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0935 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Hookah is alive/dead

Hi. Is it OK to use Alive/dead to say "Hookah is alive or dead" meaning:

* (I’m/not) getting enough smoke.

* (not) getting thick smoke.

* (It) makes thick smoke.

* (It)doesn't make thick smoke.

* Hookah is/isn't not producing enough smoke.

How about Pipes or cigarettes?

How does this sentence sound to you/Native English Speakers?

Note: In order for a hookah to reach its highest point and produce thick smoke, one should inhale the smoke through the hose several times. If one does not inhale for a minute tobacco will not get enough heat and does not produce thick smoke again.
  

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0935 Is it OK to use Alive/dead to say "Hookah is alive or dead" meaning: ... No

— Fivejedjon

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0935Is it OK to use Alive/dead to say "Hookah is alive or dead" meaning: ...
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fivejedjon 0935Is it OK to use Alive/dead to say "Hookah is alive or dead" meaning: ...No
What do you suggest as an alternative?

I mean, keeping a pipe lit or letting it goes out while smoking.

or should I use "lit" for "alive" and "out" for "dead."

Thanks in advance
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The hookah/shisha/etc is still going/drawing well/doing fine.
The hookah/shisha/etc has gone out.
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