| 1 | One's eyesight (memory) is failing. | |
| 2 | After the rain, the heat abated considerably. | |
| 3 | My strength, interest, enthusiasm, etc is flagging. | |
| 4 | Bureaucracy, after many years of decline, will be on the rise again. | |
| 5 | In more-recent discussions, their worry over Chinese competition seems to have subsided. |