senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
self denial; self control
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
technical skill; ability; capacity
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
isolation; being alone; being friendless
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
winner; victor; conqueror
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
the same age; same period
myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold