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THE 5 SENSES (2)

12 / 03 / 2013

THE 5 SENSES (2): meaning and examples

Good morning!

Today we will look at some verbs used to talk about the sense of smell.

Today's Sense-Verb Expressions are
to smell like NOUN
to smell ADJECTIVE

They mean: to have an odour that is similar to something else or to have a particular odour.

Example 1:
Ann: Yuck! It smells like rotten eggs in here. What is it?
Michael: Oh sorry. I was doing some chemistry experiments and I spilled some sulphur.

Example 2:
Everybody thinks that babies smell nice. I think it is because they smell like powder. It's a nice clean smell. 

Example 3:
The air smells like the sea today. It smells salty.

Tomorrow we will look at the sense of sound.

Enjoy your day!