nose

[nəuz] 1. n

nos m; (of aircraft) dziób m; (of car) przód m

2. vi

(also: nose one's way) sunąć powoli

to follow one's nose — (go straight ahead) iść (pójść perf) prosto przed siebie; (be guided by instinct) zdawać się (zdać perf) się na wyczucie

it gets up my nose (inf) — to mnie wkurza (inf)

to have a (good) nose for sth — mieć (dobrego) nosa do czegoś

to keep one's nose clean (inf) — nie mieszać się w nic

to look down one's nose at sb/sth (inf) — nie mieć o kimś/czymś wysokiego mniemania

to pay through the nose (for sth) (inf) — zapłacić (perf) kupę pieniędzy (za coś) (inf)

to rub sb's nose in sth (inf) — wypominać komuś coś

to turn one's nose up at sth (inf) — gardzić (wzgardzić perf) czymś

under sb's nose — pod czyimś nosem

Phrasal Verbs:

- nose about

- nose around

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[nəuz] 1. noun

1) (the part of the face by which people and animals smell and usually breathe: She held the flower to her nose; He punched the man on the nose.) nos

2) (the sense of smell: Police dogs have good noses and can follow criminals' trails.) węch

3) (the part of anything which is like a nose in shape or position: the nose of an aeroplane.) nos

2. verb

1) (to make a way by pushing carefully forward: The ship nosed (its way) through the ice.) torować sobie drogę

2) (to look or search as if by smelling: He nosed about (in) the cupboard.) węszyć

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- -nosed

- nosey
- nosy
- nosily
- nosiness
- nose-bag
- nosedive
- nose job 3. verb

(to make such a dive: Suddenly the plane nosedived.) pikować

- follow one's nose

- lead by the nose
- nose out
- pay through the nose
- turn up one's nose at
- under a person's very nose
- under very nose
- under a person's nose
- under nose