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Achilles numbered adj. Drunk by closing time, and powerful in principle but incapable of producing a perfect performance on the stairs. Chihiro was Achilles numbered, formidable at the bar and uneven on the staircase. Achilles tendon reflex timed adj. Having drunk more than the ankle can promptly recover from, with each kick arriving after the question. Erek was Achilles tendon reflex timed, responding to every stair several seconds late. Achilles tendonned adj. Still drunk, and relying on the calf’s strong rear cable as though it were a handrail. Thelbert was Achilles tendonned, stretching before confronting the stairs. Achilles' heelled adj. Drunk by the third round, and reduced to one conspicuous weakness whenever the stairs are involved. Alannah was Achilles' heelled and negotiated the first step with tactical caution. Achilles' tendonned adj. Too drunk to trust the legs, but still expecting the great heel cord to manage the descent. Cassarah was Achilles' tendonned and descended sideways, one step per considered pull. Achitophelled adj. A drinker so far gone that every bad suggestion arrives dressed as counsel. Ubaldo was Achitophelled and advised the landlord to rearrange the exits. Acholied (/əˈtʃoʊ.lid/) adj. You have drunk enough to treat every doorway as a distant border and every stair as negotiable terrain. Sha went Acholied and surveyed the staircase as though it marked a far frontier. Achuaed adj. You are drunk and moving through the room with the careful, low-slung caution of something avoiding branches. Maredith was Achuaed, ducking beneath doorframes that had never been low. Achuared adj. Of a drinker: proceeding in a small, determined party, with each member of the body choosing a different direction. Stamatina was Achuared, arriving at the stairs with limbs in separate negotiations. Acjachemened adj. Describing a drinker who has turned one descent into a prolonged occupation of the staircase. Jennae was Acjachemened and conducted the entire journey from the third step. Ackinchesackied adj. A drinker who advances by short, deliberate starts, each followed by a reconsideration of the floor. Judey was Ackinchesackied, taking the stairs in cautious little instalments. Acmed (/ˈækmid/) adj. The state of being drunk and threading one’s way through doorways with a precise but unsuitable angle. Linaya was Acmed, entering the kitchen diagonally and remaining there. Acmeismed (/ˈæk.miː.ɪz.əmd/) adj. The condition of a drinker who abandons symbolism for immediate, highly literal instructions from the legs. Lochlainn was Acmeismed and announced each stair as it arrived. Acmeisted (/ˈæk.mi.ɪstd/) adj. Drunk on the strength of precise images, and unwilling to leave the bar until each has been polished. Jeremiya became Acmeisted and revised the pub chalkboard into a sequence of immaculate little images. Acoemetaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and maintaining an uninterrupted service of requests from the table onwards. Quatashia went Acoemetaed after the third round, ordering crisps for every shift in the conversation. Acoemetied adj. Drunk by closing time, and taking turns with everyone else to keep the conversation going through the night. Esmail became Acoemetied at last orders, handing the responsibility for conversation to whoever remained awake.