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Lesson 33 – Taste
Let’s begin this lesson by looking at the commonly confused words taste and flavor.
The word taste is often used as a verb, so you can say that a food tastes good or tastes bad. If you want
to be a little more extreme in your description, you can say that a food tastes divine/heavenly (for an
extremely good taste) or tastes gross/disgusting (for an extremely bad taste).
Another expression is “it tastes funny” – that means it tastes unusual, with a negative connotation. For
example, “This milk tastes funny – it might be past its expiration date.” It’s very common to say that
something tastes like something else: “I had frog’s legs once – they tasted like chicken.”
The word flavor is typically used as a noun. We can say something has a nutty, fruity, cheesy, minty, or
salty flavor to compare the flavor to another food (nuts, fruit, cheese, etc.) You can also use the word
taste as a noun – for example: “This wine has a fruity taste / fruity flavor.”
Flavors or tastes can also be described by category, or by the sensation they cause in your mouth – a
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