I. adjective
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an alcoholic drink (= containing alcohol )
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Beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks will be available.
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■ NOUN
beverage
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Whether consumed in the form of beer, wine or spirits, alcoholic beverages give pleasure to many millions.
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The license limit has prevented retail chains from selling alcoholic beverages at all but a handful of locations.
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About 40% of alcoholic beverages sold through retail outlets was spirits and 45% was beer in 1989.
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The San Francisco-based trade organization reports that 21 states have an outright ban on out-of-state shipments of alcoholic beverages .
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It totally forbade the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages .
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Meanwhile, other researchers were focusing on red wine, rather than on all alcoholic beverages .
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However, glass containers, alcoholic beverages , firearms, pets and barbecue grills are prohibited.
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California has required health warnings on all alcoholic beverages and in all premises that sell alcohol.
drink
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I knew of no virtues except truthfulness, obedience, self-sacrifice, total abstinence from alcoholic drinks ....
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It now appears that daily consumption of one or two standard alcoholic drinks reduces the risk of heart disease.
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Certain religions may prohibit particular types of food, alcoholic drink or restrict dress.
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All alcoholic drinks and telephone calls will be charged as taken. 4.
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Absorption can be slowed a bit, but not much, if alcoholic drink is taken with food.
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How much do you know about alcoholic drinks ? 1.
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This research will be extended by examining 10- to 16-year olds' perceptions of advertisements for alcoholic drinks .
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I am not sure how they reconciled that situation, since the Methodists were very much against alcoholic drink .
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alcoholic beverages
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John lives his life in an alcoholic haze.
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About 15 percent admit to having drunk more than five alcoholic beverages in a row during the previous two weeks.
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But discretion was difficult in his alcoholic state.
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How do you know if you are alcoholic ?
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In this interpretation, Benjamin has been tainted by his relationship with Mrs Robinson and her alcoholic self-loathing.
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The store was cited four times for selling alcoholic beverages to minors during a three-year period that began in 1994.
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Then it was one thing after another, his obese stage, his alcoholic stage.
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They develop in about 10% of patients with acute alcoholic pancreatitis.
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Well the good news is that red wine is not the only alcoholic drink that may protect against heart disease.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
chronic
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Drunks would be laid off immediately, and could only return when sober. Chronic alcoholics were fired.
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The sleep patterns of chronic alcoholics are usually quite abnormal.
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Even after chronic alcoholics give up booze, their sleep problems may not end.
■ VERB
recover
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Now he's sober, well-behaved and, like most recovering alcoholics , will be obsessed with his own preservation and well-being.
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Along with housewives whose personal needs were swamped by the family, there were recovering alcoholics grateful for acceptance.
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chronic alcoholic/gambler etc
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All the results found in studies on non-alcoholic subjects may not hold true for chronic alcoholic patients.
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Clearly a study needs to be done with chronic alcoholic patients.
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Even after chronic alcoholics give up booze, their sleep problems may not end.
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The sleep patterns of chronic alcoholics are usually quite abnormal.
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There are no studies on the acute effect of alcohol intake on gastric acid secretion in chronic alcoholic patients.
closet homosexual/alcoholic etc
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I usually have a drink or two after work, but I don't think I'm an alcoholic .
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Many alcoholics do not realize that they have a problem until it is too late.
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Another inspiring figure was Keith Chegwin, who also showed great courage by admitting on television that he is an alcoholic .
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But it will not tell addiction professionals how to deal better with addicts and alcoholics.
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By 1933 his career was over and he was broke and an alcoholic .
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Fat droplet accumulation in acinar cells has been observed as the earliest morphologic alteration in the pancreas of alcoholics.
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It says Exxon recklessly contributed to the accident by knowingly placing an alcoholic in command of the supertanker.
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She was like a cured alcoholic who finds he can take a drink without again becoming addicted.
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Those who hung around bars after work all night were either singles or alcoholics.