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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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air
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Urquhart glanced into the looming trees and smelt the wintry air .
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He smelt the warm air from the moor, and watched the little white clouds in the blue sky.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And also with horror, for she had never sat close to men who smelt before.
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He smelt of outdoors and of secret barley sugar.
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His hands smelt strongly of perfumed soap.
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It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests.
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She smelt of dried flowers and pepper.
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The room was warm and smelt musty.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And also with horror, for she had never sat close to men who smelt before.
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He smelt of outdoors and of secret barley sugar.
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He thoroughly understood the operations of copper smelting.
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His hands smelt strongly of perfumed soap.
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It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests.
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She smelt of dried flowers and pepper.
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Telecom and smelting shares pulled down the broader Topix index of all shares on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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The room was warm and smelt musty.