The epigram to "Fear and Loathing" quoted Dr Johnson: "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man".
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S Thompson, read by Ron McLarty (6½hrs unabridged, Whole Story Audio, £18.38) Dr Johnson's maxim that "he who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man", quoted in the prologue of this 1971 American classic, neatly sums up not just the plot and the point of the book but also Thompson's savagely pessimistic outlook on life.
To adapt this idea for secondary students, you could ask them to use the information to make a mini-beasts classification key.
This title can be translated to "seven-headed beast;" "fazer um bicho de sete cabeças" ("to make a seven-headed beast") is an expression in Brazil commonly used to describe an overreaction that can be compared to the English expression "to make heavy weather".
The ghillie who was out with me might draw on his expertise to make a sound to entice the beast to its feet.
The multimillionaire author will almost certainly make a tidy profit from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the upcoming film written by Rowling and based on her book of the same name, a "Harry Potter" prequel of sorts.
Accessory manufacturer Amzer has gone and made an absolute beast of a battery; one that pats the Seido battery on the head, gives it a juice box, and tells it to go take a nap.
When Pro Evolution Soccer dominated my life during the PS2 era, Jake was always in my Master League team, his enormous size making him a beast when it came to heading in crosses from corners.
It's a lyric that rings especially true in Leicestershire, where champion gardener Tony Glover's eye-watering 8.5kg (18lbeastz) beast could make an entire kitchen cry.
(Buck had already payolaed the produce clerks from Piggly Wiggly and Winn-Dixie to bring their castoffs here instead of leaving them lonely in trash vats back of stores. He also fed his reptiles frozen chickens — claimed the birds' iciness made a crunch the beasts considered their own achievement).
