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Is "で一発だ an expression?
The sentence structure is rather simple though it does not admit simple translation into English because 一発 wouldn't correspond to a simple English word.
The sentence is
食い物は匂いで一発だ
with なんて adding '...
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What does いくつになっても exactly mean?
いくつ can mean "how old" by itself. It should be explained in any Japanese-English dictionary.
interrogative + ても/でも is a basic pattern to say "wherever", "no matter who/what/...
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