.

Amanda Kirasdottir was gone, and so were the squid.