work because of its powerful nose,and ability to follow smells.The Beagle Brigade's job is to smell everything that comes into the country.They make officers notice illegal(非法的)fruits,vegetables,and other foods in luggage or in mail.The beagles do the job far better than any human could...
A linking verb is a verb like to be, to feel, to seem, or to taste that, rather than describing an action, helps to describe a state of being or a sensory experience. That cow sure is happy. It smells gross in the locker room. Driving is faster than walking. Degrees of adjectives...
A tulip is a bulbous plant that flowers in the spring. Tulips belong to the lily family and are comprised of about 80 different varieties. Native to Asia, the garden tulip first gained popularity in Holland, where commercially grown tulips became a large Dutch industry and is still considered ...
Despite many misinterpretations of the fruit being inedible,the fruit is edible but is not commonly consumeddue to its unpalatable features such as the bitter flavor and unpleasant latex-like liquid that can irritate the skin. What smells do spiders hate?
San Franciscans could not understand how the newcomers could hunt and eat squirrels(松鼠) and stray dogs; the Indochinese(印度支那人) could not understand why San Franciscans did not— a classic case of the same object (in this case, dogs) having different cultural meanings. Even within our...
Action verbs that refer to mental actions are a bit trickier. At first glance, many of these verbs may not seem like action verbs at all. However, all of these verbs can still refer to things that a person can do. Rather than physical activities, these verbs refer to actions that you ...
I don’t like baths, but this was worse. When we got out of the van there were hundreds of dogs just milling around, in what would have been a nice park if the squirrels hadn’t already high-tailed it out of there. I heard someone call it a “reunion” but I didn’t know a ...
I like the flavor of the American black walnut. This is what is used to make black walnut ice cream, which has a really rich, distinctive flavor. Some people say that it tastes like dirt, but I say that it tastes like the air smells after a good rain. It has a very earthy flavor...
I wish I could sleep without the phone, I really do, and I wish all the phones in the world would disappear. I prayed and even clutched that little Oaxacan Jesus the one that still smells like cedar and incense and myrrh. I watched a program about the richest families in the world,...
Bad smells and odd odors in your home can indicate anything from minor problems to serious health hazards.