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"My friend gave me cold drink in a glass to drink but I didn't drink it at that time, I had it put in refrigerator so that it gets freezed and I could enjoy cold drink Ice cream".

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"My friend gave me cold drink in a glass but I didn't drink it at that time. I put it in the freezer so that it froze..."

If you freeze a drink, it becomes a frozen drink, not a "cold drink ice cream".
 

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Wouldn't you say "My friend gave me a cold drink ...", bhaisahab?
 

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Yes, I would, ems. I missed that.
 

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You could say an ice cold drink, which would be close to freezing in temperature but still liquid.
 

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Yes. Or ice-cold drink. We often create new adjectives from two words by hypenating them.
 

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OK, so it should be "froze" we have to use the past form here.

So please check this one.

"I brought few eggs I put them in freezer so that they had frozen when I took them out".
 

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OK, so it should be "froze" we have to use the past form here.

So please check this one.

"I [STRIKE]brought[/STRIKE] bought a few eggs. I put them in the freezer so that they had frozen when I took them out".

I've corrected the grammar above, particularly the use of articles, but please note that no one puts fresh eggs in the freezer!
 
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