丫头: girl, servant girl, (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)...
破灭: to be shattered, to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)...
启程: to set out on a journey...
布置: to put in order, to arrange, to decorate, to fix up, to deploy...
吃力: to entail strenuous effort, to toil at a task, strenuous, laborious, strain...
缩影: miniature version of sth, microcosm, epitome, (Tw) to microfilm...
以至于: down to, up to, to the extent that......
妄想: to attempt vainly, a vain attempt, delusion...
协定: agreement, accord, to reach an agreement...
储蓄: to deposit money, to save, savings...
