Guessed (fr. Devinait)
Translation into English
Dit-elle, comme si elle devinait ses pensées.
He said, as if guessing her thought.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Elle était brune, mais on devinait que le jour sa peau devait avoir ce beau reflet doré des Andalouses et des Romaines.
She was swarthy of complexion, but one divined that, by day, her skin must possess that beautiful golden tone of the Andalusians and the Roman women.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Son profil était si calme, que l’on n’y devinait rien.
Her profile was so calm that one could guess nothing from it.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Tout le monde devinait que la tension montait.
Everyone knew that the pressure was mounting.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 On devinait que le combat serait très physique.
I assumed that the struggle would be physical.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Il devinait qu'insister ne servirait à rien.
He knew insisting would do no good.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 À la maigreur de sa main ridée on devinait un vieillard.
From the thinness of his wrinkled hand, one divined that he was an old man.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1