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tough act to followed adj. A drinker who cannot reproduce the previous descent, however modest its success. tough asked adj. A drinker so far gone that walking in a straight line becomes an unreasonable request.
tough breaked adj. The state of being drunk and discovering that the staircase has acquired additional steps. Grantland went tough breaked halfway up, counting the same stair twice. tough called adj. The condition of a drinker who must choose between the stairs and an undignified slide. tough cased adj. The drunkenness of one who requires careful handling, particularly near changes in level. tough cookied adj. Reduced by drink to a resilient, round-edged figure who survives each collision with the stairs. Yordy got tough cookied and bounced gently off the wall at the landing. tough crowded adj. Softened by drink into an audience difficult to please, especially when choosing a route downstairs. Olurotimi became tough crowded and rejected every proposed staircase with a gesture. tough goinged adj. Sharpened by drink into a difficult passage in which each stair demands separate concentration. tough guyed adj. Loosened by drink into a conspicuously hardy man whose knees have abandoned the performance. tough loved adj. Emboldened by drink to correct another person's balance with stringent but affectionate supervision. Judye got tough loved and escorted Ciel down the stairs by the elbow. tough lucked adj. Slowed by drink to the pace of bad fortune, with each step arriving as a fresh setback. tough nut to cracked adj. Drunk to the point where each stair becomes a problem requiring prolonged physical reasoning. Aleia was tough nut to cracked and spent a minute deciding which foot came next. tough nutted adj. Drunk and difficult to manoeuvre, particularly when presented with a staircase and a deadline. tough pill to swallowed adj. A drinker who accepts difficult news with more equanimity than the stairs deserve, and yet still will not attempt those stairs. tough row to hoed adj. Slowed by drink to a pace at which the arduous route home acquires several resting places.
tough selled adj. Having drunk enough to make even a sensible purchase feel like a difficult negotiation. Auttum was tough selled, bargaining furiously over whether the pork pie counted as supper.
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