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How to pronounce “drink”

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Pronunciation guide for drink

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of drink with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Prohibition HangoverFrom how we went to demonized alcohol to where we are today where most of us drink.
Definition summary: (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

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The Prohibition Hangover

From how we went to demonized alcohol to where we are today where most of us drink.

[Verb]
(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
(transitive, metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
(intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
(transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
(transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
(transitive, archaic) To toast (someone or something) with a drink, honour; to wish well (see drink to), especially:
(transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
Used in phrasal verbs: drink down, drink in, drink off, drink out, drink to, drink up.
[Noun]
A beverage.
(uncountable) Drinks in general; something to drink.
A type of beverage (usually mixed).
A (served) alcoholic beverage.
The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
Alcoholic beverages in general.
A standard drink.
(colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
(Australia, figurative) A downpour; a cloudburst; a rainstorm; a deluge; a lot of rain.
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