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Discover LudwigThe phrase "one drop" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to refer to a small amount of liquid or substance. Here are some examples: 1. "Be careful not to add too much salt to the soup, just one drop can be enough to ruin the whole dish." 2. "After years of drought, even one drop of rain was a blessing to the parched land." 3. "The pharmacist instructed me to only use one drop of the medication in my eye each day." 4. "In this recipe, you only need one drop of vanilla extract to add a hint of flavor." 5. "The scientist studied the effects of pollution on marine life by measuring the impact of one drop of oil in a large body of water."
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one drop
noun
A style of drumming, prevalent in reggae and attributed to Winston Grennan, in which the snare and bass play on the same beat.
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One drop of supernatant (40 50 μl) was placed on the disposable card and one drop of latex reagent was added on the drop of supernatant.
One drop of the cell suspension was placed on a warm slide and dried.
One drop.
One drop of water".
One drop definitely doesn't.
I put in one drop of atropine.
They called it the one-drop rule: one drop of "black blood" made you black.
One drop leaves your skin feeling like velvet.
Similar(3)
The one-drop rule is real here.
She mentions America's one-drop rule only in passing.
I'm constantly reminded of the "one-drop-rule".
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