garlic
part of speech
noun (garlic — uncountable; a clove of garlic, a bulb of garlic)
meaning for a pupil
A plant like a small onion with a strong smell and taste, used to flavour food; its bulb splits into parts called cloves. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it is one of the Egyptian foods the Israelites complained they missed in the desert. Interpretation: Tradition sees the complaint as ungrateful, longing for slave-food over freedom and manna. In the primary lessons: In cooking and everyday life, garlic flavours pasta, bread and many dishes. In science, garlic is a bulb that grows underground, like an onion. In stories and myths, garlic keeps vampires away. Phrases: «a clove of garlic», «garlic bread», «crush garlic».
examples
- We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dad chopped two cloves of garlic for the sauce. tree →
- I love garlic bread. tree →
- Garlic has a very strong smell. tree →
- We planted garlic cloves in the garden. tree →
- In old stories, garlic keeps vampires away. tree →
- Her breath smelled of garlic after dinner. tree →
- Garlic is bad for dogs, so don't feed it to them. tree →
note
Uncountable: «some garlic», «a clove of garlic», «a bulb (head) of garlic» — not «a garlic». Garlic and onion are toxic to dogs and cats. Vampires are not real.
In the corpora
- The moonrat smells strongly of garlic or onion, and despite its name it is not a rat but a cousin of the hedgehog.
- Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, salt and xylitol sweetener can make pets very ill.
- Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, salt and xylitol sweetener can make pets very ill, so pets eat their own food.
- Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, very salty food and the sweetener xylitol can make pets very ill.
Trees and pragmatics
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