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We'd better call a plumber; the drain is plugged againAfter cooking the noodles for 15 minutes,
drain them, and mix them with a can of tuna.
We'd better call a plumber; the
drain is plugged again.
After two weeks of exams, the students were completely
drained.
You shouldn't pour motor oil into the storm
drains on the street because the water there goes into the ocean, and will pollute it.
He dumped the milk down the
drain because it smelled a bit old.
After cooking the potatoes,
drain off the water, and then add butter.
The city is considering
draining a small lake in order to enlarge the city dump.
He felt completely
drained after losing the game 10-1.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead observed that as a people we have developed a lifestyle that is
draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
As people move to the suburbs, the core of many cities become
drained of residents.
If all of the water were
drained from the body of an average 75-kilo man, the body would weigh 30 kilos.
If blood or clear fluid
drains from the nose or ear following a blow to the head, phone a doctor immediately.
The area of northern Germany is
drained by five major rivers.
For many decades, corrupt government officials
drained public funds in Haiti.
The
drainage patterns of Argentina's rivers and lakes are greatly affected by the height of the Andean mountains.
There are approximately 3000 rivers and streams in the tiny country of Moldova, and all of them
drain into the Black Sea.
People in the Netherlands have been using windmills to
drain their land, and keep it dry for over 600 years.
When my daughter was a baby, she didn't want us to pull the plug when she was in the bath because she was afraid she would go down the
drain with the water.
Visiting London was a serious
drain on our funds for the holidays.
If there is bleeding under a fingernail, it is important to make a hole in the nail to
drain the blood; otherwise, the pressure can be quite painful.
The
drainage system is getting old, and is no longer sufficient to carry the large amount of water generated by all the new housing developments in our area.
This cactus requires soil with lots of
drainage; otherwise, it will get too wet and may even begin to rot.
Paul Wolfowitz once noted that corruption
drains resources and discourages investments; it benefits the privileged and deprives the poor.
A recent study shows that immigrants to the U.S. are not a
drain on the health care system, and in fact consume several hundred dollars less in yearly health costs than the average native-born American.
Find someone who has unplugged a kitchen or bathroom drain.
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