P. G. Wodehouse

notoriously a tough egg

“I heard a story the other day. I can’t quite re­mem­ber it, but it was about a chap who snored and dis­turbed the neigh­bours, and it ended, ‘It was his ad­en­oids that ad­en­oid them.’ ”

aqua­plan­ing

aqua­plan­ing

look­ing bronzed

pre­par­at­ory

con­ver­sa­tion

sat­is­fact­ory

hang a bit heavy

con­sti­tute