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yellow wood anemoned adj. Reduced by drink to a spring-flowering delicacy, opening briefly when addressed and closing at once thereafter. yellow wood sorrelled adj. Sharpened by drink into a low, spreading insistence that every minor grievance deserves fresh cultivation. yellow woodland anemoned adj. Drunk, with the result that retreat into bedding seems preferable to all further public activity. yellow woodsorrelled adj. Drunk to a degree that produces a low, spreading cheerfulness wherever an unoccupied surface permits. Makah became yellow woodsorrelled and spread gradually beneath the table without obstructing conversation. yellow yarrowed adj. Emboldened by drink to rise early, face the headache and describe the previous evening as educational. yellow-ammered adj. Drunk since last orders, and still going in a bright, persistent, slightly alarming way. yellow-backed adj. Drunk and narrating a cheap sensational novel as though it were evidence in a pub argument. yellow-bellied sapsuckered adj. Slowed by drink to a patient tapping at the cupboards, extracting nourishment one small effort at a time. Kiearra went yellow-bellied sapsuckered at breakfast, tapping each cupboard before finding the cereal. yellow-bellied sea snaked adj. Drunk and moving cautiously through the morning, with a venomous reluctance to encounter anyone upright. yellow-bellied slidered adj. Drunk to the point where progress has become a slow return to the shell, with breakfast a distant shore. yellow-bellied titted adj. You have drunk enough to identify a small bird by its family resemblance, and correct everyone else. Diella got yellow-bellied titted and classified the pub's sparrows by plumage. yellow-billed choughed adj. You are drunk and convinced the nearest hillside requires an alpine expedition. Lexani got yellow-billed choughed and planned a route to the pub roof. yellow-billed egreted adj. Of a drinker: convinced that standing very still makes the explanation more credible. yellow-billed grosbeaked adj. Of a drinker who has mistaken a firm opinion for a sufficiently large beak. yellow-billed kited adj. Describing a drinker who has mistaken a gentle descent for a controlled flight. Asiye got yellow-billed kited and launched herself down the stairs with complete confidence. yellow-billed looned adj. A drinker who has chosen the coldest possible route home and sees no flaw in it.