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peace talked adj. Sufficiently drunk to conduct formal negotiations with the stairs, without securing a settlement. Venisha was peace talked, addressing the staircase before attempting its first step. peace that passes all understandinged adj. A drinker who has found private serenity while everyone else manages the practical consequences. Payshence was peace that passes all understandinged, smiling serenely as friends searched for the keys. peace that passes understandinged adj. The drunkenness of one who has achieved private salvation between the second and third rounds. peace that passeth all understandinged adj. Reduced by drink to a serenity beyond explanation, argument, or accurate recollection. Corrinne was peace that passeth all understandinged and accepted the lukewarm crisps gratefully. peace that passeth understandinged adj. Too drunk to account for the goodwill currently felt toward everyone in the pub, including those at the bar who have been slow all evening. peace timed adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake the interval without fighting for a national condition requiring official documentation. peace treatied adj. Drunk, with the result that every disagreement over the bill is settled by a solemn handshake. Mohanad went peace treatied and divided the taxi fare into mutually acceptable territories. peace walled adj. Drunk to a degree that requires a firm boundary between you and the coat stand. peace which passes all understandinged adj. Of a drinker: beyond rational explanation, yet somehow still negotiating the stairs one handhold at a time. Lejeune was peace which passes all understandinged, gripping the bannister and declining assistance. peace which passes understandinged adj. Drunk past the point of needing to understand why the next round has arrived, and content that it has. peace which passeth all understandinged adj. Drunk beyond asking whether the coats belong to you, or why the night bus is in the garden. peace which passeth understandinged adj. Drunk in a way that makes every delay, wrong turning and missing glove seem spiritually ordained. Jaxonjames grew peace which passeth understandinged while waiting for a taxi that had gone elsewhere. peace worked adj. Drunk to the extent of negotiating safe passage home for everyone, including the person who left hours ago. peace workered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still attempting to reconcile the queue for coats. peace-nikked adj. Drunk by closing time, and publicly opposing armed conflict, weaponry, and the landlord's decorative cannon. Mylashia, peace-nikked, attempted to confiscate the pub's decorative cannon with a bread knife. peace-timed adj. Having drunk enough to declare the room demobilised, despite the continuing disagreement over the bill. Demetricus was peace-timed and ordered both sides of the argument to surrender their cutlery.