Q feeling ill the day after you have been drinking
hangover /'terjsuvaV \n C] the feeling
you have the morning after you have drunk too much alcohol, when your head hurts and you fee! sick: Kevin woke up the next day with a terrible hangover
Q not drunk
sober [adj not before nounj not
drunk: / don't think I've ever seen Bill sober.
Sober Up >*>hor лр [phrasa/ verb I] if someone who has been drunk sobers up, they' gradually become less drunk until they are not at all drunk: He cficfn't sober
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up till he'd had a cup of strong coffee.
Don't say 'drunken'.
have had too much to drink h3v
hied ,tu: гтш/ to dnrjk/ to have drunk too much alcohol, so that you feel drunk or sick: I'd better take Phil home - he's had too much to drink.
tipsu l'tlP^i Inot before nounj informal a little drunk: After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.
someone who is often drunk
alcoholic AaelkshDlik^l- ho:-; [n CJ someone who drinks too much alcohol every day and cannot stop. Many alcoholics do not realise they have a problem until it is too late.
drank ^глцк/ [n CI someone who is drunk
or who often gets drunk - use this especially to talk about a person you see in a public place such as a street or a bar: A drunk came staggering down the street towards me.
to drive while you are drunk
drink and drive /driQk draiv/to
drive after you have been drinking alcohoclass="underline" He was arrested for drinking and driving
drunk driver /.^к draiv3r/ |n C]
someone who drives when they have drunk too much alcohol
DRY
opposite WET see also WEAther
not wet
dry [ac01 The wood was dry and it burned easily. I You should change into some dry clothes. 1 The apples must be stored in a cool dry place. bone dry/dry as a bone (^completely dry
and containing no water at all) I forgot to water the plants and the soil has gone bone dry.
dry - drier - driest
when there is not much rain
dry /drai; [adj] if the weather is dry, there is not much rain: It was a very dry summer I Tunisia's hot, dry climate
dry - drier - driest
dusty /'dASti/ [adj] a dusty road, town, track etc is dry and covered with dust, because the weather is hot and there is not much rain: The road to Agra was long,
hot, and dusty. I a small, dusty village on the edge of the desert dusty - dustier dustiest
drought /draut/ [n C/U] a long period when there is little or no rain, so that people and animals do not have enough water and plants die: Southern Africa is suffering its worst drought of the century.
El to become dry
dry drai/ [u I] to become dry: Wet clothes
soon dry on a hot day. 1 Leave the dishes on the draining board to dry. hang sth out to dry (=hang clothes outside. so that they are dried by the sun or wind)
drying - dried have dried
dry out ,drai aut 1 phrasal verb 1] to become completely dry. on the inside and the outside: Put your coat near the fire - it'll soon dry out, 1 Couer the pastry with a damp cloth to prevent it from drying out.
dry up/,drai лр [phrasal uerb 1] if a river or lake dries up, it becomes completely dry because there has not been any rain: Last summer the river dried up and you could walk right across it. I The drought has made the reservoir dry up, and
many homes are without water.
shrivel up/jrivjl 'лр/ [phrasa/ verb 1] if а plant or a fruit shrivels up, it becomes smaller and deep lines form on its surface, because it is so dry: There was so little
rain that most of the crops shrivelled up and died.
shrivelling - shrivelled - have shrivelled ^н •
shriveling - shriveled - have shrivfkjd m к
■Jto make something dry or make yourself dry
dry drai [u T to make something dry; Could you wait ten minutes while I dry my hair? t We built a fire to get our selves warm and dry our clothes.
drying - dried - have dried
dry yoursel/ off drai p;rself Щ-xfi [phrasal verb T] to use a towel to make yourself dry, for example after a bath or a
swim: He got out of the pool and dried himself off.
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EARLY
before the usual or expected time
early ^yjwj [ad/adv] if something happens early, it happens before the usual time or the most suitable time; if someone is early, they arrive before the time they are expected to: I finished work early today. I After an early lunch, we started the meeting at one o'clock I If you plant the seeds too early, they won't grow, be early (=arrive early) You're early - I wasn't expecting you till seven.
seven months/three days etc early
(=seven months/three days etc earlier than expected) Our first child was born eight weeks early.
far too early (=much too early) We arrived far too early and had to wait outside for an hour. early - earlier - earliest
in. good time jm ,gud 'taim early enough, so that you do not have to rush, or so that you have time to get ready: If you want to make a left turn, reduce your speed and give a signal in good time.
+ for It is important to arrive in good time for your interview.
with time to spare /Wia taim spe9r
if you arrive somewhere or finish something with time to spare, you arrive or finish earlier than you need to: We reached London with plenty of time to spare.
with ten minutes/hal/ an hour etc to spare I finished the test with fust two minutes to spare. (=two minutes before the end)