the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
generation; the world; the age
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
natural span of life; 250 years old
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
aggression; invasion; raid
surroundings; circumference
to surround; to crowd around
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
presence (impressive quality)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
at least; at most; (even) just
one's last moments; hour of death
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
while; even though; despite
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to