drink
verb
to drink alcohol, especially regularly or too often
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To drink alcohol, or to be drunk
sober up
to become sober after being drunk
lace
verb
to put a small amount of strong alcohol, a drug, or poison into a drink or food, sometimes secretly
sober up
to make someone become less drunk
knock back
to drink alcohol quickly or in large amounts
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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