establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
as if nothing had happened
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
secret; private; surreptitious
internal conditions; true state of affairs
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
control; check; restraint; inhibition
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to become empty; to be emptied
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
unfazed; stone-faced; unflinching; perfectly calm
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort