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I slept at ten o’clock last night.
I went to bed at ten o’clock last night. sleep = be asleep: ‘Nurse Burnley works all night and sleeps all day.’ go to bed = get into bed at the end of the day: ‘After dinner I had a hot bath and then went to bed.’ 2
I started sleeping and didn’t wake up till the next morning.
I fell asleep and didn’t wake up till the next morning. After showing the conductor my ticket, I started sleeping again.
After showing the conductor my ticket, I went back to sleep. go to sleep or fall asleep = enter a state of unconsciousness, especially so that your mind and body can rest: ‘As soon as I started to read her a story, she went to sleep.’ go back to sleep or fall asleep again = go to sleep again: ‘The alarm clock rang at 7.45 but I just turned over and went back to sleep.’ smell 1
You can feel the smell of the fish a mile away.
You can smell the fish a mile away. I could feel the smell of his cigar all over the house.
I could smell his cigar all over the house. smell sth (NOT feel the smell of ): ‘I can smell something burning.’ Compare: ‘The whole house smelled of his cigar.’ See Note at FEEL 2 smile She smiled to me as if she knew me.
She smiled at me as if she knew me. smile at sb (NOT to ) : ‘For many parents the biggest thrill is when their baby first smiles at them.’
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smoke People eventually get ill from inhaling the smokes.