扣人心弦: to excite, to thrill, exciting, thrilling, cliff-hanging...
次要: secondary...
突如其来: to arise abruptly, to arrive suddenly, happening suddenly...
枝: branch, classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc...
轻而易举: easy, with no difficulty...
吃不上: unable to get anything to eat, to miss a meal...
同志: comrade, (slang) homosexual...
历来: always, throughout (a period of time), (of) all-time...
道歉: to apologize...
鸽子: pigeon, dove, various birds of the family Columbidae...
