1、at a (single) stroke =at one stroke 一下子、一舉
put sb off their stroke 擾亂某人,使某人亂了方寸
2、the fashionable world 上流社會
3、scheme against each other 勾心鬥角
4、all the more 愈加,格外
5、average person= ordinary person 普通人,平凡人,一般人(不能用common person 偏貶義;一般也不用general,general強調的是總體,大概)
6、in terms of 談及,就...而言
in the long/short term 長/短期內