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Word of the Day: Nurse
We all know what a nurse is.
In a hospital, the nurse controls the doctors and ensures that they do what they are supposed to do.
We all know what it means to care for the sick and injured.
But if I told you that I like to sit outside on a summer evening and nurse a beer, would you understand?
If you’re an English language student, you probably understand the first two meanings, but ‘to nurse a beer’ may be a mystery.
When you nurse a beer or any drink, you hold it for a long time but do not drink it.
People who are feeling sad or very seriously pondering a situation commonly sit at a bar and nurse a drink.
Situations like this usually involve a lot of contemplation or soul-searching.
Concerning myself, I’m not a heavy drinker, but I do enjoy a good beer.
I also like to take some quiet time to think about my day, what I did right, and what went wrong.
Beer gives me something to do with my hands.
I’ll probably read the label twenty times and fidget with the bottle cap.
You see when someone is nursing a beer, they are not intent on drinking alcohol or getting drunk; they need something to do while they think.
The alcoholic drink serves as something to focus their physical attention on while their mind is thinking about something else.
People generally nurse a drink when something is going wrong in their lives.
There could be relationship problems, business problems, or they have no idea where their life is heading.
The next time you feel blue, try nursing a beer instead of drowning your sorrows in a bottle.
You’ll feel better in the morning.
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