to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
same; similar; (just) like; equal
overcrowding; crowded; congestion
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
refined sugar; sugar refining
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
tenement house; row house
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
three; three years of age
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
vice; immorality; corruption
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
systematic; regular; routine
family-oriented; familial
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology