"smell" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

smell verbo

smell + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 70
smell smoke • smell blood • smell one's perfume • smell a rat • smell salts • smell the odor • smell the scent • smell one's breath • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(1) smoke, marijuana, cigarette
Kolokacji: 3
(2) blood, flesh, hair, skin
Kolokacji: 4
(4) rat, shit
Kolokacji: 2
(5) salt, cinnamon
Kolokacji: 2
(7) fear, sweat, trouble
Kolokacji: 3
(10) water, urine, vomit
Kolokacji: 3
(11) thing, bread, money
Kolokacji: 3
(12) death, decay, mildew
Kolokacji: 3
(13) rain, snow
Kolokacji: 2
(14) oil, sulfur
Kolokacji: 2
(15) fire, cooking, rank
Kolokacji: 3
(16) wood, coffee
Kolokacji: 2
(17) victory, profit
Kolokacji: 2
(18) distance, weakness
Kolokacji: 2
1. smell distance = zapach odległość smell distance
2. smell weakness = słabość zapachu smell weakness
  • These terrorists smell weakness like a pack of wolves; the only thing they respect is armed force.
  • It's the old political story: When people smell weakness in a candidate, they go after him.
  • Cersei could smell weakness the way a dog smells f ear.
  • America's enemies smelled weakness all over us, and we paid a huge price for that.
  • If you die without an heir, the Campbells will smell weakness.
  • Kids may be able to smell weakness, but they're also better at responding to humans than robots.
  • Sweets had smelled Duke's sickness and weakness; Duke was in no mood for any struggle now.
  • The politicians can smell weakness, and they're starting to distance themselves from his positions.
  • Like voters, the Justices smell weakness, and respect strength.
  • "They're like rats that eat their own young if they smell weakness in the litter."
(19) gunpowder, cordite, chemical
Kolokacji: 3
(20) onion, garlic
Kolokacji: 2
(21) woodsmoke
Kolokacji: 1
(22) rose, jasmine
Kolokacji: 2
(23) flower, honeysuckle
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + smell
Kolokacji: 4
begin to smell • start smelling • report smelling • stop smelling
smell + preposición
Kolokacji: 16
smell out • smell of • smell from • smell on • smell in • ...
smell + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 63
smell good • smell bad • smell sweet • smell faintly • smell fresh • smell strongly • ...

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