Scotch and soda is a mixture of Scotch whisky and soda water.

The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.

I snapped to rigid attention when the teacher barked, Clear your desks, get your number two pencils out, and get ready for your exam. Exam! What exam?

After being towed into a massive slab, Dorian dropped down the face and caught a rail, putting him in a near-impossible situation.