Translation of "같았어요" in English

‎물고기도 어리둥절한 것 같았어요

The fish even seemed to be confused.

‎문어의 세계로 ‎초대하는 것 같았어요

And now you can come into my octopus world."

‎탐정이 된 것 같았어요 ‎차근차근 단서를 종합했죠

It's like being a detective. And you just slowly get all your clues together.

‎문어와 저를 가르는 경계선이 ‎사라진 것 같았어요

The boundaries between her and I seemed to dissolve.

‎수백만 년간 물속에서 가동된 ‎거대한 두뇌 같았어요

This is like a giant underwater brain operating over millions of years.

어딘가 아플 때마다 모든 게 제 잘못 같았어요.

anytime I was sick at all, I felt like it was my fault.

‎인간 친구가 반갑다고 ‎손 흔들며 인사하는 것 같았어요

a human friend, like, waving and saying, "Hi, I'm excited to see you."

‎문어는 지능이 높은 동물이라 ‎관심을 보이는 것 같았어요

I think quite stimulating for that huge intelligence.

외국인을 본 건 그 때가 처음이었는데, 미국인 같았어요.

That was the first time I saw foreigners who looked like the Americans.

내가 일어났을 때… 그들이 거기 있는 것 같았어요

When I woke up I-- it was like they were there,

‎그런데 아무리 봐도 ‎물고기와 장난치는 것 같았어요 ‎사회적 동물은 ‎놀이를 즐기기도 하지만

But I couldn't help thinking, "She's playing with the fish." You see play often in social animals.

‎문어가 이 고비를 ‎잘 넘길 수 있을 것 같았어요 ‎당시 저도 인생에서 ‎큰 고비를 맞았다고 느꼈는데

that she can get past this incredible difficulty. And I felt, in my life, I was getting past the difficulties I had.