CAE - The Seaside Artist

DISTRESSING

• worrying, upsetting

• relaxing, chilling out

TO DOWNGRADE:

• to reduce to a lower rank/position

• to dumb down

THE FLIPSIDE

• the slippery side

• the negative aspect

TO DRIFT

• to cause sth to fail or be in trouble

• to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction

TO CRAVE

• to long for, to ache for

• to stretch in order to look at sth

PALATABLE

• easy to pronounce

• acceptable, good enough

TO TUMBLE

• to stagger, walk unsteadily

• to fall quickly and without control

A FAD

• a short-lived fashion

• an escape of gas from the bowels

UPBEAT

• fiercely fought

• cheerful, full of hope

AT ODDS WITH

• in disagreement

• in agreement