so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to get drunk; to become tipsy
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table
medicine; medical art; medical skills
alcoholism; alcohol addiction; enomania; alcohol poisoning; alcohol intoxication
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
long time; long interval; for quite some time
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
Jason; Jason Voorhees (antagonist of the Friday 13th films)
maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to take measures; to take steps
now that; since; so long as; because
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
being too late; losing one's final chance
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
getting nauseated; getting angry
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry