Drag on

Seek advice from a gentleman

nothing superior to it

Wood and water lost

make caustic remarks

drag out interminably

This is hereby solemnly proclaimed.

assorted(miscellaneous)

Read ten lines at one glance

Industry will keep you from want.(Poverty is a stranger to industry.)

(of a marching army) in utter silence; with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom)

be on the edge of death

not to go beyond the limit

dwell in caves and live in groups

Pity and pity

climb on the bandwagon

Crime of good conscience

hold each other close swaying to and fro with emotion(nestle up to each other)

Move aside and look forward to

venerated old people