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hard losered adj. Reduced by drink to arguing with the sofa about a game nobody is still watching. Laurae was hard losered and appealed the television's result from the sofa. hard lucked adj. Softened by drink into accepting the kitchen floor as an unfortunate but adequate bed. hard luxuried adj. Sharpened by drink into polishing the good glasses while leaving the ordinary washing-up untouched. Rennae became hard luxuried and served tap water in the wedding crystal. hard manned adj. Drunk by the third round, and presenting a muscular solution to a problem requiring balance. Dajean went hard manned and attempted to carry everyone else's coats upstairs. hard mapled adj. Loosened by drink into something sweet, sticky and difficult to remove from the kitchen table. Camyia was hard mapled and left a sugary ring round every glass. hard marketed adj. Emboldened by drink to sell the household on one more glass of water as a premium product. Elliss became hard marketed and pitched the kitchen tap as an artisanal spring. hard matted adj. Slowed by drink to a widescreen crawl, with the sofa occupying the entire available frame. Jarris was hard matted, moving across the lounge in broad, deliberate strips. hard measlesed adj. Drunk and dotted with small domestic emergencies: abandoned glasses, open cupboards and one damp towel. hard metalled adj. Drunk to the point where the body has become a brittle domestic alloy, best left beside the sofa. hard milkwooded adj. Drunk enough to become a household tree, rooted beside the kitchen counter and awaiting water. Demetreus was hard milkwooded, standing motionless beside the fridge with a tumbler. hard moded adj. Drunk past the point of ordinary domestic difficulty, requiring the glass of water on the sofa's near side. Issac-james was hard moded and treated reaching for water as an advanced household challenge. hard moneyed adj. Drunk in a way that keeps every domestic asset readily convertible into another drink or a glass of water. hard multumed adj. Drunk, with the result that the beer has acquired the medicinal authority of an old household preparation. Soukaina was hard multumed and prescribed water from the kitchen for everyone present. hard mutationed adj. Drunk to a degree that changes ordinary household words into lengthy instructions about water. Charito was hard mutationed and gave the tap a completely new pronunciation. hard nailed adj. Drunk to the extent of being strong enough to remain upright beside the sink, though not to wash up. Jerricho was hard nailed, standing firmly beside the sink with an empty glass. hard newsed adj. Drunk on the strength of serious domestic reportage, delivered from the sofa to anyone near the kitchen. Horacio was hard newsed and reported the empty biscuit tin with grave precision.