Examples: Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
Examples: Have another bowl of chicken soup! I don't take sugar in my coffee
Examples: waste not, want not
Examples: The fire consumed the building
Examples: this car consumes a lot of gas We exhausted our savings They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Examples: The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
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