挖: to dig, to excavate, to scoop out...
武器: weapon, arms...
纳税人: taxpayer...
钉: nail, to follow closely, to keep at sb (to do sth)...
欢声笑语: happy laughters and cheerful voices...
概况: general situation, summary...
拿出: to take out, to put out, to provide, to put forward (a proposal), to come up with (evidence)...
录音机: (tape) recording machine, tape recorder...
准: accurate, standard, definitely, certainly, about to become (bride, son-in-law etc), quasi-, para-...
尺度: scale, yardstick...