Don't say 'she looked like excited'. Say she looked excited
sound saund/ [u] if someone or something sounds good, bad, strange, angry etc, that is how they seem to you when you hear about them or read about them sound good/bad/awful/angry etc Istanbul sounds really exciting. I He sounds a pretty strange person. sound like sth Serge s idea for a party sounded like fun.
it sounds (to me) as if (use this to say how a situation seems to you when you hear about it) It sounds to me as if he needs to see a doctor.
Strike sb as sth /'straik (sb) sz (sth)
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[phrasal verb T] if a person or situation strikes you as strange, interesting, unusual etc, this is your opinion of how they seem: What strikes me as odd is the fact that she didn't report the burglary to the police. I Clare didn't strike me as the type who would want to be a teacher. strike sb as being/having He never struck me as being very interested in politics.
Don't say 'she is seeming', or 'it was seeming' etc. Say she seems, it seemed etc.
appear p'pi9r [и] formal to seem
appear to be/appear to do sth The com
pany appears to be making a profit at last. 1 My father appeared to be in good health.
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when a feeling or situation seems to be real
apparent /э'раегэт [adj only before
noun] apparent abilities, feelings, or attitudes seem to be real, but you cannot be sure if they are reaclass="underline" She was upset by her
father-in-law's apparent dislike of her. I What shocked me was the parents' apparent lack of interest in their child.
apparently operandi \adv] He walked away from the crash, apparently unhurt.
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on the SUlJace on rt? snrf?s if a person, place, or situation is pleasant, normal, calm etc on the surface, they seem that way until you know them better: On the surface, life seemed normal in Beirut at that time. I Mike was very plecsant on the surface, but he had a nasty temper.
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appearance эр^гэш (n C/U 1 if someone or something has the appearance of being a particular kind of person or thing, they seem to be like that, but in tact they may not be
give the appearance of (=seem like) Karen gives the appearance of being confident, but she isn't really. to all appearances Ht seems to everyone) To all appearances, Ken and Gina were a happily married couple.
impression /im'prepn/ [n C] your
impression of someone or something is the way they seem to you + of Whcrt's your impress/on of Frank as a boss?
get the impression (that) (=think something is a fact, because it seems true) We got the impression that Sally wasn 't very pleased to see us. I For some reason she got the impression that you didn't like her.
give sb the impression that (=make
people believe something, by making it appear to be true) In her book, she gives the impression that she was a close friend of the Prince, but in fact she only met him twice..
Don't say 'what's your impression
about him?' Say what's your impression of him?
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first impression (=how someone or something seems to you the first time you see them) My first impression of England was of a grey and rainy place.
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sell sel [v T\ to give something to someone in exchange for money: Tom s thinking of selling his motorcycle and buying a new one. I Postcards and souvenirs were being sold outside the cathedral. sell sb sth The woman who sold us the apartment went to live in Florida. sell sth to sb It is illegal to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 18. I The picture was sold to an art gallery in Philadelphia.
sell sth for Ј250/$50 etc I managed to sell my old car for £2000. selling - sold - have sold
export /ik'spo;rt/ [v T) if a country or company exports its products, it sends them to another country in order to sell them: Japanese companies export televisions and hi-fi systems all over the world, export sth to sb In 1986 they exported 210,000 cases of wine to the UK. exporter [n CJ Saudi Arabia is one of the world's leading exporters of oil.
deal in sth /'di:l in (sth)/ [phrasal verb
T] to buy and sell products for business purposes, but usually not in a shop - use this especially about valuable things like paintings or gold, about farm products, or about stolen or illegal goods: a wholesale commodity firm dealing in cotton and corn I Slater had made a good living by dealing in stolen car radios.
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verb T] if a company brings out a new
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available for people to buy
for sate /fV 'sell/ if something is for sale, the person who owns it wants to sell it: There are several houses for sale in our street. I There was a notice in the window. "For Sale. Black and White Kittens".
ОП sale /on seil/ if a product is on sale, you can buy it in the shops: These cameras are on sale in most electrical stores, go on. sale (=begin to be available) The new model Toyota goes on sale next month.
on the market /on дэ 'ma:rkJ,t/ goods
that are on the market are available for people to buy - use this especially when comparing products of the same general type: It's on'e of the cheapest computers on the market. I There are so many different shampoos on the market that it's hard to know which one to buy.
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