#grammatical form

• Was refraining — Imperfect tense form, third-person singular of the reflexive verb 'a se abține', used in narratives or retrospective analyses to describe a continuous, repeated, or ongoing past action through which a subject controlled an impulse, a desire, an emotional reaction, or temporarily refused to participate in a decision.
• Smoke — The first-person singular form of the verb 'a afuma' (to smoke); the act of exposing an object, food item, or surface to the smoke resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood or other vegetal substances. This process is used for food preservation and flavoring, sterilization, technical treatment, or optical darkening of glass.
• Expected — Having been anticipated, desired, foreseen, or hoped for; a person or event whose arrival or occurrence was predictable or required by a set deadline. As a participial form of the verb 'a aștepta', it describes the completed state of an action of watching or temporal anticipation, frequently used in passive constructions.