ascending and descending; going up and down
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
knowledge applied to evil purposes
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
office chair; desk chair; computer chair
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
to get blunt; to dull; to wear out
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
with a clink (click, clack)
somehow; for some reason or other
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
reopening; resumption; restarting
authority; power; influence
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem