A2 a clear liquid that can make you drunk, also used as a solvent (= a substance that dissolves another) and in fuel and medicines:
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- He's under doctor's orders to cut down on fatty food and to drink no alcohol for at least six months.
- No thanks, I never touch alcohol.
- 28 percent of people asked thought that the advertising of tobacco and alcohol should be banned.
- The situation was made more volatile by the fact that people had been drinking a lot of alcohol.
- Experts say that women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week.
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