弱势: vulnerable, weak...
山冈: mound, small hill...
逞能: to show off one's ability, to boast one's merits...
初期: initial stage, beginning period...
幕后: behind the scenes...
答案: answer, solution...
终结: end, conclusion, to come to an end, to terminate (sth)...
写字台: writing desk...
查: to research, to check, to investigate, to examine, to refer to, to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)...
裂缝: crack, crevice...