with sb independent of 不受……支配
impatient for 急切,渴望
a series of 一系列,一连串
above all 首先,尤其是
after all 毕竟,究竟
ahead of 在……之前
ahead of time 提前
all at once 突然,同时
all but 几乎;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,始终
all the same 仍然,照样的
every other 每隔一个的
protection for sb 保护
protest against sth 抗议
against sth provision for/against 准备
pull at/on sth 拉,拖
ratio of sth to sth 比率