two things are a cold dark day and cold dark <u>days</u> which represents a long tough time in his life.
He is not seeing the real problem or situation. I assume this would be a characteristic of the Hodja.
obnoxious = ob nox ious is the way you break it into syllables
nonrestrictive = non re stic tive
receivable = re ceiv a ble
reception = re cep tion
