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1 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) speljati s slediEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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2 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) speljati s slediEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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3 scent
[sent] 1. verb1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) zavohati2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) zavohati3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) odišaviti2. noun1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) vonj2) (a trail consisting of the smell which has been left and may be followed: The dogs picked up the man's scent and then lost it again.) vonj3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) dišava•- scented- put/throw someone off the scent
- put/throw off the scent* * *I [sent]nounduh, vonj, parfum, dišava; zadah; hunting voh, vohanje, figuratively nos, sledfalse scent — napačna sled (tudi figuratively)to follow up the scent — iti za sledjo, iti po slediII [sent]transitive verb(za)vohati (tudi figuratively), zaduhati; priti na sled; prepojiti z dišavo (vonjem), nadišavitito scent a job — zaslediti, najti službothe rose scents the air — vrtnica širi prijeten vonj v zraku; intransitive verb dišati, imeti vonj (duh); hunting iti za sledjo
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