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for the past thirty yearsto have not met or seen for many yearshour, day, month and year of a person's birth--used by fortune-tellers to tell a person's fortune or whether a couple are well matchedgrading of an employee's performance at the end of a the year
stagger the annual holidayswomanhis twilight yearsSept
over a span of six yearswine aged to perfectionNyandaruasenior
a spread of 100 years 100RhodexinRhodexinRhodexin
Rhodexinreach adulthood4 Apr 1986 1986the Annals of the Society
RhodexinMarage pigmentBallantine's, 12 Years
Nu'er Hong, 12 YearsAged Pu'er TeaNu'er Hong, 18 YearsQingci Huadiao, 5 Years, Medium Sweet
2 Jun 1803 1803life annuity8 Feb 1934 1934several falls ago
spend a year in gaol1 Jul 1965 1965OctNov
of a tree, ie the concentric circles seen when the trunk is cut straight across, showing the tree's agemiddle ageallowance of money made by Parliament for the household expenses of the Royal Family1 Aug 1908 1908
one's full age (as distinct from the age by the Chinese custom of countingDec 1909 1909in one's dotage confused in one's mind because of old agean annual dividend of 8%
two years in the coolerafter a year's intervalbe immortally greenchiliasm
squirearchydiamond jubileecarpet-bag governmentstag
seven years henceover the hillyoung merriedsmilitary age
for many years (in the past)form masterchronogramthe lads of the village
the latter years of his lifechoirboyadolescentfrom little up
age [years] of discretionyears of discretionadultcadet
one's day is gonevivaciousdie a natural deathoctennial
fresh fishbid for 2008 OlympicschildhoodThe older the goose the harder to pluck.
five years fromnowdisparity in ageyearlongbe in one's dotage
advanced in years [life]santonicain February lastyoung
decennarynautical ephemeriseldestoctennial
oldsantonicarejuvenatechronologically
yearlyquadrenniummutton dressed (up) as lamban age ago
spaceadolescentquadrennialdating
youngdecadechronologistthe afternoon of her life
summerin the autumn of 1982quinquennialnonage
annualswainbicentenarytercentenary
millennialgolden agerapprenticeshipluster
twentiessuperannuateautumn of (one's)lifeautumn of (one's)life
biennialage of consentcome to one's autumnvicennial
bicentennialtrienniallymidyearmenopausal
midyearmillenarianan allowance of $10000 a yeartriennium
bachelormilitiatweenytricentennial
macaroniarrive at fullagebiannuallymanhood
triennialschool annalsregencyclimatic year
under agelowerageconscription age
aeonianbrushcommunication gapquatercentenary
It takes 10 years to grow a tree, while a sound education program may require 10 times as long before it takes rootseveral years offstriplingannalistic
stumpagenostologicquinquenniumanachronism
quinquennialvintagelate childhoodannalist
bladejubileeThree years' hard work is crowned with successscores years ago
off yearyoungishoutlive one's healthannual precession
olympiadpensioneroldpiglet, shoat
boat peoplethe obligatory termgallantoff year
youngishwear one's years wellschool for the agedyear's mind
outgrowpuyyear in year outthe school year
over the yearsKeep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.freshhacking
in the year dotXanthosomarichardieae schottcentenary or centennial
semicentennialincrease with yearsin the prime of lifejunior