Meaning of smell a fox | Babel Free
Examples
“Lang.: A ghost ? Where, my lord ?—I smell⟳ a fox.”
“Aſter the Porcupine had liſtened a while to his deceitful Arguments, he made this Reply⟳ to the enſnaring Beguiler, Methinks I ſmell a Fox, keep⟳ at a Diſtance; your eloquent Flouriſhes have⟳ made no Impreſſions upon me.”
“[…]when, hearing a little titter in the neighbouring ſchool room, he began to ſmell a fox, and dreſſing him-ſelf again, with a malignant determination of better note⟳ for the future […]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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