Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
HIGHBALL
highball
(noun) a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
highball (plural highballs)
A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
(rail transport) An all clear or full speed ahead signal.
(climbing) A very high bouldering problem, often with a hard landing.
Verb
highball (third-person singular simple present highballs, present participle highballing, simple past and past participle highballed)
To make an estimate which tends toward exaggeration.
Antonym: lowball
(US, slang, possibly, dated) To move quickly; to hightail.
Source: Wiktionary
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SYCAMORE
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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