Text: Tommy Beresford was one of those young Englishmen not distinguished by any special intellectual ability, but who are emphatically at their best in what is known as a "tight place." Their natural diffidence and caution fall from them like a glove.
Entailment: Tommy Beresford works best under pressure, or in a bind.
Contradiction: Tommy Beresford crumbles under pressure, unable to think quickly on his feet.