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drink

vb , drinks, drinking, drank , drunk

1 to swallow (a liquid); imbibe

2 tr to take in or soak up (liquid); absorb
this plant drinks a lot of water

3 tr; usually foll by: in to pay close attention (to); be fascinated (by)
he drank in the speaker's every word

4 tr to bring (oneself into a certain condition) by consuming alcohol

5 tr; often foll by: away to dispose of or ruin by excessive expenditure on alcohol
he drank away his fortune

6 intr to consume alcohol, esp. to excess

7 when intr, foll by: to to drink (a toast) in celebration, honour, or hope (of)

8 ♦ drink (someone) under the table to be able to drink more intoxicating beverage than (someone)

9 ♦ drink the health of to salute or celebrate with a toast

10   ♦ drink with the flies     (Austral)
informal   to drink alone
      n

11 liquid suitable for drinking; any beverage

12 alcohol or its habitual or excessive consumption

13 a portion of liquid for drinking; draught

14   ♦ the drink
Informal   the sea
     (Old English drincan; related to Old Frisian drinka, Gothic drigkan, Old High German trinkan)
♦   drinkable      adj

cool drink
n (S. African) any soft drink

drink-driving
      n   modifier   of or relating to driving a car after drinking alcohol
drink-driving offences, drink-driving campaign

soft drink
n a nonalcoholic drink, usually cold

strong drink
n alcoholic drink

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run into someone	exp.	meet someone by chance	E.g.I ran into James the other day when I was shopping (meaning=I met James without planning it, by chance)
have a pop at someone	exp.	yell at someone; attack someone verbally or physically	[Slang];[UK]
get smth./someone out of one's system	exp.	get rid of a strong feeling towards something or someone	[Informal] If you have done something wrong, tell him and get it out of your system. After the break up, it took him some while to get her out of his system.
drink the Kool-Aid	exp.	blindly believe in smth.; embrace an idea/practice without questioning it.	from the mass-suicide led by People Temple organization leader in 1978, who asked his followers to drink poisoned Kool-Aid juice.
rain on one's parade	v.	spoil someone's plans; spoil someone's pleasure or joy	I hate to rain on your parade, but we will not be able to host your birthday party next week.
put smb. off the scent	exp.	mislead someone; deliberately provide wrong information to forbid someone from knowing the truth	E.g.: They are no longer in town, but hey left their car in front of the house just to put everybody off the scent.
enslaved	adj.	brought into servitude; slave to someone
unfriend	v.	remove someone from the friends list on a social networking website
pleaser	adv.	someone who is always trying to please others	"He`s always been a people pleaser."
idea hamster	n.	a very creative person; someone who is always able to come up with fresh ideas	[Bus.]
urban Amish	n.	someone who does not use high-technology items or services on a daily basis	[Slang] "Amish" is the name of a religious group arisen in the 16th century, that resists modern world's changes (including technology, fashion etc.)
! Constrain	v.	to quit someone from doing what they wish to do	I was constrained to tell a lie because there was no way to hide it.
allow me!	exp.	polite expression offering to do something for someone
sun lover	n.	someone who loves being in the sun, sunbathing etc
butterfly kiss	exp.	caressing someone by touching his/her skin with the eyelashes
wet blanket	n.	someone who shows no support or enthusiasm about an idea/proposal/situation
cutie pie	n.	endearment phrase used for someone we find sweet	[Fam.] syn.: sweetie, pumpkin, cutie, cutesy pie
go-to guy	n.	someone to whom everybody is turning when they need advice, help	[Fam.]
live off	exp.	to depend on something or on someone to cover the basic expenses	E.g.: He lived off the money he inherited from his father while he had been working as a volunteer.
pearl diver	n.	someone who works as a dishwasher	[Slang]
picky eater	n.	someone who is picky about food, doesn't want to try new foods
jerk smb. around	exp.	deliberately make things difficult for someone; sabotage
walk of life	exp.	expression used when referring to someone's profession, background, social class or life experience	E.g: People from all walks of life will participate to the event
give the chills	exp.	have a powerful impact on someone; impress; generate an emotion (positive, but also negative)	it can be used to describe a feeling of fear or a positive emotion; e.g.: "This violin music gives me the chills" or "Being all alone in that old house after dark...it gave me the chills."
hold your horses!	exp.	it's said for determining someone to calm down, be patient, control his/her reactions
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a bargaining chip	exp.	something used to make someone do what you want	We can use the money as a bargaining chip in the negotiations.
come to heel	v.	quit disobeying; start acting like someone would want to	E.g. Finally, her husband has come to heel and they will buy a new car, as she wants.
! Digital Ownership	exp.	The virtual proprietary rights of digital assets belongs to someone is digital ownership.

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