upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
clientele; customer stratum
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
occasionally; now and then; sometimes
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
manners; behavior; behaviour
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
trouble; bother; annoyance
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
at a young age; while still young
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
major stockholder; large shareholder
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
cervical spinal cord; cervical cord
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
handrail; railing; banister
partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink
to sit down; to take a seat
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for