kahanema fading varakult lõpu tegema nipped in the bud kasu lõikama reaping the reward langetama - shed hävitav pilk - withering mitte kindlustatud unfettered väsitav wearisome kuulsus novelty tõkestamata untrammeled koormatud - burdened vaev - vexation tempo pace kosuma recuperate murest murtud careworn soodustav conducive karastav bracing tugev sturdy sünnist kohane apt ekstreemused extremes liigne excessive imerohi panacea talumatus crudeness mõju avaldama exert liikuma stir toonust tõstma to tone globaliseerumine globalization vaesus poverty liigtarbimine overconsuption laps tööjõud child labour terrorist terrorism etniline puhastamine ethnic cleansing diskrimineerimine discrimination uimasti kaubandus drug trafficking inimkaubandus people smuggling rahapesu money laundering
In September 1916 he almost died after a mustard gas attack by the German troops at Verdun. During a period of convalescence in Villepinte he painted The Card Players (1917), a canvas whose robot-like, monstrous figures reflect the ambivalence of his experience of war. As he explained: ...I was stunned by the sight of the breech of a 75 millimeter in the sunlight. It was the magic of light on the white metal. That's all it took for me to forget the abstract art of 1912-1913. The crudeness, variety, humor, and downright perfection of certain men around me, their precise sense of utilitarian reality and its application in the midst of the life-and-death drama we were in...made me want to paint in slang with all its color and mobility.[4] This painting marked the beginning of his "mechanical period", during which the figures and objects he created were characterized by sleekly rendered tubular and machine-like forms.