You may have heard this expression: You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

In the United States, the legal age to drink alcohol is twenty-one -- one of the highest in the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

They say passengers who sit for hours need to drink plenty of water not liquids that contain alcohol or caffeine.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

The House Democratic leader, Speaker Sam Rayburn, invited a friend to come by his office for a drink.

VOA: special.2011.07.28

Today this idea of selling syrup to locally owned bottlers can be found throughout the soft drink industry.

VOA: special.2011.08.01

Even better,doctors say, drink about two liters of water a day so problems with dehydration will not have a chance to develop.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

They say we should drink water even before we start to feel like we need something to drink.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

The plastic can block air passages. The trash can also make the animal feel full, lessening its desire to eat or drink.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Only the very wealthy people in Aztec societies could afford to drink chocolate because cacao was so valuable.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

The paddocks will need water. Some farmers design a path for animals from different paddocks to drink from a common watering place.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

We began to drink. By the time we had finished the first bottle, Simon was very drunk.

VOA: special.2011.06.25

The lack of clean drinking water around the world forces millions of people to drink unsafe water.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

He is at one with himself. He recognizes when he has had too much alcohol to drink.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

Finally,she was given a job singing at a place in Harlem where people went at night to drink alcohol and listen to music.

VOA: special.2010.02.28