When a person drinks alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed by the stomach, enters the bloodstream, and goes to all the tissues. The effects of alcohol are dependent on a variety of factors, including a personâs size, weight, age and sex, as well as the amount of food and alcohol consumed.
Definition of quagmire for English Language Learners. : 1  an area of soft, wet ground. : 2  a situation that is hard to deal with or get out of : a situation that is full of problems.
A bog is a mire that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant materialâoften mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, quagmire, and muskeg; alkaline mires are called fens.ater flowing out of bogs has a characteristic brown colour, which comes from dissolved peat tannins. In general, the low fertility and cool climate results in relatively slow plant growth, but decay is even slower owing to the saturated soil. Hence peat accumulates.