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You know pizza is a kind of meal that takes some drink to wash it down¹. It might be either spicy or quite dry, and water helps me swallow it. My friends usually drink beer, and they say «let’s drink to² the teetotaller», bantering with me. Today I woke up late and had some chocolate biscuits with milk and cereal. I didn’t really want it and just was dipping a biscuit in³ milk. It soaked up⁴ the milk, and I was enjoying it very much. I felt great that morning after being out the night before at a party with my mates. Even dark stains on the tablecloth didn’t make me feel sick. I was smiling, recalling Jane trying to water down⁵ neat whiskey with sweet cola. Her hands were shaking and cola spilled over⁶ the edge of the glass. She’d never drunk whiskey before, and it made her feel nervous because she wanted to look cool. So it was enough for her to drink it up⁷ and flake out⁸, out cold, as if she were an alcoholic, drinking like a fish⁹ every night. She’s been sleeping upstairs in my bedroom since then.

¹ wash smth down – запивать ч-л.

² drink to smb – выпивать за к-л.

³ dip smth in smth – окунать, макать ч-л. в ч-л.

⁴ soak up smth – впитывать ч-л

⁵ water smth down – разбавлять ч-л.

⁶ spill over smth – переливать (-ся) через ч-л.

⁷ drink smth up/down – выпивать до дна, осушать ч-л.

⁸ flake out – вырубиться, срубиться, свалиться

⁹ drink like a fish – пить запоем, беспробудно пьянствовать