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1 breath
breath n1 ( air taken into lungs) souffle m ; to stop ou pause for breath s'arrêter pour reprendre son souffle ; to get one's breath back reprendre son souffle ; out of breath à bout de souffle ; to be short of breath avoir le souffle court ; to catch one's breath ( breathe) reprendre souffle ; ( gasp) retenir son souffle ; to hold one's breath lit retenir sa respiration ; fig retenir son souffle ; to draw breath reprendre (son) souffle ; he's as kind a man as ever drew breath il n'y a pas plus gentil que lui ; as long as I have breath in my body ou as I draw breath tant que je vivrai ;2 ( air in or leaving mouth) ( with smell) haleine f ; ( visible) respiration f ; sb's hot breath le souffle chaud de qn ; to have bad breath avoir (une) mauvaise haleine ; his breath smells of beer son haleine sent la bière ; I could smell alcohol on his breath je sentais à son haleine qu'il avait bu ;3 ( single act) respiration f ; to take a deep breath respirer profondément or à fond ; take a deep breath! fig assieds-toi ○ ! ; in a single breath sans respirer ; in the same breath dans la foulée ; with one's last ou dying breath dans son dernier soupir ; to draw one's last breath rendre son dernier soupir ;4 (of air, wind) a breath of un souffle de ; to go out for a breath of (fresh) air sortir prendre l'air ; sb/sth is like a breath of fresh air qn/qch est une vraie bouffée de fraîcheur ; the first breath of spring le premier signe du printemps ;don't hold your breath ○ ! ce n'est pas demain la veille ○ ! ; to take sb's breath away couper le souffle à qn ; save your breath ○, don't waste your breath ○ ne gaspille pas ta salive ○ ; it's the breath of life to him c'est toute sa vie ; to say sth under one's breath dire qch à voix basse ; to laugh under one's breath rire sous cape. -
2 smell
(a) (notice an odour of) sentir;∎ to smell gas sentir le gaz, American sentir le gaz ou l'essence;∎ I can smell (something) burning (je trouve que) ça sent le brûlé;∎ she smelt or she could smell alcohol on his breath elle s'aperçut que son haleine sentait l'alcool∎ to smell a rat flairer quelque chose de louche∎ she smelt the cream to see if it was fresh elle a senti la crème pour voir si elle était fraîche(a) (have odour) sentir;∎ to smell good or sweet sentir bon;∎ to smell bad sentir mauvais;∎ it smells musty ça sent le renfermé;∎ that soup smells delicious! cette soupe sent délicieusement bon!;∎ what does it smell of or like? qu'est-ce que ça sent?;∎ it smells of lavender ça sent la lavande;∎ it smells like lavender on dirait de la lavande;∎ figurative to smell of treachery/hypocrisy sentir la trahison/l'hypocrisie;∎ familiar to smell fishy sembler louche□(b) (have bad odour) sentir (mauvais);∎ it smells (awful) in here! ça pue ici!;∎ his breath smells il a mauvaise haleine;∎ the dog smells le chien sent mauvais ou pue∎ he can't smell il n'a pas d'odorat;∎ you smell with your nose le nez sert à sentir3 noun∎ he has no sense of smell il n'a pas d'odorat;∎ I've lost my sense of smell j'ai perdu l'odorat;∎ to have a keen sense of smell avoir le nez fin; (dog etc) avoir beaucoup de flair(b) (odour) odeur f; (of flowers, fruit) parfum m; (bad odour) mauvaise odeur f; (stench) puanteur f;∎ there's a bad smell ça sent mauvais;∎ what's that smell? quelle est cette odeur?;∎ there's a strong smell of gas in here il y a une forte odeur de gaz ici;∎ there was a smell of burning in the kitchen il y avait une odeur de brûlé dans la cuisine;∎ the smell of onions cooking l'odeur f d'oignons qui cuisent;∎ there was a lovely smell of lavender ça sentait bon la lavande;∎ it has no smell ça n'a pas d'odeur;∎ natural gas has no smell le gaz naturel n'a pas d'odeur ou est inodore;∎ what an awful smell! qu'est-ce que ça sent mauvais!;∎ figurative the smell of defeat/fear l'odeur f de la défaite/de la peur;∎ figurative I don't like the smell of this at all ça ne me plaît pas du tout, c'est louche∎ to have or take a smell of sth sentir qch, renifler qch;∎ have a smell of this sentez-moi ça(a) (of dog) dénicher en flairant; figurative (of person) découvrir, dépister; (secret, conspiracy) découvrir(b) his cigarettes are smelling the office out ses cigarettes empestent ou empuantissent le bureau -
3 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: -
4 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].
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