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A smell seemed to be following him, the smell that the putrefying body must be giving off.Il lui semblait qu'une odeur âcre le suivait, l'odeur que devait exhaler ce corps en putréfaction.Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese RaquinTherese RaquinZola, EmileTherese RaquinZola, Emile
Her heart was down below, and there was nothing there that she could not see, and hear, and smell, with such keenness of the senses did her love endow her.Son cœur était en bas, elle voyait, elle entendait, elle sentait, par tous les sens exquis de son amour.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
And the smell of foliage dusted with sundrenched raindrops.Et l'odeur du feuillage dans le poudroiement ensoleillé des gouttes.Makine, Andreï / Music of a LifeMakine, Andreï / La musique d'une vieLa musique d'une vieMakine, Andreï© 2001 by Andrei MakineMusic of a LifeMakine, Andreï© 2002 by Geoffrey Strachan© 2001 by Andreï Makine
' Oh, it's I who smell so nice,' the young woman naively replied.--C'est moi qui sens bon», répondit naïvement la jeune femme.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
And her sink, just look! smell it now, smell her sink ! "Et son évier, tenez! sentez-moi un peu son évier!Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
For a moment Claude drew breath in that atmosphere which was already tainted with a vague smell of varnish and the odour of the musk with which the women present perfumed themselves.Lui, un moment, reprit haleine, dans cet air qui s’alourdissait déjà, gardant une vague odeur de vernis, au milieu du musc discret des femmes.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
'It was the smell that gave me warning.– Ce fut l'odeur qui me donna l'éveil.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
I have often been wakened in the trench myself by the trail of heavy smell in the wake of marching men.J’ai souvent été réveillé, moi, dans la tranchée, par le sillage de senteur épaisse qu’une troupe en marche traîne avec elle.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
"But what's the use? you han't got nothin' o' hers to smell on."Mais à quoi bon? nous n’avons rien à leur faire flairer.Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
A gust of wind filled the street with smoke and a smell of burning rags.Un coup de vent emplit la rue de fumée et d'une odeur d'étoffes brûlées.Dos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John / Manhattan TransferManhattan TransferDos Passos, John© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.Manhattan TransferDos Passos, John© 1925 by John Dos Passos© 1953 by Elizabeth Dos Passos
The place had that peculiar sickening, unwholesome smell, compounded of mingled damp, dirt and decay, which one often notices in close old houses.Une odeur nauséabonde et malsaine, mélange d’humidité, de poussière et de pourriture, odeur particulière aux vieilles maisons désertes et longtemps fermées, s’y faisait sentir.Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
You divine the vicinity of the Basilica, for there is a smell as of incense, a cloisteral quiescence as of the slumber of centuries.On y devine le voisinage de la basilique, l’odeur d’encens, la paix cloîtrée, dans le sommeil des siècles.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
In the summer, when we sit at the window, we shall have a delightful view, and the garden will smell deliciously.'Au moins, cet été, quand nous nous mettrons à la fenêtre, ça sentira bon, et nous aurons une jolie vue.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
The refectory, with its wine-stained tables and greasy walls, cast a smell like that of a badly-kept sink.La salle à manger, aux tables humides de vin, aux murs tachés de graisse, soufflait jusque dans l’allée une odeur d’évier mal tenu.Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeLes Quatre Evangiles - FeconditeZola, EmileFruitfulnessZola, Emile
"I've been half an hour cleaning myself from the touch of her and the smell that she breathed on me in spite of me and in spite of herself.» J’ai été une demi-heure à me nettoyer de son toucher et de c’t’odeur qu’elle me soufflait malgré moi et malgré elle.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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Collocations
sense of smell
odorat
sweet-smelling
odorant
sweet-smelling
parfumé
Word forms
smell
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | smelled, smelt |
Imperative | smell |
Present Participle (Participle I) | smelling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | smelled, smelt |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I smell | we smell |
you smell | you smell |
he/she/it smells | they smell |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am smelling | we are smelling |
you are smelling | you are smelling |
he/she/it is smelling | they are smelling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have smelled, smelt | we have smelled, smelt |
you have smelled, smelt | you have smelled, smelt |
he/she/it has smelled, smelt | they have smelled, smelt |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been smelling | we have been smelling |
you have been smelling | you have been smelling |
he/she/it has been smelling | they have been smelling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I smelled, smelt | we smelled, smelt |
you smelled, smelt | you smelled, smelt |
he/she/it smelled, smelt | they smelled, smelt |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was smelling | we were smelling |
you were smelling | you were smelling |
he/she/it was smelling | they were smelling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had smelled, smelt | we had smelled, smelt |
you had smelled, smelt | you had smelled, smelt |
he/she/it had smelled, smelt | they had smelled, smelt |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been smelling | we had been smelling |
you had been smelling | you had been smelling |
he/she/it had been smelling | they had been smelling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will smell | we shall/will smell |
you will smell | you will smell |
he/she/it will smell | they will smell |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be smelling | we shall/will be smelling |
you will be smelling | you will be smelling |
he/she/it will be smelling | they will be smelling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have smelled, smelt | we shall/will have smelled, smelt |
you will have smelled, smelt | you will have smelled, smelt |
he/she/it will have smelled, smelt | they will have smelled, smelt |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been smelling | we shall/will have been smelling |
you will have been smelling | you will have been smelling |
he/she/it will have been smelling | they will have been smelling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would smell | we should/would smell |
you would smell | you would smell |
he/she/it would smell | they would smell |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be smelling | we should/would be smelling |
you would be smelling | you would be smelling |
he/she/it would be smelling | they would be smelling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have smelled, smelt | we should/would have smelled, smelt |
you would have smelled, smelt | you would have smelled, smelt |
he/she/it would have smelled, smelt | they would have smelled, smelt |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been smelling | we should/would have been smelling |
you would have been smelling | you would have been smelling |
he/she/it would have been smelling | they would have been smelling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am smelled, smelt | we are smelled, smelt |
you are smelled, smelt | you are smelled, smelt |
he/she/it is smelled, smelt | they are smelled, smelt |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being smelled, smelt | we are being smelled, smelt |
you are being smelled, smelt | you are being smelled, smelt |
he/she/it is being smelled, smelt | they are being smelled, smelt |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been smelled, smelt | we have been smelled, smelt |
you have been smelled, smelt | you have been smelled, smelt |
he/she/it has been smelled, smelt | they have been smelled, smelt |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was smelled, smelt | we were smelled, smelt |
you were smelled, smelt | you were smelled, smelt |
he/she/it was smelled, smelt | they were smelled, smelt |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being smelled, smelt | we were being smelled, smelt |
you were being smelled, smelt | you were being smelled, smelt |
he/she/it was being smelled, smelt | they were being smelled, smelt |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been smelled, smelt | we had been smelled, smelt |
you had been smelled, smelt | you had been smelled, smelt |
he/she/it had been smelled, smelt | they had been smelled, smelt |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be smelled, smelt | we shall/will be smelled, smelt |
you will be smelled, smelt | you will be smelled, smelt |
he/she/it will be smelled, smelt | they will be smelled, smelt |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been smelled, smelt | we shall/will have been smelled, smelt |
you will have been smelled, smelt | you will have been smelled, smelt |
he/she/it will have been smelled, smelt | they will have been smelled, smelt |
smell
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | smell | smells |
Possessive case | smell's | smells' |