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1 smell
smell [smel](verb: preterite, past participle smelled or smelt)1. nounodeur f• it has a nice/nasty smell cela sent bon/mauvais• what a smell in here! ce que ça sent mauvais ici !• I smell a rat! il y a quelque chose de louche !• I smell danger! je pressens un danger !• that smells delicious! ça sent très bon !• it smells dreadful! ça pue !a. ( = discover) découvrir* * *[smel] 1.1) ( odour) odeur f2) ( sense) odorat msense of smell — odorat m
3) ( action)4) fig relents mpl2.1) lit sentir3.1) ( have odour) sentirthat smells like curry — ça sent le curry; fig
to smell of — sentir [corruption]
2) ( have sense of smell) avoir de l'odorat•Phrasal Verbs: -
2 smell
A n1 ( odour) gen odeur f ; ( unpleasant) (mauvaise) odeur f ; a smell of cooking/burning une odeur de cuisine/de brûlé ; there's a bit of a smell in here il y a une drôle d'odeur ici ; what a smell! comme ça sent mauvais! ;3 ( action) to have a smell of ou at sth sentir un peu qch ;1 lit (notice, detect) sentir ; ( sniff deliberately) [person] sentir ; [animal] renifler, sentir ; I could smell alcohol on his breath je sentais à son haleine qu'il avait bu ; I can smell lemons/burning ça sent le citron/le brûlé ;2 fig ( detect) flairer [danger, problem, success, change, good worker] ; repérer [liar, cheat] ; a good reporter can always smell a good story un bon journaliste flaire toujours une bonne histoire.1 ( have odour) gen sentir ; ( unpleasantly) sentir (mauvais) ; that smells nice/horrible ça sent bon/très mauvais ; this gas/flower doesn't smell ce gaz/cette fleur ne sent rien ; to smell of roses/garlic sentir la rose/l'ail ; that smells like curry ça sent le curry ;2 fig to smell of racism/complacency/corruption sentir le racisme/la complaisance/la corruption ;3 ( have sense of smell) avoir de l'odorat.■ smell out:▶ smell [sth] out, smell out [sth]3 ( cause to stink) empester, empuantir [room, house]. -
3 scent
[sent] 1. verb1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) flairer2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) flairer3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) parfumer2. noun1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) senteur2) (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.) piste3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) parfum•- scented- put/throw someone off the scent - put/throw off the scent -
4 lovely
B adj1 ( beautiful) [church, colour, dress, garden, hair, person, poem] beau/belle, joli (before n) ; you look lovely in pink/that dress tu es ravissante en rose/dans cette robe ; the hat will look lovely with your dress le chapeau ira très bien avec ta robe ;2 ( pleasant) [family, letter, person] charmant ; [meal, smell, soup] délicieux/-ieuse ; [idea, surprise] bon/bonne (before n) ; [evening, weekend] excellent ; [day, present, weather] magnifique ; it's lovely to do c'est agréable de faire ; to smell lovely sentir bon ; to taste lovely être délicieux/-ieuse ;3 ( emphatic) lovely and hot/fresh/tanned bien chaud/frais/bronzé. -
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6 sniff
sniff [snɪf](a) (from cold, crying etc) renifler(b) (disdainfully) faire la grimace ou la moue(a) (smell → food, soap) renifler, sentir l'odeur de; (→ rose, perfume) humer, sentir l'odeur de; (of dog) renifler, flairer(b) (inhale → air) humer, respirer; (→ smelling salts) respirer; (→ cocaine) sniffer, priser; (→ snuff) priser; (→ glue) respirer, sniffer(c) (say disdainfully) dire d'un air méprisant ou dédaigneux;∎ "it's not my cup", she sniffed "ce n'est pas ma tasse", fit-elle d'un air méprisant3 noun(gen) reniflement m;∎ to give a sniff renifler; (scornfully) faire la grimace ou la moue;∎ "I've no idea", she said with a scornful sniff "je n'en ai aucune idée", dit-elle d'un air dédaigneux;∎ to have or to take a sniff of sth renifler ou flairer qch;∎ take a sniff of this meat/this perfume renifle-moi cette viande/ce parfum;∎ familiar one sniff of that stuff is enough to knock you out une bouffée de ce truc et tu tombes raide;∎ figurative I didn't even get a sniff of a cup of coffee ils ne m'ont même pas offert une tasse de café(b) figurative faire la grimace ou la moue devant;∎ to sniff at an idea/a une suggestion faire la grimace devant une idée/suggestion;∎ their offer is not to be sniffed at leur offre n'est pas à dédaigner(of dog) découvrir en reniflant ou en flairant; (of person → criminal) découvrir, dépister; (→ secret) découvrir
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