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1 smell
[smɛl] 1. n 2. vt; pt, pp smelt or smelled 3. vi; pt, pp smelt or smelledpachnieć; ( pej) śmierdziećto smell of — pachnieć +instr ( pej) śmierdzieć +instr
* * *1. [smel] noun1) (the sense or power of being aware of things through one's nose: My sister never had a good sense of smell.) węch2) (the quality that is noticed by using this power: a pleasant smell; There's a strong smell of gas.) zapach3) (an act of using this power: Have a smell of this!) wąchanie2. [smelt] verb1) (to notice by using one's nose: I smell gas; I thought I smelt (something) burning.) czuć (nosem)2) (to give off a smell: The roses smelt beautiful; Her hands smelt of fish.) pachnieć3) (to examine by using the sense of smell: Let me smell those flowers.) wąchać•- - smelling- smelly
- smelliness
- smell out -
2 smell a rat
(to have a feeling that something is not as it should be; to have suspicions.) podejrzewać coś, zwąchać pismo nosem -
3 sniff
[snɪf] 1. n 2. vipociągać (pociągnąć perf) nosem3. vtwąchać (powąchać perf); glue wąchać* * *[snif] 1. verb1) (to draw in air through the nose with a slight noise.) pociągać nosem2) (to do this in an attempt to smell something: The dog sniffed me all over; He sniffed suddenly, wondering if he could smell smoke.) wąchać, obwąchiwać2. noun(an act of sniffing.) pociągnięcie nosem, obwąchanie -
4 reek
[riːk]vi( smell)to reek (of) — cuchnąć ( +instr); fig
to reek of — trącić or zalatywać +instr
* * *[ri:k] 1. noun(a strong, usually unpleasant smell.) odór2. verb(to smell strongly (of something).) cuchnąć -
5 sense
[sɛns] 1. n( physical) zmysł m; ( of guilt) poczucie nt; (of shame, pleasure) uczucie nt; ( good sense) rozsądek m; ( of word) sens m, znaczenie nt; (of letter, conversation) sens m2. vtthere is no sense in that/doing that — to/robienie tego nie ma (żadnego) sensu
to take leave of one's senses — postradać ( perf) zmysły
* * *[sens] 1. noun1) (one of the five powers (hearing, taste, sight, smell, touch) by which a person or animal feels or notices.) zmysł2) (a feeling: He has an exaggerated sense of his own importance.) poczucie3) (an awareness of (something): a well-developed musical sense; She has no sense of humour.) zmysł, poczucie4) (good judgement: You can rely on him - he has plenty of sense.) rozsądek5) (a meaning (of a word).) znaczenie6) (something which is meaningful: Can you make sense of her letter?) sens2. verb(to feel, become aware of, or realize: He sensed that she disapproved.) wyczuwać- senselessly
- senselessness
- senses
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6 fishy
['fɪʃɪ]( suspicious) podejrzany* * *1) (of or like a fish: a fishy smell.) rybi2) (odd or suspicious: There's something fishy about that man.) podejrzany -
7 give away
vtmoney, prizes rozdawać (rozdać perf); opportunity pozbawiać się (pozbawić się perf) +gen; secret, information wyjawiać (wyjawić perf); bride poprowadzić ( perf) do ołtarza ( do pana młodego)* * *1) (to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it): I'm going to give all my money away.) rozdać2) (to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally: He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).) wydać
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smell something out — detect or discover something by the faculty of smell. → smell … English new terms dictionary
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smell something out — … Useful english dictionary
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