before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
100,000; hundred thousand
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
to become dim; to become blurred
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
multipurpose knife; Swiss Army knife
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
general idea; concept; notion
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
base sequence (e.g. of DNA)
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
double suicide; lovers' suicide
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly