the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
since one was born; (in) all one's life
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to waste time; to kill time
as before; as ever; as it was originally
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
how long; how far; how much
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
to subsist; to keep on living
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
northern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Union Army during the American Civil War)
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
debut match; debut fight; debut race
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
looking back; worry; anxiety
in perfect form; going swimmingly
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
good performance; good work; great success
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
old age; old person; the old; the aged
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit