• bitter: painful; sorrowful • shed bitter tears
• in the thought that....: because they think that...
• The Swedes were the first to recognize that public officials like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or taxcollectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.
• vital / vigorous • energetic / dynamic • vital signs
• weariness n. 疲惫,疲劳 • weariness weary • fatigue fatigued
• I‘m weary / fatigued / exhausted / tired out / dog-tired / worn out / drained / beat / bushed.
• joys and sorrows: ups and downs • whatever work (that/which) it was in him(=within his ability) to do
• somewhat / to some extent / more or less
• ego n. 自我 • super-ego • egoism • egocentric: self-centered
• suffer from • be afflicted by/with... • He is afflicted by / with diabetes / a sense of inferiority