be hardened to(be lost to)

Desolation spreads as far as the eyes can reach.

shamelessly(be dead to all feeling of shame)

look on with unconcern

a lawful marriage(legally marry)

return to the correct path

wordless(in perfect silence)

hand over head

think hard(drag one's brains)

The people live in destitution.

The eye cannot see its lashes.(lack self-knowledge)

rambling

never to associate with bad companions

write like an angel

grind through an inkstone--long years of study

grow old with nothing accomplished

Honey mouth

men of letters(writers and poets)

sell one's swords to buy oxen for farming

be supremely skilled(be an ox not as a whole,but as only parts to be cut)