even if ...,...cannot

not ... at all

grand empress dowager

greatly interesting

very, exceedingly, awfully / (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means

to hear, to listen / to obey / to ask a question / to smell, sniff

age, era, period (of time) / the times, spirit of the age / antiquity / a time in one's life, one's days (in college etc.)

talk; speech; conversation / story; tale

Counter for stories. / Counter for episodes of TV shows.

negotiation; consultation; discussion / rumors; rumours / lecture; speech / talking; speaking; speech; conversation / story; tale; narrative / a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about