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Meanings of spirits in English
Alcoholic beverage containing more than 20 percent alcohol.
Synonyms
Examples for "liquor"
Examples for "liquor"
1
The region's public health authorities were in favour of the liquor bans.
2
The social factor in the liquor traffic is its Gibraltar of defense.
3
Police confiscated firearms and liquor and will continue to monitor the area.
4
This results in private clubs whose main purpose is to serve liquor.
5
You are a physician; you know the vagaries of men in liquor.
1
First free booze, now free weed … never change LA, never change.
2
But enough booze, it doesn't really matter what you think anymore, right?
3
Find other ways other than food and booze to address your stress.
4
I'd need more booze to service the ship for the extra cycle.
5
No booze to help you sleep during those lonely nights, Casper said.
1
Not yet was I ready to tuck my arm in John Barleycorn's.
2
Another result was that John Barleycorn was beginning to trip me up.
3
So it is with John Barleycorn's realm where the White Logic reigns.
4
But, John Barleycorn, to the extent of six glasses, went with me.
5
It was a new, a totally different manifestation of John Barleycorn's power.
1
But the UFO is like hard drink; you always seem to drift back to it.
2
No one ever dies up on this hill, I am told, except of hard drink.
3
Your uncle has been made shameless with hard drink and has neglected his wife and children.
4
If he enjoys a good hard drink, this black whiskey stone gift set is quite sexy.
5
He is a handsome, blue-eyed man, with a face red from hard drink and cold winters.
1
They hunt seals in these parts, but mostly they smuggle hard liquor.
2
The rising tide of hard liquor in America was, however, inexorable.
3
She liked it, but said she didn't drink hard liquor, which surprised him.
4
And he'd sure as hell never handed me any hard liquor.
5
He's wary of an excess of hard liquor in case it makes him gabby.
1
At least half the trouble in the world comes from strong drink.
2
I am very fond of strong drink; it has been my ruin.
3
He seems also to want to drown his sorrows in strong drink.
4
It couldn't get in when the strong drink blocked up the road.
5
He was discoursing on the relation of strong drink to the stomach.
Usage of spirits in English
1
He said he always feels in good health & spirits in N.Y.
2
Apparently Rosalind had gone back to school in good health and spirits.
3
Setien told a pre-match news conference: We have arrived in good spirits.
4
Thus he braced our flagging spirits, speaking words of encouragement and hope.
5
Certainly Tory MPs at Westminster were in far better spirits last week.
6
The hospital said that he was in extremely good spirits last night.
7
When animal spirits are low, governments should step in with public investment.
8
But he was in good spirits and looked good on the news.
9
He said spirits would start to lift after the dismal rugby result.
10
Surging gasoline prices and soft labor market conditions have depressed consumer spirits.
11
In fact, the reaction in the public spirits was sudden and universal.
12
The poet imagines the spirits of the different trees in the sorrows.
13
These visits wearied the king; he was grave and out of spirits.
14
And by the time she came home, she was in good spirits.
15
He said Rai was in good spirits despite the strenuous 350km journey.
16
There united in him the spirits of the troubadour and the spearman.
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Translations for spirits
Portuguese
Spanish
Spirits through the time
Spirits across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Less common
United States of America
Less common
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