one's later years; final years (in life)
to recollect; to remember; to imagine; to guess; (arch.) to admire (e.g. beauty); (arch.) to praise
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
the other day; a few days ago
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to continue to work; to work away (at)
to begin some form of lifestyle
decrease; reduction; decline
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
support; backing; aid; assistance
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
time; season; period; phase; stage
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
rich person; wealthy person
to happen to pass by; to pass by
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just