Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate ((Unit 9: Basic concepts))


Taste and smell

More taste and smell collocations

  • Mateo: Quinn, do you think this cheese is bad? It has a strong smell. Have a taste, tell me what you think.
  • Quinn: Hmm. Let me have a smell … mm … When did you buy it? It smells off1 to me.
  • Julia: There was an overpowering stink coming from the river today as I drove over the bridge. It always gives off a smell in the hot weather but this was dreadful.
  • Austin: Yes, I passed there the other day. It’s a revolting stench2. The pollution is getting worse and worse.
  • Chris: Do I detect a whiff3 of perfume? Are you meeting someone special tonight?
  • Lillian: It’s none of your business!

1 no longer fresh or good to eat because of being too old
2 Stench is a stronger, more extreme word than stink. Revolting means extremely unpleasant, disgusting.
3 slight smell

- Lesson 45: B. Negative collocations connected with smells and tastes - Lesson 45: D. Smell and taste: metaphorical collocations


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