Usage examples of "paraissent" in French with translation to English

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Les maisons et voitures paraissent minuscules vu du ciel. The houses and cars looked tiny from the sky.
Les choses ne sont pas ce qu'elles paraissent. Things are not what they seem.
Quand on regarde de loin, la plupart des choses paraissent jolies. If you look from afar, most things will look nice.
Les gens ne sont pas toujours ce qu'ils paraissent être. People are not always what they seem.
Quand le soleil de la culture se couche, les nains aussi paraissent géants. When the sun of culture sets, the dwarfs too look like giants.
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.
Il paraît jeune pour son âge. He looks young considering his age.
Sa femme ne me parait pas laide. His wife doesn't seem ugly 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?
Elle parait petite a coté de sa soeur. She seems short beside her sister.
Elle avait quarante ans, mais elle paraissait plus vieille. She was forty, but she appeared older.
Ma mère paraît jeune pour son âge. My mother looks young for her age.
Haïti est une nation qui parait désespérément appauvrie. Haiti is a nation that seem hopelessly impoverished.
Je suis très bon à paraître organisé, bien que la réalité soit quelque peu différente. I am very good at appearing organised, although the reality is somewhat different.
Notre professeur paraît jeune pour son âge. Our teacher looks young for her age.
Rien n'est ce qu'il paraît être. Nothing is as it seems.
La magnificence et la galanterie n’ont jamais paru en France avec tant d’éclat que dans les dernières années du règne de Henri second. Grandeur and gallantry never appeared with more lustre in France, than in the last years of Henry the Second's reign.
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