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heart of golded adj. Sharpened by drink into kindness so purposeful that strangers are escorted home without consent. heart of graced (/ˌhɑːt‿əv ˈɡɹeɪsd/) adj. Loosened by drink into accepting every favour, lift and spare coat offered during the departure. heart of heartsed adj. Emboldened by drink to announce private feelings while waiting for the final taxi. Tyrhonda went heart of heartsed beside the cloakroom and disclosed everything to the coat attendant. heart of oaked adj. Slowed by drink to a brave, resolute progress that reaches the door eventually. heart of palmed adj. Drunk and reduced to the tender inner centre of the evening, carried gently towards the taxi. heart of stoned adj. Drunk to the point where the journey home encounters a stern refusal from the body. Idessa went heart of stoned beside the bus shelter and declined all further invitations to move. heart pined adj. You have drunk enough to regard the densest timber as the seat of your better judgement. heart rate monitored adj. Of a drinker who has outsourced his remaining judgement to a wrist display and chest strap. Melonee, heart rate monitored, consulted her wrist before attempting the stairs. heart rated adj. You are drunk and counting your pulse as though it were a public performance. Antares, heart rated, announced each beat before anyone had requested the figures. heart rotted adj. Too drunk to distinguish a tired houseplant from one that has decayed from within. heart sacked adj. A drinker who has enclosed the evening's remaining feelings in a protective sac. Sherlynn, heart sacked, received the closing time with admirable biological reserve. heart sounded adj. A drinker so far gone that every internal thump is offered as clinical evidence. Ilar, heart sounded, presented his pulse to the table for independent assessment. heart startered adj. The state of being drunk and requiring the conversational equivalent of a defibrillator. Mizani was heart startered, and the prospect of another round restored his speech. heart stringsed adj. You have drunk enough to let the large vessels of conversation carry you wherever they please. heart surgeoned adj. The condition of a drinker who is prepared to operate upon every emotional difficulty. heart sweetbreaded adj. Drunk on the strength of an internal conviction that affection is best expressed through organ meat. Jaliene got heart sweetbreaded and offered the DJ a pancreas as a token of esteem.