Sentence examples of "parait" in French

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Tout le monde parait tendu dans les moments les plus palpitants. In the most thrilling moment, everyone looked very tense.
Sa femme ne me parait pas laide. His wife doesn't seem ugly to me.
Cette rallonge me parait dangereuse. Voyez-vous où elle est usée, là ? That extension cord looks dangerous to me. You see where it's frayed there?
Haïti est une nation qui parait désespérément appauvrie. Haiti is a nation that seem hopelessly impoverished.
Sa mère n'est pas si vieille qu'elle n'y parait. Her mother is not as old as she looks.
Elle parait petite a coté de sa soeur. She seems short beside her sister.
Elle parait jeune à cause de son maquillage mais elle a déjà plus de quarante ans. She looks young because of her makeup, but she is already more than forty years old.
Il parait être dépourvu de tout sens de l'humour. He seems to have no sense of humor.
Quand on voyage en Shinkansen, Nagoya ne parait pas très éloignée de Tokyo. If you travel by Shinkansen, it doesn't seem far from Nagoya to Tokyo.
Rien ne me parait plus tendre qu'un vieux couple qui descend la rue en se tenant par la main. Nothing seems so tender to me as an old couple walking down the street holding hands.
Tu parais jeune pour ton âge. You look young for your age.
Ça paraissait être une bonne idée. It seemed like a good idea.
L'accusé paraîtra devant la cour vendredi. The accused is to appear before the court on Friday.
On n'est jamais entièrement vêtu que lorsque l'on s'est paré d'un sourire. You're never fully dressed, until you put up a smile.
Il paraît jeune pour son âge. He looks young considering his age.
Ce qui t'apparaît simple me paraît compliqué. What seems simple to you seems complex to me.
Il paraît qu'il a eu un accident. There appears to have been an accident.
Est-ce que la voiture paraissait vieille ? Did the car look old?
Rien n'est ce qu'il paraît être. Nothing is as it seems.
Elle avait quarante ans, mais elle paraissait plus vieille. She was forty, but she appeared older.
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