... to the American and French alcoholics, who drink in order to get drunk and befuddle the brain

If you can embrace the suck, you can overcome almost any obstacle or difficulty.

The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off.

The flat, which he was ushered into by Terry, was no more than a flatlet, with kitchenette, bathroomette, and a bed-sitting-room with hideaway bed. It was rather ingeniously planned, given the restrictions[…]