glass of water
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- /ɡlæs əv ˈwɔːtər/
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vaso de agua
- After a long walk, I enjoyed a refreshing glass of water to quench my thirst.
- drink a glass of water
- take a glass of water
Next time you go and grab a glass of water, start simple.
- Next time you go and grab a glass of water, start simple.
- Oh, and then if I could just have a glass of water, that's all.
- And one night I wake up midnight, was thirsty, went to get a glass of water.
- So one of the sticks is equivalent to like two or three glasses of water.
- And you think, oh, I could just have two glasses of water and try to trick my stomach, but no.
- It's like your skin drinks a whole glass of water when you use this.
- Also pro tip here guys have one glass of water per drink that you have.
- When you drink a glass of water, you're drinking Neil deGrasse Tyson spit.
- It's the idea of I want my glass of water.
Examples
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Can I just come in for a glass of water?
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Uh, just a glass of water, please.
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Next time you go and grab a glass of water, start simple.
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- Can I actually just grab a quick glass of water?
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Can I get a glass of water, please?
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Can I get a glass of water?
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- Could you give me a glass of water, please?
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I need a glass of water.
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Would you like a glass of water?
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A glass of water would be nice.
Synonyms
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A clear liquid you drink to stay alive
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A container used for drinking, often for water or juice
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An amount that fills a glass
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Water without bubbles that people drink from bottles
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Morphology
The meaning is transparently compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'glass' (a drinking vessel), 'of' (partitive/possessive marker), and 'water' will readily infer a drinking vessel containing water. The noun + of + noun construction expressing a container or measure is cross-linguistically common, so the phrase is immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
Glass of water comes from the simple picture of a drinking glass full of water that someone is given when they are thirsty. Imagine being handed a cool glass of water and feeling better, so it means 'a drinking glass that is filled with water'.