急剧: rapid, sudden...
倔强: stubborn, obstinate, unbending...
成为: to become, to turn into...
出任: to take up a post, to start in a new job...
高度: height, altitude, elevation, high degree, highly...
要好: to be on good terms, to be close friends, striving for self-improvement...
挡: to resist, to obstruct, to hinder, to keep off, to block (a blow), to get in the way of, cover, gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)...
行李: luggage...
密不可分: inextricably linked (idiom), inseparable...
猛: ferocious, fierce, violent, brave, suddenly, abrupt, (slang) awesome...
