I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a drink of water
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He asked for a drink of water.
a drinking companion (= someone you go out with to drink alcohol )
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George was out again with his drinking companions.
a drinks cupboard British English (= for drinks, especially alcoholic ones )
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He went to the drinks cupboard and poured a whisky.
a drunken/drunk driver (= who has drunk too much alcohol )
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Her husband was killed by a drunken driver.
binge drinking
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Binge drinking is an increasing problem among young people.
Could I interest you in a drink/dessert etc? (= used as a polite way of offering someone a drink etc )
dead drunk
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He came home dead drunk in the middle of the night.
drink coffee
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I don’t often drink coffee.
drink milk
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Drinking milk keeps your bones strong.
drink tea
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Susan sank into her chair and drank her tea.
drinking chocolate
drinking fountain
drinking water (= water that you can drink safely )
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There is no source of drinking water on the island.
drinking water
drinks machine
drinks party
drink/smoke heavily
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Paul was drinking heavily by then.
drive sb to drink (= make someone so annoyed or upset that they depend on alcohol )
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His problems had almost driven him to drink.
drunk and disorderly
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Bell denied being drunk and disorderly .
drunk driving
drunk tank
eat/drink soup
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We chatted as we ate our spinach soup.
eating/drinking habits (= the kinds of things you eat or drink regularly )
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You need to change your eating habits.
excessive drinking (= drinking too much alcohol )
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Your excessive drinking has to stop.
fixed...drink
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Terry fixed herself a cold drink and sat out on the balcony.
good to eat/drink
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They have to learn which wild foods are good to eat.
Heavy drinking
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Heavy drinking during pregnancy can damage your baby.
hopeless romantic/materialist/drunk etc
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She was a hopeless romantic, always convinced that one day she would meet the man of her dreams.
invite...for a drink
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Why don’t you invite her for a drink at the club one evening?
isotonic drink
owe sb a drink/letter etc
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I owe Shaun a letter; I must write soon.
pour...drink
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Why don’t you pour yourself another drink ?
safe to use/drink/eat etc
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The water is treated to make it safe to drink.
soft drink
turn to drink/crime/drugs etc
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addicts who turn to crime to finance their habit
under the influence of alcohol/drink/drugs etc
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He was accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
heavily
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I felt them, if I was in the same position, I would probably drink heavily as well.
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They drank heavily and talked loudly.
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Although I used to enjoy a drink , I started really drinking heavily after he died.
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They report he appears to be drinking heavily , and occasionally shows up plastered at the office.
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Our sole companion had been drinking heavily , with inevitable consequences.
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What was becoming evident was that he was drinking heavily .
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He drinks heavily the night before his death and retires to his bed chamber.
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It was just too painful, for as she later told George Putnam, Bill Stultz spent the day drinking heavily .
never
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And what really annoyed me was that he never drank and certainly didn't go a bundle on gambling.
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They are never drunk one day and good for nothing the next.
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I never drink anything out of a can and hardly ever eat anything tinned, either.
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He never drank alcohol, coffee or tea, since he deplored the consumption of substances that have mind-altering qualities.
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Len wasn't there, and the man who was would never drink a cup of tea again.
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There were followers of Dionysus who never drank wine at all.
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Well, she'd certainly learned one lesson from last night - she'd never drink again!
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Her beauty and her talk still attracted anyone she wished for company, and she never drank when she painted.
■ NOUN
alcohol
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I also smoke, but at least I don't drink much alcohol .
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The President, who drinks very little alcohol , sipped his favorite cocktail, a weak orange blossom.
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Fred craves meat, smokes but doesn't drink alcohol .
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The volunteers who drank alcohol contracted fewer colds during the study period than did the volunteers who drank no alcohol.
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He never drank alcohol , coffee or tea, since he deplored the consumption of substances that have mind-altering qualities.
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It may be added, of course, that most of those who drink alcohol do not commit offences of violence thereafter.
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There are also mice that become energized and active after drinking alcohol , and their opposites that become lethargic.
beer
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Stalin sat at the table, drinking a can of beer .
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Quit your whining and drink another beer .
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Roberts told the police that he had drunk five cans of beer .
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We built a great fire in the outdoor fireplace and roasted the steak, drank the beer , and talked.
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Jed could see them from the car, drinking beers and swapping jokes.
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During the season, Favre appealed to the league, requesting the chance to drink a beer or two after a game.
bottle
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It was not unusual for him, unaided, to drink two bottles of wine in as many hours.
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Meanwhile, he was passed out in his room, having drunk an entire bottle of Scotch alone.
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They ate out there too and drank one of the bottles of wine they had brought.
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Into the picture walked a man drinking from a quart bottle of beer partially concealed in a brown paper bag.
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Tam drank , lowered the bottle , and examined the contents.
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She drank from bottles hidden in the bathroom, in the closet, or under the bed.
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They drank the whole bottle in perfect accord.
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She was sitting at her desk in the living room, fiddling with a pencil and drinking from a bottle of beer.
coffee
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I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked, so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea.
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A man sitting in his undershirt, drinking coffee , said yes, they had a bed.
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We drank evening coffee with them.
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In stern parental terms he told Uncle Allen he would ruin his health by drinking coffee .
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They sat there drinking coffee and looking at the Glovers with detached interest.
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I ate my roll and drank my coffee while all sorts of anxieties roiled in my brain.
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Then there was a long pause during which Sophie drank her coffee and avoided looking at her companion.
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She drank the burned coffee as she waited for the Percodan to take.
cup
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The prison doctor refused unless she agreed to drink a cup of tea and eat a piece of bread and butter.
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Peter routinely drank four or five cups of coffee before a round and he flew around the course.
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She drank from a cup so transparently delicate that its contents could be seen right through the patterned china.
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We stretch out our tired legs and drink cups of tea we have brought up from the pantry.
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Out of interest I drank a cup of coffee and watched the pulse zoom up.
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She was just drinking a second cup of coffee when Julius walked through the doorway.
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It is said that pregnant women were assured a smooth delivery when they drank from his cup , hence his patronage.
glass
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Adam decided to hold back Miranda's bombshell until later, after Elinor drank her evening glass of champagne.
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The lowest death rate was among people who drank 2-5 glasses of beer a day.
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After I drank my second glass of blackberry wine, I was no longer angry at Polly for coming home.
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We drank claret out of large glasses .
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Of course, if you drink two glasses , double the number of units shown.
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Some nights she drank three glasses of wine.
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Apart from the single ecstasy dose, she believed she had drunk only a glass of wine that night.
health
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They filed up the hill in the moonlight and danced solemnly around it, then kneeled and drank to their eternal health .
lot
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They didn't know that if you have ecstasy you should drink a lot of water because of the risk of heat exhaustion.
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I drink a lot of coffee in the morning.
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He had been drinking a lot of beer, but he says he heard cries.
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Me and Albert, we used to like to drink a lot .
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He drank a lot of milk.
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I started drinking a lot more water and I ate more fish.
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She drank a lot of wine for a small girl, and enjoyed it.
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I drink a lot of water or else I would snack a lot.
milk
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They were in the kitchen, where Hannele had been drinking milk when he returned.
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It may be black or green tea flavoured with jasmine flowers, is very fragrant and is always drunk without milk .
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They drank powdered milk instead of fresh.
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I was frequently sick through being forced to drink rancid milk that had been left standing in the playground for hours.
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It was with great difficulty that they were able to coax him to drink a little milk .
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This is hardly surprising, bearing in mind that no other adult animal naturally drinks milk .
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I tell my son to drink his milk .
pint
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Apparently, he drinks two pints of milk and, as soon as he feels drowsy, he drinks two pints of orange juice.
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Petersburg Times, drank a pint of gin a day.
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Apparently, he drinks two pints of milk and, as soon as he feels drowsy, he drinks two pints of orange juice.
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He said he had drunk eight to 10 pints of lager and some vodka and tonic, the court was told.
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On a Friday night he would drink a pint of lemonade at the bar.
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One member of the team must drink a pint of beer at the start and consume another four on the way.
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The court was told the airman had drunk seventeen pints of beer.
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Alcoholic Geoffrey Frederick Gregory was drinking up to 12 pints a day back in 1979.
tea
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Well, I've drunk my tea now.
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He always drank tea in the morning, and she, suffering from an ulcer, always drank hot chocolate.
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We sat by the dining-room fire drinking our hot tea .
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We stretch out our tired legs and drink cups of tea we have brought up from the pantry.
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She went downstairs, and sat cold and lonely in the kitchen, drinking hot tea .
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Nearly everyone, however, even on casual Friday, is drinking soda or tea during the lunch hour.
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After dinner he sat down beside the fire and drank his tea .
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These new findings about caffeine explain some of the ordinary experiences of drinking coffee, tea , and other caffeinated beverages.
water
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They gave him fortified water to drink .
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He could sail this water drunk and blindfolded.
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For instance, Oggie puts one or both feet into his water bowl when he drinks .
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But indeed he had used all his water , including his drinking supply, and had no food.
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The ant had brought him water and as he drank the ant spoke of Urizen and Lucifer.
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Wine was carefully mixed with water , because drinking undiluted wine was considered barbaric.
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And taking a bath in very hot water after you drink it.
wine
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Next evening, I was drinking his wine .
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I drink red wine and heat a pita bread on the gas burner and wrap it around alfalfa sprouts or green linguine.
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Take a little tour in our beautiful country - sit in the sunshine - drink some wine .
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There was nobody telling us what to do; nobody sitting around drinking palm wine and demanding dinner.
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She'd drunk plenty of wine before, for heaven's sake.
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The old man was drinking wine .
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As we drank our wine , Pumblechook reminded me of the happy times he and I had spent together during my childhood.
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To see a starvIng man eating lobster salad and drinking Rhine wine , barefooted and in tatters, was curious.
■ VERB
eat
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How can we eat and drink when our poor brothers starve?
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I ate my roll and drank my coffee while all sorts of anxieties roiled in my brain.
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They all ate and drank , and celebrated the end of the sheep-shearing by singing their favourite songs.
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We don't know how he died, but presumably it was something he ate or drank .
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The others we decided to eat and drink ourselves.
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If that were so, no one would ever eat or drink to excess.
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The hostesses keep a record of what they eat , and the drinking is easily accounted for.
like
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Mum is a fire sign and water just puts her right out-she doesn't even like to drink it.
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Me and Albert, we used to like to drink a lot.
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World champions took matches much less frequently and in between Lynch liked to drink .
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Don Casey likes to drink espresso and talk politics.
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Nowadays he liked nothing better than drinking rather too much with journalists, and chewing the fat.
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Florence liked to drink and laugh as Margarett did, and eventually the two became lovers.
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He asked what they would like to drink and they asked for coffee, declining his offer of liqueurs.
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What would you like to drink ?
sit
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They sat there drinking coffee and looking at the Glovers with detached interest.
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For the most part, its patrons sat silently and drank darkly.
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Dave Henderson, general manager of both magazines explained: People think we sit around drinking Jack Daniel's all day.
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We sat there and drank the wine.
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Amanda came back wearing a tee-shirt and black leggings, made herself a large gin and tonic, sat down and drank .
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He sat drinking , trying to writhe free.
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We sat and drank before a smouldering fire while he conversed.
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The three of us sat down to drink our coffee.
smoke
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None of the New College group are chain-\#smoking or drinking coffee, but there is still an authentic atmosphere.
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Similarly, parents instruct their children not to smoke or drink , yet the parents may engage in those activities themselves.
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During the test periods subjects were instructed not to smoke or eat anything but drank water ad libitum.
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I lived on fast food, I smoked , I drank , I did drugs.
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He smokes and he drinks a lot of beer.
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Subjects who normally smoked or drank were allowed to continue doing so throughout their quarantine.
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Parker smoked and drank his beer and it was not nearly so bad as he had first supposed.
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Men also smoke more, drink more, and take more life-threatening risks.
start
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And you're not to start drinking that nasty whisky again.
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One month after we returned to New York, he started drinking again.
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Although I used to enjoy a drink , I started really drinking heavily after he died.
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Once the formalities were dispensed with, it was time to start drinking .
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At the very least, she started drinking then.
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About a year before, I start drinking a little at parties.
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Then I really started drinking heavily.
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Then, I start drinking too much at parties.
stop
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Some nights he'd hit the vodka bottle and I'd be crying and begging him to stop drinking .
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I may not stop for food or drink .
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The only way you can stop yourself drinking it is to lecture the world about how bad it is.
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He had even tried to stop drinking a couple of times for me, though of course it never lasted.
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If you find it difficult to stop drinking altogether, try to cut down as much as possible.
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Customers stopping by to drink coffee and check on the markets screen found themselves locked out.
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Granny-Liz would always stop fanning herself to drink up a glass of iced water.
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Another related a story about a friend who got pregnant unintentionally while drunk and only then was compelled to stop drinking.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be meat and drink to sb
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These figures are heroes to conservatives for their espousal of policies that are meat and drink to the right, especially abortion.
being drunk and disorderly
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Mr. Bell denied being drunk and disorderly and denied being in breach of the bail condition.
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Once, in about 1985 I think, for being drunk and disorderly.
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Reportedly, two Houston police officers arrested a black woman for being drunk and disorderly.
blind drunk
drink/laugh/scare etc yourself silly
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Well, I laughed myself silly .
drinking horn/powder horn etc
drunk on/with sth
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We were drunk with freedom.
eat/drink your fill
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Here the nomads water their flocks and the horses drink their fill when the tourists have dismounted.
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I stopped at some blackberry bushes and ate my fill .
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Menelaus gave them a courteous greeting and bade them eat their fill .
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There was still time for Frankie, if he was very quiet and very careful, to eat his fill .
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Why were those high-fibre eaters keeping slim even when they were eating their fill ?
farewell party/dinner/drink etc
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A celebration, a farewell party.
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Kate's local women's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty.
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On 8 August 1952 he and Joan gave a farewell party to Cambridge friends.
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She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.
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The farewell dinner is at the historic Abbey Tavern, located in the fishing village of Howth.
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Worse awaited the Vietminh leader two evenings later, at a farewell dinner organized by Zhou.
fizzy drink
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Alcohol in fizzy drinks is absorbed more quickly than alcohol in still drinks.
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Eat anything you like - yes, anything - chocolate, cream, fizzy drinks, coffee.
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I had brought fizzy drinks but both women spat the stuff out, having never tasted it before.
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Natural fruit juices are a healthier alternative to fruit squashes and fizzy drinks.
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Potato chips, fizzy drinks and chocolate bars are circulated.
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She disapproves of anything that tastes really good, like icecream and fizzy drinks and hamburgers and chips and chocolate.
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There were presents for every child, disco dancing, party games, fizzy drinks and floating gas balloons.
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Would you like to join a brilliant new club that's run by the makers of the fizzy drink, Tizer?
roaring drunk
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They were all roaring drunk and kept singing bawdy songs.
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I was twenty-three years old, and he got me roaring drunk.
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In some of the villages, apparently, vampire hunters get roaring drunk first.
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Never an unwise investment, never stone roaring drunk, never a pass at a secretary.
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So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling.
something to eat/drink/read/do etc
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But he was walking to a truck stop across the street, probably getting something to eat during his break.
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It had something to do with being a man.
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It had something to do with skills, and something to do with expectation and hope.
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Most calendar programs remind you gently when you have something to do.
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No, you can't dash out for something to eat.
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Of course, the beer might have had something to do with this.
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Then I rolled up my things in a blanket and went out and had something to eat.
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You've done it a thousand times already, but you do it again, just for something to do.
stiff drink/whisky etc
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A couple of stiff drinks and a bowl of soup afterwards was about all I could cope with.
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A good shower helped, but she would have liked to go down and search for a stiff drink.
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Calm your nerves by deep breathing, not by having a stiff drink.
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Come on, you need a stiff drink.
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I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down.
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Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep, than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia.
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When he got home he'd have a stiff drink and a long bath, followed by another stiff drink.
stinking drunk
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Clayton got positively stinking drunk.
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At Christmas, I tend to get stinking drunk with schlock.
the demon drink
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Perhaps the demon drink had won?
the odd occasion/day/moment/drink etc
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However, on the odd occasion that I purchase fish elsewhere, I do quarantine the fish for two weeks.
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Not on the odd occasion, but each time they took this fit.
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On the odd occasion the jollities would get out of hand and the fists would fly.
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This doesn't matter on the odd occasion; it is only a problem if it occurs regularly.
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We've been working on the Panch Chule expedition for a year, but it's just the odd day basically.
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We just used to banter, have the odd drink together, fool around in the snow.
under the influence (of alcohol/drink/drugs etc)
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Cowan suggests that the strength of the excitatory interactions increases relative to that of the inhibitory interactions under the influence of the drug.
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Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire.
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The motor velocity increases under the influence of the positive torque and the equilibrium position is attained with maximum velocity.
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The roads, under the influence of the rain, were becoming shocking.
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The weather became cooler under the influences of cold breezes from the frozen north, observed my master.
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Today I write this, happily, under the influence of a drug.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Whiskey?" "No thanks, I don't drink ."
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Drink your coffee before it gets cold.
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Charlie drinks way too much coffee.
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Did you drink a lot over Christmas?
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He's been depressed, and drinking a lot more recently.
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He was drinking vodka straight from the bottle.
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I think people who drink and drive should be banned from driving permanently.
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Is this water safe to drink ?
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It was clear that Malone had been drinking heavily.
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My uncle drinks like a fish, and has done for years.
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She's been drinking more heavily recently.
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She picked up the cup and began to drink thirstily.
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What do you want to drink ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A man was sitting at a small table in the corner, drinking coffee from a delicate china cup.
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Customers stopping by to drink coffee and check on the markets screen found themselves locked out.
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Eventually I delivered my health to chance and drank whatever my companions drank.
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Pascoe drank some more whisky; then he drank a little more than that.
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The Romans believed the amethyst prevented drunkenness and used to drink out of goblets studded with these purple gems.
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They drank powdered milk instead of fresh.
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They had drunk a great deal and the night was warm, but on a sudden they were both stone-cold sober.
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They want customers to drink up, but wisely.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alcoholic
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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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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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This Review must include a report on the competition between different categories of alcoholic drink .
cold
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Next, I tried thinking of cold drinks and old friends, but the pain hung on.
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Finally, a cold drink directly stimulates receptors for coolness.
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Ruth fixed herself a cold drink and sat out on the balcony of the apartment to drink it.
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Sometimes they offer a cup of tea, or a cold drink or something to eat.
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They had walked across the dust to the steps expectantly, thinking of the cool sweat on a cold drink .
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We order some cold sandwiches and cold drinks .
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Dry mucous membranes; dry or coated tongue with a red triangular tip. Cold drinks can bring on chilliness or cough.
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After a morning of hiking among the red rocks of Sedona, we returned to cold drinks and lunch in our vehicle.
cool
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You can also relax on the terrace of the lovely fresh water pool sipping a cool drink form the bar.
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In the evening, the Lanes offer warm conversation along with cool drinks , coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
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Her tongue felt parched for a cool drink .
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Nico, our host, serves cool drinks and limited snacks in the bar downstairs till supper time.
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You have probably been perspiring quite impressively too, and you are beginning to have fantasies of pints of a cool drink .
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In this oasis, you will disperse funds on food and snacks and cool drinks .
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She was standing with a tray of cool drinks .
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She was grateful for the cool drink , however, and for the really tasty snack.
fizzy
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Would you like to join a brilliant new club that's run by the makers of the fizzy drink , Tizer?
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I had brought fizzy drinks but both women spat the stuff out, having never tasted it before.
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Potato chips, fizzy drinks and chocolate bars are circulated.
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There were presents for every child, disco dancing, party games, fizzy drinks and floating gas balloons.
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Natural fruit juices are a healthier alternative to fruit squashes and fizzy drinks .
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She disapproves of anything that tastes really good, like icecream and fizzy drinks and hamburgers and chips and chocolate.
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Eat anything you like - yes, anything - chocolate, cream, fizzy drinks , coffee.
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Amid much razzmatazz PepsiCo announced that the second most popular fizzy drink in the world would henceforth come in blue packaging.
free
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Eat, drink and be merry at the Medieval Night which includes a meal, free drinks and an open-air castle disco.
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Everyone crowded round, fawning at him and readily taking up his offer of free drinks .
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These were then combined as a buffet and served back to the students together with one free soft drink of their choice.
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Maybe it's a case of all these important people getting free drinks in the George Best Suite after the match.
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Usually, it's just for a lift or free drinks , but she once flirted her way into a job.
hot
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He said he supposed it was and offered to show them into the Intensive Care room which had a hot drinks machine.
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Gone was the free and easy time of three meals a day and as many hot drinks as we liked.
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I wish I'd got some cos I could really do with a hot drink .
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Alida went downstairs, stooping a little, not knowing that she stooped, annoyed at the trouble a hot drink caused.
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Hot pasties and hot drinks are served below deck at the bar, a comfort on chilly days.
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All hot drinks also each have two teaspoons of sugar added.
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Then he remembered the hot drink he'd promised her.
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During cold weather, hot meals and plenty of hot drinks will make you feel warmer inside.
long
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Inside they are drinking up: two hundred and fifty black fellers nursing their last long drinks.
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Alice stole one long drink before rolling over in the boundless bed, fantasizing it as an endless beach of white cloud.
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I took a long drink and settled down to wait.
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I take a long drink at the water fountain, wondering what virus I might catch.
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On warm days a long and cooling drink , or a mug of tea, is impossible to resist.
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Only fear kept him from retching when he had taken a long drink .
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He took a long drink and filled his bottle.
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Sally sits down and takes a long drink of water from her squeeze bottle.
soft
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Alcohol and soft drinks are much harder to estimate.
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In the mornings Ruth Rasmussen would be ready with a cooler of sandwiches and soft drinks .
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Filled rolls with tea, coffee and soft drinks will be dispensed.
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There was a soft drink bottle on the windowsill.
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People at ground floor windows offered soft drinks .
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Teenage soft drink consumption has doubled in recent years.
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Two defendants were lorry drivers for a soft drinks company.
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A life-long lover of magazines, he found work at everything from a fan magazine to a soft drink publication.
stiff
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Calm your nerves by deep breathing, not by having a stiff drink .
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When he got home he'd have a stiff drink and a long bath, followed by another stiff drink.
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A good shower helped, but she would have liked to go down and search for a stiff drink .
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I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down.
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Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep, than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia.
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A couple of stiff drinks and a bowl of soup afterwards was about all I could cope with.
strong
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He is that rare bird, the night-owl who likes talking without the prop of a strong drink in his hands.
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After finishing his degree in medicine, he wrote pamphlets against tobacco, strong drink , and slavery.
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The scent of rose water hung in the air, covering the stale smell of pipe tobacco and strong drink .
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We had no strong drink , no such thing as whiskey, before the white man came to our country.
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One Sunday, he went hunting with his fierce black mastiffs, stopping only to swig at a flask of strong drink .
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She on the other hand, thought that a drink , a strong drink, might be exactly what she needed.
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I think strong drink is damnation.
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To the best among them he offered opulent breakfasts ending with stronger drink than coffee.
■ NOUN
party
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They are the ideal tasters for a drinks party or guests who are just arriving.
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For a drinks party , five or six savouries per person is about right.
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They were indistinct at first, like the hum of conversation at a drinks party .
problem
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The defence solicitor, Jack Gowans, said Ballantine has a drink problem but is a kind, intelligent and caring man.
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The task of discovering whether an ageing individual has a drink problem requires considerable tact and sensitivity.
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And the secret past of stony -faced consultant Julian Chapman emerges in the shape of a failed marriage and a drink problem .
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He escaped a prison sentence after magistrates heard he was seeking help for his drink problem .
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His drink problem caused the break up of his marriage.
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I knew I had a drink problem .
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If Patsy had a penchant for a pretty frock, Hughie Gallacher had a drink problem .
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Jim's father has a chronic drink problem and he eventually put the family out of their house.
■ VERB
bring
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He also noted that she hadn't brought a drink .
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Another would request him to tell somebody to bring him a drink of water.
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He brought his drink up to his lips with the other.
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She replaced the binoculars on the table, brought her drink to her mouth simply because it was there in her hand.
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He brought her a drink , offered her a cigarette.
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He brings the drinks silently and hands me a glass.
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When we'd got back there the bird had brought the drinks out and the talk'd got filthier.
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She said no, but he did not hear her, and she waited until he brought the drink .
buy
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As the audience are too preoccupied to buy any drinks , the barman and five barmaids dance on the bar throughout.
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He patted backs and bought drinks , working the room in political style.
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Where could they eat steak and chips, buy their favourite drink , or be entertained?
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It all stunned Jack, who was a sucker for slick talk, and he bought me drinks for an hour.
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I hope it will be my privilege to buy you a drink as well.
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And they would have bought me drinks , and cleared a path for me.
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Instead he offers to buy me a drink .
enjoy
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Although I used to enjoy a drink , I started really drinking heavily after he died.
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If you enjoy an occasional drink this may do no harm but by cutting out drink altogether you avoid any possible risks.
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Here, two camera positions are being used alternately to record a group of friends enjoying a drink in the sun.
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It has a spacious lounge, and a traditional stube where you can enjoy drinks with the locals.
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I smoke too much and I enjoy a drink .
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From a very early age - in fact, right from the early weeks - babies enjoy a refreshing drink .
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If your child enjoys a bedtime drink there's no point in refusing one.
finish
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They finished their drinks and as they got up from the table Fernando plucked a sprig of jasmine from the pergola.
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More customers entered, louder than the earlier ones, faster to finish their drinks .
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We finished our drinks and Siegfried immersed himself in the Veterinary Record as savoury smells began to issue from the kitchen.
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He finished his drink and got up to leave.
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Grace finished her drink quickly, and changed out of her wet clothes.
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While they ate hungrily, Ellen finished her drink , feeling light, warm and happy.
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As soon as I finished the drink , various players started to point their fingers at me again.
fix
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Ruth fixed herself a cold drink and sat out on the balcony of the apartment to drink it.
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Wade fixed a pair of drinks , passed one over to Claude, and looked up at the clock over the stove.
get
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I went down to the washroom to get a drink of water, and to have a shave.
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We got drinks from the waitress and sat in our swivel chairs in front of these ma-chines.
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I said I was thirsty so she went to get me a drink .
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But it turned out she was only visiting the bar behind them to get a drink .
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Con got back with the drinks at the same time as Margaret reached the table.
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Fong allowed a man to get him a drink .
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Can I get you a drink ?
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I stopped going there a season ago too difficult to get a drink .
give
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Outlaws sometimes came by and gave him food and drink .
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One of the men gave him a drink of whiskey, but he vomited it.
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Slowly I went from pot to pot, pot to pot, giving each flower its drink of water.
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There Dionysus gave them food and drink: herbs and berries and the milk of the wild goat.
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And you haven't given yourself a drink .
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After a week, the group that was given breakfast was given the drink , and vice versa.
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Call a doctor or nurse. Give them warm nourishing drinks .
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She had almost given up drink .
like
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Some would like a drink , but drinks are not allowed.
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I didn't like drink particularly.
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His father rose, walked into the bar and asked his son if he would like a drink .
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I prefer to prepare the food and I also like to serve the drinks .
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He averted his eyes from it and went into the kitchen, asking whether she would like an iced drink .
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Again, my Dad liked a drink .
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I like a drink myself but we have to watch it.
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One of them asked John if he would like a drink .
need
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He needed a drink and that old swine Busacher hadn't offered him anything at the villa.
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What she needed was a drink .
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He felt he needed a drink - this could be quite a trying evening.
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She would need a drink soon, and food.
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Alcoholics are mocked and tormented when they can not scrounge the kopek needed for their next drink .
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A sure sign he needed a drink .
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He needed a drink very badly; water would do.
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If you need a drink , dip a mug over the side - the water is disease-free.
offer
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Nathan moved among the guests, offering drinks , accepting condolences.
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Riders were offered food and drinks when their trip finally ended.
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His technique was to win women's confidence with his charm, and to offer them a spiked drink .
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Even worse, it turned out that being able to offer drinks was not a key promise for his customers.
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She heard his car in the drive, and called down to Victor to offer him a drink while he waited.
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Rip was offered a drink , which he enjoyed.
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At the half-time break three other members of the club had offered her a drink before I even reached the bar.
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Kurt, I never even offered you a drink .
order
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Conversation paused then continued in lower voices and several pairs of eyes watched both men cautiously as they ordered drinks .
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We settled into a table for two and ordered drinks .
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She wanted to order herself a drink , but she did not dare.
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For the sake of symmetry, Blue orders the same drink .
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Yanto and Billy heard the blonde tell the landlord that it was her birthday as she ordered the drinks .
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She orders a cloudy greenish drink with ice cubes.
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Or you might be better sitting down and ordering yourself a drink: the waiter may be gone some time.
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Coolly I ordered another drink , and swivelled on my stool.
pour
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It was claimed that they poured their drinks over the counter and then smashed their beer glasses.
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This reminds me of a problem that has been troubling Mycroft. Pour me a drink , Watson.
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While he was pouring the drinks Ron the landlord raised his eyebrows at me.
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As he was waiting for the barmaid to pour the drinks , Dexter could not resist temptation.
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Madge grabbed it and looked at it, smelled it and poured Kiki a drink .
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Luke poured drinks and Robyn accepted hers gratefully.
serve
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No, they would not serve only a drink , she should recall that.
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All the women agreed that Sherman served them drinks they had not seen him prepare and said they later felt very drugged.
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There's a pool surrounded by a sunterrace and a poolside bar which serves drinks and snacks during the day.
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Male speaker It's part of the 1964 licencing act you're not allowed to serve drink to people already intoxicated.
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Nico, our host, serves cool drinks and limited snacks in the bar downstairs till supper time.
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Zak's long scene began with impressive fireworks as soon as everyone in the dining car had been served with a drink .
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Outside the door hovered Alfred, detailed by Auguste to serve drinks when royalty had arrived.
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I prefer to prepare the food and I also like to serve the drinks .
sip
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He smiled and sipped his drink , glancing across at the phone as he refilled his glass.
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We sipped our drink and spoke of other things and ignored everything that had happened.
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He would go to a bar late and sip a long drink very slowly.
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Take it easy. Sip your drink , don't gulp it.
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But then she would, he thought, sipping the delicate drink .
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While she was gone Johnny continued to smoke and to sip his drink .
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She sipped the drink and watched him from under her lashes.
take
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I took a drink from one of the twenty-four plastic gallon containers which I had been collecting for two years.
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Only fear kept him from retching when he had taken a long drink .
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I took a long drink and settled down to wait.
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He takes a drink , moans with pleasure at the taste.
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He took a long drink and filled his bottle.
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Instead, he dropped the dead moth and immediately took a drink of water.
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Murder charge is dropped after claims that dead model took drink and drugs.
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I go into the bathroom, take a drink , a long one.
want
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Do you want a drink the next morning? 17.
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All at once she did not want the drink .
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I grinned lopsidedly and asked her if she wanted a drink .
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He wanted a drink , scotch, he wanted to sleep.
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I didn't want another drink anyway.
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Then he had to see an old schoolteacher, and so on, and all I wanted to do was drink beer.
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At about midnight, Lucker wakes up and wants a drink .
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I wanted a drink as well.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be meat and drink to sb
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These figures are heroes to conservatives for their espousal of policies that are meat and drink to the right, especially abortion.
being drunk and disorderly
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Mr. Bell denied being drunk and disorderly and denied being in breach of the bail condition.
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Once, in about 1985 I think, for being drunk and disorderly.
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Reportedly, two Houston police officers arrested a black woman for being drunk and disorderly.
blind drunk
can hold your drink/liquor/alcohol etc
drink/laugh/scare etc yourself silly
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Well, I laughed myself silly .
drunk on/with sth
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We were drunk with freedom.
eat/drink your fill
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Here the nomads water their flocks and the horses drink their fill when the tourists have dismounted.
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I stopped at some blackberry bushes and ate my fill .
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Menelaus gave them a courteous greeting and bade them eat their fill .
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There was still time for Frankie, if he was very quiet and very careful, to eat his fill .
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Why were those high-fibre eaters keeping slim even when they were eating their fill ?
farewell party/dinner/drink etc
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A celebration, a farewell party.
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Kate's local women's group gives her a farewell party of disapproval veiled by loyalty.
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On 8 August 1952 he and Joan gave a farewell party to Cambridge friends.
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She was then shown a picture taken at the farewell party at Champion Spark Plugs just before Paula went on maternity leave.
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The farewell dinner is at the historic Abbey Tavern, located in the fishing village of Howth.
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Worse awaited the Vietminh leader two evenings later, at a farewell dinner organized by Zhou.
fizzy drink
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Alcohol in fizzy drinks is absorbed more quickly than alcohol in still drinks.
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Eat anything you like - yes, anything - chocolate, cream, fizzy drinks, coffee.
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I had brought fizzy drinks but both women spat the stuff out, having never tasted it before.
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Natural fruit juices are a healthier alternative to fruit squashes and fizzy drinks.
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Potato chips, fizzy drinks and chocolate bars are circulated.
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She disapproves of anything that tastes really good, like icecream and fizzy drinks and hamburgers and chips and chocolate.
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There were presents for every child, disco dancing, party games, fizzy drinks and floating gas balloons.
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Would you like to join a brilliant new club that's run by the makers of the fizzy drink, Tizer?
refresh sb's drink
roaring drunk
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They were all roaring drunk and kept singing bawdy songs.
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I was twenty-three years old, and he got me roaring drunk.
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In some of the villages, apparently, vampire hunters get roaring drunk first.
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Never an unwise investment, never stone roaring drunk, never a pass at a secretary.
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So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling.
something to eat/drink/read/do etc
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But he was walking to a truck stop across the street, probably getting something to eat during his break.
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It had something to do with being a man.
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It had something to do with skills, and something to do with expectation and hope.
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Most calendar programs remind you gently when you have something to do.
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No, you can't dash out for something to eat.
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Of course, the beer might have had something to do with this.
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Then I rolled up my things in a blanket and went out and had something to eat.
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You've done it a thousand times already, but you do it again, just for something to do.
stand sb a drink/meal etc
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A minute or two later-they are standing , drinking wine before dinner.
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He and Rufus had stood there drinking wine.
stiff drink/whisky etc
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A couple of stiff drinks and a bowl of soup afterwards was about all I could cope with.
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A good shower helped, but she would have liked to go down and search for a stiff drink.
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Calm your nerves by deep breathing, not by having a stiff drink.
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Come on, you need a stiff drink.
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I poured myself a stiff drink and tossed it down.
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Many people would rather have a stiff drink to help them sleep, than take a sleeping tablet for their insomnia.
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When he got home he'd have a stiff drink and a long bath, followed by another stiff drink.
stinking drunk
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Clayton got positively stinking drunk.
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At Christmas, I tend to get stinking drunk with schlock.
the demon drink
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Perhaps the demon drink had won?
the odd occasion/day/moment/drink etc
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However, on the odd occasion that I purchase fish elsewhere, I do quarantine the fish for two weeks.
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Not on the odd occasion, but each time they took this fit.
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On the odd occasion the jollities would get out of hand and the fists would fly.
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This doesn't matter on the odd occasion; it is only a problem if it occurs regularly.
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We've been working on the Panch Chule expedition for a year, but it's just the odd day basically.
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We just used to banter, have the odd drink together, fool around in the snow.
under the influence (of alcohol/drink/drugs etc)
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Cowan suggests that the strength of the excitatory interactions increases relative to that of the inhibitory interactions under the influence of the drug.
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Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire.
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The motor velocity increases under the influence of the positive torque and the equilibrium position is attained with maximum velocity.
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The roads, under the influence of the rain, were becoming shocking.
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The weather became cooler under the influences of cold breezes from the frozen north, observed my master.
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Today I write this, happily, under the influence of a drug.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Can I get you a drink ?'' "I'll have a gin and tonic, please.''
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"Would you like a drink ?" "Yes, I'll have a lemonade please."
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a drink of water
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a nice cool drink
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After a few drinks, Rick began to feel better.
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Do you feel like going out for a drink tonight?
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Do you want a drink ?
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Give the children a drink of milk and something to eat.
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His family life is beginning to be affected by his drinking.
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It's under $10 for lunch and drinks at the Ivy Bush.
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She tipped her drink over his head and stormed out.
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There will be plenty of food and drink available at the fair.
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They've always got loads of drink in the house.
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They all went for a drink together after the film.
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We went out drinking last night.
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You can bring your own food and drink to the picnic.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again, my Dad liked a drink .
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Con got back with the drinks at the same time as Margaret reached the table.
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Enroute grab a drink from one of the dozens of eager volunteers.
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He finished his drink and got up to leave.
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He takes a drink , moans with pleasure at the taste.
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It all stunned Jack, who was a sucker for slick talk, and he bought me drinks for an hour.
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The roof garden of the Caravelle was one of the few places where drinks could still be had.
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These were then combined as a buffet and served back to the students together with one free soft drink of their choice.