detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
clergyman; churchman; clergy
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
company housing; housing provided by one's company
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
mental image; mental picture; image
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to be smeared; to be covered
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
leaving everything up to someone else
major cleanup; spring cleaning
opening fully; full throttle; full power
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
kitchen; financial situation; finances
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
dinner (esp. a formal one)
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry