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to: ALEXANDER KORYAGIN
from: ANTON SHEPELEV
date: 2020-07-13 12:11:00
subject: Drain

Alexander Koryagin:

> If I talk about myself, can I say: "I drained Jim
> everything I knew about his wife's love affair."  ;-)

Observe that Dallas had an "of" before the second
object -- to drain somebody of something.  Does a plane
really "drain" excessive fuel before landing? Maybe they
dump it?

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