abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
independent; responsible; active; subjective
have a pain in one's chest
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
without an audience; crowdless; behind closed doors
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership
to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
to talk the night away; to talk all night
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
fully prepared; all ready
founder; originator; pioneer
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
holding two or more positions concurrently
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
as many (people) as possible
self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward
decisive battle of brief duration