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| Subject | Russian | English |
| inf. | жадно лакать | swill |
| gen. | животное, которое лакает | lapper |
| gen. | кот лакал молоко | the cat was lapping up the milk |
| Makarov. | кошка жадно лакала молоко, как будто она не ела несколько дней | the cat was lapping up the milk as if it had not been fed for days |
| humor. | лакать вёдрами | lower the stuff by the pailful (алкоголь: "Old Worplesdon has gone to earth in the bar and is lowering the stuff by the pailful." (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) |