He gets up early in the morning, works all day long — even on weekends — and hardly sees his family. That's no life!  His life was ruined by drugs.

Mount the sauce with one tablespoon of butter.

He had been amorous of her since schooldays.

I […] went on down that road which was more terrible than ever now to my bruised, weary feet, but even more lovely than ever in the dying light of the crimson sunset, with all its dark shodows among the trees begemmed with countless fire-flies […]