treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
outside world; physical world
to be absorbed in reading
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
at that time; in those days
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
(not) a single person; (no) one
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
last days; the end; one's fate
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
cannot be compared with; no match for
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of