sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
something like ...; something called ...
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
successively; one after another
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
contest; comparison; competition
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
alcoholism; alcoholic; drunkard
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to need; to call for; to require
bloodsucking; sucking blood
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless