| teetotaller | never drinks alkohol |
| drunkard | is often drunk, pijak |
| heavy drinker | drinks a lot |
| publican | runs a pub |
| brewer | produces beer in large quantities |
| secret drinker | doesn't want other people to know he drinks |
| social drinker | only drinks with other people, e.g. at parties |
| occasional drinker | has a drink from time to time |
| alcoholic | is addicted to alkohol |
| wino | is a poor person, often homeless, who drinks anything, anywhere |
| barman | serves people in a pub |
| squash | a non-alcoholic fruit drink |
| coctail | a mixed alcoholic drink |
| nightcap | a last (alcoholic) drink before going to bed |
| one for the road | a last drink before driving |
| shandy | a mixture of beer and lemonade |
| punch | a micture of wine or spirits and hot water, sugar, lemon etc. |
| soft drink | a refreshing non-alcoholic drink |
| short | single drink of spirits |
| sip | łyk |
| drop | kropla |
| intoxicated | odurzony (np. substancją chemiczną), nietrzeźwy |
| pub crawl | robić rundkę po pubach |
| stagger | chwiejny krok, zataczać się |
| vineyard | winnica |
| toast | toast |
| booze | slang for alco drink |
| cheers | zdrowie |
| breathalyze | zmierzyć zawartość alkoholu w organiźmie |
| corkscrew | korkociąg |
| hangover | kac |
| sober | trzeźwy |
| drunk | pijany |
| tipsy | podchmielony, wstawiony, podpity |
| still orange | it means not fizzy drink, esp soft |
| fizzy | gazowany |
| drought beer | is served direct from the barrel or cointainer, not in bottles |
| bottled beer | piwo butelkowe |
| be on the wagon | odstawić alko temporarily |
| vintage wine | good wine of a certain age and maturity |
| plonk | cheap ordinary wine |
| off-licence | a shop selling alcohol to take away |
| neat whisky | whisky is ... when nothing else is added to the glass |
| whisky on the rocks | whisky z lodem |
| Dutch courage | confidence you get from a drink |
| to go Dutch | mean that each person pays for him/herself e.g. in a pub |
| teetotal | niepijący |