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However, the sight of the roses, overlapping the water-jug, pacified him; they smelt so sweet.
Mais la vue du bouquet de roses, débordant du pot à eau, l’apaisa, tant il sentait bon.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
It smelt of a priest, he thought; of a man with different ways from other men.
Elle sentait le prêtre, pensait-il; elle sentait un homme autrement fait que les autres, qui souffle sa bougie pour changer de chemise, qui ne laisse traîner ni ses caleçons ni ses rasoirs.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
I did as I was bid, and found myself in a little dark chamber which smelt of chemicals, and was lit only by a tiny window high up in the wall.
Je suivis ses instructions et me trouvai dans une petite chambre noire à odeur de produits chimiques, et éclairée uniquement par une étroite lucarne tout en haut de la muraille.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Peasant women laughed with pleasure because the place smelt so nice, while the men, standing under the gallery, jerked their heads approvingly at each deeper and deeper note that came from the rural guard.
Des paysannes riaient, parce que ça sentait bon; tandis que les hommes, au fond, debout sous la tribune, hochaient la tête, à chaque note plus creuse du chantre.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
She, Benedetta, like himself, had quivered as she smelt them; and he saw them once more in a vision of the pontifical gardens, the voluptuous gardens of Rome, deserted, glowing under the August sun.
Comme lui, elle avait frissonné à leur âpre odeur de virilité, et ils revenaient, et ils évoquaient ceux des jardins pontificaux, des voluptueux jardins romains, déserts et brûlants sous l’auguste soleil.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
After Scotland the air smelt heavy and flat, but infinitely sweet, for the limes and chestnuts and lilac bushes were domes of blossom.
Au sortir de l'Écosse, l'air semblait lourd et fade, mais infiniment doux, car les tilleuls, les marronniers et les lilas formaient des berceaux de fleurs.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
I couldn't open the latter, and the sacks seemed to be full of things like dog-biscuits that smelt of cinnamon.
Je ne pus ouvrir ces dernières, et les sacs semblaient remplis d'espèces de biscuits de chien qui fleuraient la cannelle.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
The whole place smelt of mould and disuse.
Cet intérieur sentait le moisi et l'abandon.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
One of them gave me a cigar, which I smelt gingerly and stuck in Turnbull's bundle.
L'un d'eux m'offrit un cigare, que je flairai respectueusement et fourrai dans le paquet de Turnbull.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
He would turn away in his bed with a shudder when Albine came in, and would cry out that she smelt of hawthorn, that she had scratched her hands in burrowing a hole through a hedge to bring him all its odour.
Il se tournait vers la ruelle, frissonnant, lorsque Albine rentrait et lui criait qu'elle sentait l'aubépine, qu'elle s'était griffé les mains en se creusant un trou dans une haie pour lui apporter toute l'odeur.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
There was a softness about the lodging which smelt a bit stuffy : carpets and hangings everywhere, seats as yielding as down, with the warm, unruffled atmosphere of a chest padded with old rainbow-colored satin.
Le logement avait une douceur qui sentait un peu le renfermé: des tapis et des portières partout, des meubles d'une mollesse d'édredon, l'air tiède et mort d'un coffret, capitonné de vieux satin à l'iris.
Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-Bouille
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Pot-Bouille
Zola, Emile
Gagniere was a bore. Besides, he would turn up as soon as he smelt the soup.
Gagnière était assommant; et, d’ailleurs, il arriverait bien à l’odeur de la soupe.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
There were braziers burning at both ends to warm the room, and the thin smoke from these smelt like incense.
Des brasiers brûlaient aux deux extrémités de la salle, et la fumée légère qui s’en dégageait avait une odeur d’encens.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
He had made his escape from his own house, saying that it smelt like a church.
Il s'était sauvé de chez lui, en disant que «ça puait l'église.»
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Had he smelt them?"
Il ne les a donc pas sentis ? »
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka

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sense of smell
odorat
sweet-smelling
odorant
sweet-smelling
parfumé
smelting furnace
four de fusion

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

smelt

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesmeltsmelts
Possessive casesmelt'ssmelts'

smelt

verb
Basic forms
Pastsmelted
Imperativesmelt
Present Participle (Participle I)smelting
Past Participle (Participle II)smelted
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I smeltwe smelt
you smeltyou smelt
he/she/it smeltsthey smelt
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am smeltingwe are smelting
you are smeltingyou are smelting
he/she/it is smeltingthey are smelting
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have smeltedwe have smelted
you have smeltedyou have smelted
he/she/it has smeltedthey have smelted
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been smeltingwe have been smelting
you have been smeltingyou have been smelting
he/she/it has been smeltingthey have been smelting
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I smeltedwe smelted
you smeltedyou smelted
he/she/it smeltedthey smelted
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was smeltingwe were smelting
you were smeltingyou were smelting
he/she/it was smeltingthey were smelting
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had smeltedwe had smelted
you had smeltedyou had smelted
he/she/it had smeltedthey had smelted
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been smeltingwe had been smelting
you had been smeltingyou had been smelting
he/she/it had been smeltingthey had been smelting
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will smeltwe shall/will smelt
you will smeltyou will smelt
he/she/it will smeltthey will smelt
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be smeltingwe shall/will be smelting
you will be smeltingyou will be smelting
he/she/it will be smeltingthey will be smelting
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have smeltedwe shall/will have smelted
you will have smeltedyou will have smelted
he/she/it will have smeltedthey will have smelted
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been smeltingwe shall/will have been smelting
you will have been smeltingyou will have been smelting
he/she/it will have been smeltingthey will have been smelting
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would smeltwe should/would smelt
you would smeltyou would smelt
he/she/it would smeltthey would smelt
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be smeltingwe should/would be smelting
you would be smeltingyou would be smelting
he/she/it would be smeltingthey would be smelting
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have smeltedwe should/would have smelted
you would have smeltedyou would have smelted
he/she/it would have smeltedthey would have smelted
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been smeltingwe should/would have been smelting
you would have been smeltingyou would have been smelting
he/she/it would have been smeltingthey would have been smelting
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am smeltedwe are smelted
you are smeltedyou are smelted
he/she/it is smeltedthey are smelted
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being smeltedwe are being smelted
you are being smeltedyou are being smelted
he/she/it is being smeltedthey are being smelted
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been smeltedwe have been smelted
you have been smeltedyou have been smelted
he/she/it has been smeltedthey have been smelted
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was smeltedwe were smelted
you were smeltedyou were smelted
he/she/it was smeltedthey were smelted
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being smeltedwe were being smelted
you were being smeltedyou were being smelted
he/she/it was being smeltedthey were being smelted
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been smeltedwe had been smelted
you had been smeltedyou had been smelted
he/she/it had been smeltedthey had been smelted
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be smeltedwe shall/will be smelted
you will be smeltedyou will be smelted
he/she/it will be smeltedthey will be smelted
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been smeltedwe shall/will have been smelted
you will have been smeltedyou will have been smelted
he/she/it will have been smeltedthey will have been smelted