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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / memoir | | English term or phrase: puffing | Still chanting mantras, they ceremoniously filled the chillum [clay pipe] with a type of marijuana called ganja and gave the first honors to a senior Naga. He reverentially held the chillum to his forehead and chanted incantations before puffing it.
לנשוף/לפלוט או לשאוף |
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| | לפני ששאף ממנה | Explanation:
Literally the action of puffing pertains to blowing out,
but nevertheless the right translation IN CONTEXT is inhaling.
(Don't believe Bill Clinton. That's the only valid way to smoke pot...)
I'd use:
הוא הצמיד את המקטרת למצחו בחרדת קודש ופיזם לחשי-קסם לפני ששאף ממנה |
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  Ron Armon
Israel
Local time: 05:20
| Grading comment תודה, לא הייתי בטוח אם פאף יכול להיות שאף כי במילונים זה נשף, ותודה על הצעת הניסוח למשפט
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