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SEEM

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seem verb A. intranzitiv

1. a părea, a avea înfăţişarea / aspectul / aerul / aparenţa;

not to seem but to be a nu părea ci a fi;

to seem tired a părea obosit, a avea înfăţişarea obosită;

he seems to be an honest man pare a fi un om cinstit;

how does it seem to you? cum ţi se pare, ce crezi despre acest lucru?;

there seems to be some difficulty se pare că există o dificultate;

it seems to me that îmi pare că;

I seem to remember that îmi pare că-mi aduc aminte că; îmi amintesc că;

(fam.) I seem to have put my foot in am impresia că am făcut / am comis o gafă;

(pop.) I don’t seem to fancy it nu mă sinchisesc de asta, asta nu-mi spune nimic.

2. socoti, a crede.

3. (impers.) it seems that se pare că;

it seems she writes poetry, she writes poetry it seems se pare că ea compune / scrie / face versuri;

it seemed to me (that) I was dreaming îmi părea că visez, se făcea că visez;

it seemed as though / as if se părea că (cu subj.) s-ar fi zis că (cu indic.);

it seemed as if he didn’t understand s-ar fi zis că nu înţelege;

do as it seems good to you fă cum crezi că e mai bine;

it seems so, it would seem so, so it seems se pare că, s-ar părea că, are aparenţa de.

seem verb B. (înv.) tr.

a se cuveni, a se cădea, a se potrivi, a sta bine.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Mr. Peggotty seemed to think it a deep idea, but answered: No, sir.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“It seems to me perfectly clear,” said Lestrade.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One, much bigger than the others, seemed to be their leader.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

I seem in a vague way almost to understand it.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then I called at the offices round, but none of them seemed to know anything about it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She did not seem to have a thought of fear.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Dennin did not seem to mind the blows.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

But the world now seemed changed.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

But it seemed to me that all the papers were not there.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Were I in her place, it seems to me I should wish the earth to open and swallow me up.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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