lesson 11 Not guilty

The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings.
hardened converted to solid form(as concrete) 有经验的

All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess.
dreadful exceptionally bad or displeasing

He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.
pounce make down on as if in an attack

sarcastically
sarcastically讽刺的 挖苦的

officious
officious爱管闲事的

exempt
exempt被免除的

hair gel 发胶

The Officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious marks on my baggage.