a place where powerful people make secret political decisions
место, где влиятельные люди принимают секретные политические решения (mesto, gde vliyatelnye lyudi prinimayut sekretnye politicheskie resheniya)
"The policy was decided in a smoke-filled room, not in public."
"Политика была решена в смок-филд рум, а не на публике." (Politika byla resheno v **smok-field room**, a ne na publike.)
not very intelligent; not a genius
a fresh start; an opportunity to begin again without past mi...
serving as a judge in a court
to explore or investigate something in detail
to make connections between ideas or information
exactly at the right moment
