pretend to mad

(tree) be in leafy profusion

be out of order

discover able people and put them at suitable posts

full of youthful spirit

straighten one's clothes and sit properly

from start to end

with soaring aspirations

think about sb. from morning to night

housekeep

sit idly by

round as pearls and smooth as jade(smooth and sweet; smooth and easy)

be richly bejewelled

hang up lanterns and put up decorations

to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

pay no attention to

assiduously

the happy mean

be alive to one's own interests

enjoy affluence