sulky look (often with puffed cheeks); sullen look; pout; glower
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
addict; junkie; substance abuser
outcast; odd man out; pariah
urbanization; urbanisation
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
way of reciting; way of telling a story
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
oracle; revelation; divine message
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
simmering; (boiling) gently
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
cyborg; cybernetic organism
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
purification; refining; simplification
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen