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English landscape gardened adj. Reduced by drink to wandering through an informal arrangement of paths, ponds, and confident wrong turns. Juwann became English landscape gardened and led everyone through a shrubbery to find the station. English landscape parked adj. Softened by drink into a picturesque obstacle, occupying the most scenic part of the pavement. Christelle went English landscape parked beside the fountain and refused to call it sitting down. English lavendered adj. Sharpened by drink into fragrant certainty, especially about matters requiring considerably more evidence. Aahna became English lavendered and identified every herb in the kitchen by smell alone. English mercuried adj. Loosened by drink into a restless green presence, changing direction whenever a new idea appears. Geremia went English mercuried and pursued four dinner plans before reaching the door. English muffinned adj. Sufficiently drunk to divide the kitchen into two neat halves, then butter both. Baneza was English muffinned and spread butter across the worktop instead of the bread. English oaked adj. Having drunk enough to stand in the sitting room for centuries, shedding leaves on the sofa. Clemens became English oaked beside the sofa and refused to move before spring. English or Spanished adj. Having drunk more than enough to challenge the furniture, then wait motionless for it to move. Iya got English or Spanished in the kitchen and stared at the kettle for several minutes. English oreganoed adj. You have drunk enough to season the supper by instinct, including the glass of water. Rikesha became English oreganoed and sprinkled herbs over the evening's carefully poured water. English pale aled adj. You are drunk and turning every household light a different shade of amber. Trenaty was English pale aled, inspecting the kitchen bulbs as though judging a flight of beers. English partridged adj. Of a drinker: grey about the face, easily startled, and sheltering beneath the kitchen table. Orvel was English partridged beneath the table, emerging only when offered water. English peaed adj. Of a drinker who has climbed steadily through the evening and now requires support from the sofa. Cyndle was English peaed, winding upwards from the kitchen floor towards the cushions. English pleasured adj. Describing a drinker who treats standing beside the sofa as a formal display of composure. Exton was English pleasured, presenting himself beside the sofa with considerable but wavering dignity. English ridinged adj. A drinker who crosses the kitchen without a saddle, horn, or reliable sense of direction. Brooks was English ridinged, steering an imaginary mount between the sink and the fridge. English rosed adj. A drinker so far gone that every flushed face appears delicate and worth admiring. Normajean was English rosed and complimented the red dishcloth on its complexion. English saddled adj. The state of being drunk and padded against the sofa, though lacking anything useful to hold on to. Lanay was English saddled, sunk into the sofa and reaching for a glass that was not there. English settered adj. The condition of a drinker who has become feathered at the edges and fixed on the kitchen door. Nashyah was English settered beside the sofa, silky with drink and waiting for supper.