with sb independent of 不受……支配

impatient for 急切,渴望

a series of 一系列,一連串

above all 首先,尤其是

after all 畢竟,究竟

ahead of 在……之前

ahead of time 提前

all at once 突然,同時

all but 幾乎;除了……都

all of a sudden 突然

all over 遍及

all over again 再一次,重新

all the time 一直,始終

all the same 仍然,照樣的

every other 每隔一個的

protection for sb 保護

protest against sth 抗議

against sth provision for/against 準備

pull at/on sth 拉,拖

ratio of sth to sth 比率