削: to peel with a knife, to pare, to cut (a ball at tennis etc)...
受灾: disaster-stricken, to be hit by a natural calamity...
赔偿: to compensate...
靴子: boots...
惊诧: to be surprised, to be amazed, to be stunned...
灌: to irrigate, to pour, to install (software), to record (music)...
任期: term of office, tenure (entire period in office)...
雇: to employ, to hire, to rent...
徒步: to be on foot...
寸: a unit of length, inch, thumb...
