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smell bad
your mouth stink

you smell nice today
kutheni uxoka

if you do smell it, find the cause at once.
ukuba ngaba uyuliva ivumba, fumana isizathu sokubukho kwalo.

there might even be a smell of earth and herbage.
kungabakho nevumba lomhlaba kwakunye notyani.

in cases of overheating, there is often a distinctive smell.
kwiimeko zobushushu obungaphezulu, kunokunuka okwahlukileyo.

this prevents the heat, smell or gases from penetrating into adjacent compartments.
oku kukhusela ubushushu, ivumba okanye iirhasi ezikufako olukumelwano lwekhompathimenti.

cable which is not properly cleaned will soon advertise itself by its smell.
intsontelo yentsimbi engacocwanga kakuhle ingazithengisa ngokwayo ngokucenga kwayo.

they have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
zineendlebe nje, aziva; zineempumlo nje, azisezeli.

a dirty engine will smell all the time, thereby hiding this indication of trouble.
i-injini emdaka iza kunuka ngalo lonke ixesha, ngoko ifihla umqondiso wenkathazo.

i hate, i despise your feast days, and i will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
ndiyithiyile, ndiyayicekisa imithendeleko yenu; andilisezeli ivumba lengqungquthela.

whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
umntu osukuba enze esinjengaso, ukuba asijoje, wonqanyulwa, angabikho ebantwini bakowabo.

the absence of any smell of petrol when standing up in the engine compartment is no guarantee of freedom from this vapour.
ukungabikho kwevumba lepetroli xa imileyo kwikhompathimenti ye-injini akuqinisekisi inkululeko kulo mphunga.

as the ship approaches a bend in a canal or river there will be a tendency for the bows to smell the ground on the outer bank.
njengokuba inqanawa isondela kwigophe emjelweni okanye emlanjeni kubakho isiqhelo sokuba isiphelo somphambili sigudle umhlaba kwicala kudonga olungaphandle.

again any tendency to 'smell' the inner bank may be overcome by the outward pressure of the current on the stern.
kwakhona nasiphina isiqhelo sokweyama emgangathweni womphakathi wedonga lenqanawa ngoxinezelelo lomsinga kumva wenqanawa.

dagga smoke has a distinctive smell and a do who has never encountered this particular drug, should arrange for a demonstration by the sap or naval police in order to learn to recognise the smell.
umsi wentsangu unevumba elohlukileyo kwaye ido engazange yadibana nesisiyobisi mayicwangcise umboniso yisap okanye amapolisa omkhosi ukuze bazofunda ukwazi ivumba elo.

the fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
umkhiwane ukrwala amakhiwane awo, imidiliya ityatyambile, itsho ngevumba elimnandi. suk’ ume, wethu, nzwakazi yam, uze.

how fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
azi kuhle ukuncokolisa kwakho, dade wethu mtshakazi! azi kumnandi ukuncokolisa kwakho ngaphezu kwewayini, nevumba lamafutha akho ngaphezu kobulawu buphelele!

i said, i will go up to the palm tree, i will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
ndathi, ndiya kuminya emthini wesundu; ndiya kubambelela emagqabini awo; amabele akho makabe njengezihloko zomdiliya, nevumba lempumlo yakho libe njengeeapile;

but i have all, and abound: i am full, having received of epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to god.
ke ndinezinto zonke nje, ndityebile, ndihluthi, ndizamkele nje kuepafrodito izinto ezavela kuni: ivumba elimnandi, umbingelelo owamkelekileyo, okholekileyo kakuhle kuye uthixo.

compartments in which heat, smells or harmful gases are produced.
ikhompathimenti apho kukho ubushushu, ivumba okanye ukwenzakalisa irhasi kuye kwenzeke.