impress

impress
im·press [ɪmʼpres] vt
1) (evoke admiration)
to \impress sb jdn beeindrucken, jdm imponieren;
to be \impressed [by sb/sth] [von jdm/etw] beeindruckt sein;
to be \impressed with sb/sth von jdm/etw beeindruckt sein;
it never fails to \impress me how elegant the people look in Paris ich bin immer aufs Neue von der Eleganz der Bewohner von Paris angetan
2) (make realize)
to \impress sth on [or upon] sb jdn von etw dat überzeugen, jdm etw einprägen;
to \impress sth on [or upon] one's memory [or mind] sich dat etw einprägen
3) (stamp)
to \impress sth etw [auf]drucken vi Eindruck machen, imponieren;
to fail to \impress keinen [guten] Eindruck machen

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