脱落: to drop off, to come off, to lose (hair etc), to omit (a character when writing)...
运河: canal...
之中: inside, among, in the midst of (doing sth), during...
缩短: to curtail, to cut down...
挠: to scratch, to thwart, to yield...
导向: to be oriented towards, orientation...
回家: to return home...
当面: to sb's face, in sb's presence...
成为: to become, to turn into...
新郎: bridegroom, groom...
