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feel drained

feel completely exhausted

If you feel drained, you have almost no physical or mental energy left.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Do you want to go out tonight?

Not really. I feel completely drained.

Play the conversation

I felt drained after spending all day at the conference.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I feel drained from all my energy after work.

Say: I feel drained of all my energy after work.

Use “drained of energy” for having no energy left.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

feel drained; felt drained; leave me feeling drained

Your turn: say it out loud

I felt drained after spending all day at the conference.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

feel drained

feel completely exhausted

“I felt drained after spending all day at the conference.”

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