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SNIFF

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sniff I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a smârcâi, a trage aerul pe nas;

to sniff at smth. a adulmeca / a mirosi ceva.

2. (fig.) a pufni pe / din nas, a-şi arăta dispreţul;

to sniff at a dish a strâmba din nas la o mâncare;

the offer is not to be sniffed at propunerea / oferta nu e de dispreţuit / de aruncat.

sniff I. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a mirosi, a adulmeca, a trage pe nas împreună cu aerul, a aspira (pe nas);

to sniff a bottle of salts a trage pe nas săruri dintr-o sticluţă.

2. (fig.) a mirosi, a simţi (un pericol).

3. a trage pe nas, a priza (tutun);

(med.) to be sniffed up the nostrils pentru a fi aspirat pe nări.

sniff II. substantiv

1. smârcâire, tragere de aer pe nas;

to get a sniff of fresh air a aspira / a trage aer proaspăt pe nas.

2. miros, adulmecare; percepere.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

How was he to know that this thing that sniffed was a thing at which to bristle?

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Don't cry, child, it worries me to hear people sniff.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“You drew back and came forward with your eyes upon my book there, like the mouse who sniffs the cheese and yet dreads the trap.”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Again I sniffed.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

He sniffed the bodies curiously.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

In the meantime I will do a little quiet work at your own doors, and perhaps the scent is not so cold but that two old hounds like Watson and myself may get a sniff of it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was strangely stirred, and sniffed and sniffed with an increasing delight.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

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