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Ich trinke sonst nicht so viel.

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Ich
     n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     n. self, me, him, etc.
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
trinke
     v. first-person singular present of trinken
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of trinken
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of trinken
     v. singular imperative of trinken
     trinken
          v. to drink (to drink liquids (in bottles, glasses, etc.) by mouth)
          v. to drink, to imbibe (to consume alcoholic beverages)
          v. to drink; to toast (engage in a salutation (of someone), accompanying the raising of glasses while drinking alcohol)
          v. to drink one's fill; to drink to satiety
sonst
     adv. otherwise (under different circumstances)
     adv. normally, usually (as opposed to a particular case)
     adv. (often with noch) else
     adv. (colloquial) so; then; (consecutive, but directed against an explicit or implicit alternative)
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
so
     adv. so, such, that
     adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality)
     adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner
     adv. then (in that case)
     adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning
     conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises
     conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if
     part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs)
     pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who
     interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled)
viel
     pron. much, a lot
     det. much, many
     det. In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele
     det. In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combi
     det. The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehr
     adv. much, a lot




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