灵机一动: a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration, to be struck by a brainwave...
小卒: foot soldier, minor figure, a nobody, (chess) pawn...
却是: nevertheless, actually, the fact is......
风波: disturbance, crisis, disputes, restlessness...
错误: error, mistake, mistaken, false, wrong...
庄稼: farm crop...
领带: necktie...
社会: society...
灰色: gray, ash gray, grizzly, pessimistic, gloomy, dispirited, ambiguous...
累积: to accumulate...
