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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 Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, 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 - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, 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 vie
La musique d'une vie
Makine, Andreï
© 2001 by Andrei Makine
Music of a Life
Makine, 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 Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, 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-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, 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'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, 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 Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, 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 feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, 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 Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher 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 Transfer
Manhattan Transfer
Dos Passos, John
© Editions Gallimard, 1928, pour la traduction francaise.
Manhattan Transfer
Dos 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 Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher 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 - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, 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 Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, 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 - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, 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 feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, 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
Pastsmelled, smelt
Imperativesmell
Present Participle (Participle I)smelling
Past Participle (Participle II)smelled, smelt
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I smellwe smell
you smellyou smell
he/she/it smellsthey smell
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am smellingwe are smelling
you are smellingyou are smelling
he/she/it is smellingthey are smelling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have smelled, smeltwe have smelled, smelt
you have smelled, smeltyou have smelled, smelt
he/she/it has smelled, smeltthey have smelled, smelt
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been smellingwe have been smelling
you have been smellingyou have been smelling
he/she/it has been smellingthey have been smelling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I smelled, smeltwe smelled, smelt
you smelled, smeltyou smelled, smelt
he/she/it smelled, smeltthey smelled, smelt
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was smellingwe were smelling
you were smellingyou were smelling
he/she/it was smellingthey were smelling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had smelled, smeltwe had smelled, smelt
you had smelled, smeltyou had smelled, smelt
he/she/it had smelled, smeltthey had smelled, smelt
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been smellingwe had been smelling
you had been smellingyou had been smelling
he/she/it had been smellingthey had been smelling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will smellwe shall/will smell
you will smellyou will smell
he/she/it will smellthey will smell
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be smellingwe shall/will be smelling
you will be smellingyou will be smelling
he/she/it will be smellingthey will be smelling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have smelled, smeltwe shall/will have smelled, smelt
you will have smelled, smeltyou will have smelled, smelt
he/she/it will have smelled, smeltthey will have smelled, smelt
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been smellingwe shall/will have been smelling
you will have been smellingyou will have been smelling
he/she/it will have been smellingthey will have been smelling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would smellwe should/would smell
you would smellyou would smell
he/she/it would smellthey would smell
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be smellingwe should/would be smelling
you would be smellingyou would be smelling
he/she/it would be smellingthey would be smelling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have smelled, smeltwe should/would have smelled, smelt
you would have smelled, smeltyou would have smelled, smelt
he/she/it would have smelled, smeltthey would have smelled, smelt
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been smellingwe should/would have been smelling
you would have been smellingyou would have been smelling
he/she/it would have been smellingthey would have been smelling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am smelled, smeltwe are smelled, smelt
you are smelled, smeltyou are smelled, smelt
he/she/it is smelled, smeltthey are smelled, smelt
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being smelled, smeltwe are being smelled, smelt
you are being smelled, smeltyou are being smelled, smelt
he/she/it is being smelled, smeltthey are being smelled, smelt
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been smelled, smeltwe have been smelled, smelt
you have been smelled, smeltyou have been smelled, smelt
he/she/it has been smelled, smeltthey have been smelled, smelt
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was smelled, smeltwe were smelled, smelt
you were smelled, smeltyou were smelled, smelt
he/she/it was smelled, smeltthey were smelled, smelt
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being smelled, smeltwe were being smelled, smelt
you were being smelled, smeltyou were being smelled, smelt
he/she/it was being smelled, smeltthey were being smelled, smelt
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been smelled, smeltwe had been smelled, smelt
you had been smelled, smeltyou had been smelled, smelt
he/she/it had been smelled, smeltthey had been smelled, smelt
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be smelled, smeltwe shall/will be smelled, smelt
you will be smelled, smeltyou will be smelled, smelt
he/she/it will be smelled, smeltthey will be smelled, smelt
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been smelled, smeltwe shall/will have been smelled, smelt
you will have been smelled, smeltyou will have been smelled, smelt
he/she/it will have been smelled, smeltthey will have been smelled, smelt

smell

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesmellsmells
Possessive casesmell'ssmells'