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📖 Определения и значения для слова sober

📒 not drunk (= not affected by alcohol)

  • I stayed sober so I could drive us home.
  • He was as sober as a judge (= completely sober).
  • By this time he felt more or less sober again.

📒 having completely stopped drinking alcohol, especially after being an alcoholic (= somebody who regularly drinks too much alcohol and cannot stop)

  • to get/stay sober
  • I've been clean and sober for four years.
  • There is help for you out there if you want to get sober.

📒 serious and sensible

  • a sober assessment of the situation
  • He is honest, sober and hard-working.
  • On sober reflection (= after some serious thought), I don't think I really need a car after all.

📒 plain and not bright

  • a sober grey suit

📒 having drunk no alcohol at all

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