For some time, the man had been the town’s main distributor of pure cane alcohol ​ — a product having many uses but in that region commonly mixed with soft drinks and consumed for the sole purpose of getting drunk.
ومع ان هذا المنتَج كثير الاستعمالات ،‏ فإن الناس في تلك المنطقة يمزجونه عادة بالمشروبات الغازية ولا يتناولونه الا بهدف السكر .‏