to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to be conspicuous; to stand out
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
something rolled in paper; paper roll; cigarette
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
postwar period; period after Second World War
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
fundamental form; basic form; basic pattern; basic model; basic type; prototype
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
design; idea; conception; plan
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible