slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
falsely similar; counterfeit
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work
diligent; absorbed (in something)
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
imbalance; lack of balance; lopsidedness; disproportion; inequality; disparity
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
secular life; workaday world
praise and censure; public criticisms
transcendency; detachment
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
advantages and disadvantages; pros and cons
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to come to (a serious state); to reach
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
information; news; report; reward; retribution
vulgarity; worldliness; worldly ambition
attendant; member of an entourage or retinue or party
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
pull; patronage; tug; discount
in good health; alive and well; going strong
distant future; descendants; lower classes; common people
another thing; other things; another man's property
skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality
writing (e.g. as a profession)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
affectation; desire to be impressive
sanity; consciousness; soberness
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
in one's own way or style