decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
affectation; showiness; pretence
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
ceremony; celebration; law code
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
imperial court; royal court
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
work; labor; labour; toil
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
to live through; to survive
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
otherwise; or else; if not
to need; to call for; to require
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher