A strange expression crossed John Arabia's face. John Arabia has a strange expression on his face.
The Oxford Advanced English-Chinese Learning Dictionary defines "coming" as: influencing someone. Over means covering, and the whole sentence presents a dynamic effect and is more vivid.
Another example: she felt ashamed.
She felt ashamed.
A great sense of happiness flooded her mind.
She has a strong sense of happiness.
Knowing this expression, there is no need to use such a simple word as he is happy/sad!
When Fern heard that his father was going to throw away the pig, he ran outside to chase after his father. The outdoor scene is "the grass is wet and the earth smells of spring." .
The sense of smell here is a verb, but it does not refer to the "smell" that we are most familiar with. "Our smell" is a phrase which means "our smell". When using this phrase, the subject is the subject of smell, and the object of of is the taste itself.
In the following, when Mr. Arabul came home with a wooden cardboard box for pigs, breakfast was ready at home. The author used the words "the kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, wet plaster and wood smoke from the stove". Breakfast was placed on the kitchen table, and the whole room smelled of coffee, bacon, wet plaster and smoke from the stove.