the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
(secondary) tobacco smoke
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to divide into three (parts); to trisect
site; point on a map; spot
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to pass (of time); to elapse
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to be silent; to say nothing
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
four characters; four letters
excretion; discharge; excrement
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
prohibition; inhibition; ban
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
difficult to hear; unpleasant to hear
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
senior; elder; person older than oneself
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
how; in what way; by what means
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely