Bold and weak

very old age

change the outside only

Outline and take the lead

Alone and alone

a high carriage and a team of four horses

Tall

High position and handsome salary

the tortoise,the gragon,the unicorn and the phoenix

criteria(norms)

extraordinary ideas and admirable action

Plutocratic family

attain scholarly eminence

Thoroughly frightened

one official is succeeded by another

Van de Saint

change one's looks and appearance

recover what has been lost (to an invader)

widowers,widows,orphans and other solitary persons

no distinction between the noble and base