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can't seem to
Idioms and Phrases
Be apparently unable to, as in No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to concentrate on this book . This phrase gives added emphasis to a negative statement, as in the example. [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
Quite inconsistent and that makes it very hard to understand what you need from the car when for whatever reason we can't seem to make the tyres work.
As Rickey, a flighty self-starter who just can鈥檛 seem to get started, Angarano is wildly funny and also painfully familiar.
But despite that, Wall Street can鈥檛 seem to quit him.
Something that is so funny is how people can鈥檛 seem to remember the names of these women.
Never mind the parking tickets I get each month, or the speeding tickets I can鈥檛 seem to escape as a driver raised on Houston鈥檚 infamous Interstate 45, or the fact that walks and subway rides leave me feeling far more connected to humanity than a trip in my cramped metal box.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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