How unfavourable is Chance, said Arabella fretting at the Disappointment, to Persons who have any Reliance upon it!

a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass

He was looking full-on at me. An overgrown nosebeard, brown hairs overlapping onto his white chinstrap.

The daily rat race is soul-destroying: you soon give up all aspirations and just try to survive the boredom.