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1 Pest
f; -, kein Pl.1. MED. plague2. fig.: ich hasse es wie die Pest I can’t stand it; er hasst ihn wie die Pest he hates his guts, he hates him like the plague umg.; wie die Pest meiden avoid like the plague; das stinkt ja wie die Pest umg. it stinks something awful, what a stench* * *die Pestpest; pestilence; plague* * *Pẹst [pɛst]f -, no pl (HIST, MED)plague, pestilence, pest; (fig) plaguesich wie die Pest ausbreiten — to spread like the plague or like wildfire
jdn/etw wie die Pest hassen (inf) — to loathe (and detest) sb/sth, to hate sb's guts (inf)
jdn wie die Pest meiden (inf) — to avoid sb like the plague
wie die Pest stinken (inf) — to stink to high heaven (inf)
jdm die Pest an den Hals wünschen (inf) — to wish sb would drop dead (inf)
* * *<->[pɛst]▪ die \Pest the plague* * *die; Pest: plague; (fig.): (Mensch, Ungeziefer) pest; menaceich hasse ihn/es wie die Pest — (ugs.) I hate his guts/can't stand it (coll.)
wie die Pest stinken — (salopp) stink to high heaven (coll.)
* * *1. MED plague2. fig:ich hasse es wie die Pest I can’t stand it;er hasst ihn wie die Pest he hates his guts, he hates him like the plague umg;wie die Pest meiden avoid like the plague;das stinkt ja wie die Pest umg it stinks something awful, what a stench* * *die; Pest: plague; (fig.): (Mensch, Ungeziefer) pest; menaceich hasse ihn/es wie die Pest — (ugs.) I hate his guts/can't stand it (coll.)
wie die Pest stinken — (salopp) stink to high heaven (coll.)
* * *nur sing. f.plague n. -
2 riechen
vt/i; riecht, roch, hat gerochen1. smell ( nach of); (wittern) scent; riechen an (+ Dat) smell at, sniff at; gut / übel riechen smell good / bad; süßlich / faulig riechen have a sickly sweet / foul ( oder putrid) smell; es riecht nach Gas I can smell gas, there’s a smell of gas; die Luft riecht nach Schnee I can smell snow in the air; man riecht, dass er getrunken hat you can tell by the smell that he’s been drinking; riech mal! smell this!, have a sniff ( oder whiff)! umg.; ich rieche das Parfüm gern I like the smell of that perfume; ich kann Knoblauch nicht riechen I hate (the smell of) garlic; ich bin so erkältet - ich kann nicht(s) mehr riechen I’ve got a bad cold - I can’t smell anything ( oder I have no sense of smell); Mund2. fig.: riechen nach Betrug etc. fig. smack of corruption etc.; ich kann ihn nicht riechen umg. I can’t stand him; ich konnte es förmlich riechen I could positively smell it; er hat es gerochen umg. he got wind of it; sie hat sofort gerochen, dass etwas nicht stimmte she immediately sensed that something was wrong; das konnte ich doch nicht riechen! umg. how was I to know?; Braten, Lunte 1, Mund* * *to smell; to reek; to scent; to give off an odour* * *rie|chen ['riːçn] pret ro\#ch [rɔx] ptp gero\#chen [gə'rɔxn]1. vtto smellich rieche das Gewürz gern — I like the smell of this spice
Lunte or den Braten ríéchen (inf) — to smell a rat (inf)
jdn nicht ríéchen können (inf) — not to be able to stand sb, to hate sb's guts (inf)
See:→ Meile2. vi1) (= Geruchssinn haben) to have a sense of smell, to be able to smellnicht mehr ríéchen können — to have lost one's sense of smell
Hunde können gut ríéchen — dogs have a good sense of smell
2) (= bestimmten Geruch haben) to smellgut/schlecht ríéchen — to smell good/bad
nach etw ríéchen — to smell of sth
aus dem Mund ríéchen — to have bad breath
das riecht nach Betrug/Verrat (fig inf) — that smacks of deceit/treachery
3) (= schnüffeln) to smell, to sniff; (Tier) to sniff3. vi impersto smelles riecht angebrannt — there's a smell of burning, there's a burning smell
* * *1) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) scent2) (an act of using this power: Have a smell of this!) smell3) (to notice by using one's nose: I smell gas; I thought I smelt ( something) burning.) smell4) (to give off a smell: The roses smelt beautiful; Her hands smelt of fish.) smell* * *rie·chen< roch, gerochen>[ˈri:çn̩]I. vidas riecht hier ja so angebrannt there's a real smell of burning hereer riecht immer so nach Schweiß there's always such a sweaty smell about himdas riecht nach Korruption (fig) that smells [or reeks] of corruption2. (schnuppern)▪ an jdm/etw \riechen to smell sb/sthII. vt▪ etw \riechen to smell sthriechst du nichts? can't you smell anything?es riecht hier ja so nach Gas there's real stink of gas hereetw \riechen können [o mögen] to like the smell of sthich mag den Tabakrauch gern \riechen I like the smell of tobacco smokeiss doch nicht immer Zwiebeln, du weißt doch, dass ich das nicht \riechen kann! stop eating onions all the time, you know I can't stand thatdas konnte ich nicht riechen! how was I supposed to know that!ich rieche doch, dass da was nicht stimmt! I have a feeling that there's something funny about itIII. vi impers▪ es riecht irgendwie there's a certain smelles riecht ekelhaft there's a disgusting smelles riecht nach Gas there's a smell of gaswenn er kocht, riecht es immer sehr lecker in der Küche there's always a delicious smell in the kitchen when he's cookingwonach riecht es hier so köstlich? what's that lovely smell in here?* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) smelljemanden/etwas nicht riechen können — (fig. salopp) not be able to stand somebody/something
2.ich konnte ja nicht riechen, dass... — (fig.) [I'm not psychic,] I couldn't know that...
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb1) smellan jemandem/etwas riechen — smell somebody/something
lass mich mal [daran] riechen — let me have a sniff
gut/schlecht riechen — smell good/bad
er roch aus dem Mund — he had bad breath; his breath smelt
* * *1. smell (riechen an (+dat) smell at, sniff at;gut/übel riechen smell good/bad;süßlich/faulig riechen have a sickly sweet/foul ( oder putrid) smell;es riecht nach Gas I can smell gas, there’s a smell of gas;die Luft riecht nach Schnee I can smell snow in the air;man riecht, dass er getrunken hat you can tell by the smell that he’s been drinking;ich rieche das Parfüm gern I like the smell of that perfume;ich kann Knoblauch nicht riechen I hate (the smell of) garlic;ich bin so erkältet - ich kann nicht(s) mehr riechen I’ve got a bad cold - I can’t smell anything ( oder I have no sense of smell); → Mund2. fig:ich kann ihn nicht riechen umg I can’t stand him;ich konnte es förmlich riechen I could positively smell it;er hat es gerochen umg he got wind of it;sie hat sofort gerochen, dass etwas nicht stimmte she immediately sensed that something was wrong;* * *1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) smelljemanden/etwas nicht riechen können — (fig. salopp) not be able to stand somebody/something
2.ich konnte ja nicht riechen, dass... — (fig.) [I'm not psychic,] I couldn't know that...
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb1) smellan jemandem/etwas riechen — smell somebody/something
lass mich mal [daran] riechen — let me have a sniff
2) (einen Geruch haben) smell ( nach of)gut/schlecht riechen — smell good/bad
er roch aus dem Mund — he had bad breath; his breath smelt
* * *(nach) v.to smell v.(§ p.,p.p.: smelled) v.(§ p.,pp.: roch, gerochen)= to smell v.(§ p.,p.p.: smelled)
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