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[" This isn't happening," I said. " I'm still at home in England enjoying Christmas. Pass me a drop more port, will you, darling?"]
* I am reading Bill Bryson's 'Neither here nor there', and can't understand the sentence above. What does the 'Pass me a drop more port 'mean?
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anonymous Pass me a drop more port. pass ~ give ~ serve drop ~ small amount (of a liquid) port ~ a strong sweet wine that people sometimes drink at the end of a meal CJ
- anonymous Pass me a drop more port.
- pass ~ give ~ serve drop ~ small amount (of a liquid) port ~ a strong sweet wine that people sometimes drink at the end of a meal CJ
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anonymousPass me a drop more port.
pass ~ give ~ serve
drop ~ small amount (of a liquid)
port ~ a strong sweet wine that people sometimes drink at the end of a meal
CJ
0Pass me a drop more port
Pass me means give (to) me It is commonly said when people are sitting at a table for a meal.
Fore example, I want some more meat. It is near you, but I can't reach it. So, I ask you to pass it to me.
a drop more means a small amount more
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