SOBER


Meaning of SOBER in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , seem

▪ become , get

▪ remain , stay

She wanted a drink, but she had to stay ~.

▪ keep sb

Only the thought of her kept him ~.

ADVERB

▪ completely , entirely , perfectly , quite , stone-cold , totally

▪ not entirely

▪ almost , fairly , pretty , reasonably , relatively

By this time he felt reasonably ~ again.

▪ enough

At that point she was still ~ enough to ask sensible questions.

PHRASES

▪ clean and ~ ( esp. AmE )

I've been clean and ~ for four years.

Sober is used with these nouns: ↑ mood , ↑ reflection

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .