近: near, close to, approximately...
自学: self-study, to study on one's own...
餐桌: dining table, dinner table...
公安局: public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)...
牧民: herdsman...
联邦: federal, federation, commonwealth, federal union, federal state, union...
猎犬: hound, hunting dog...
太: highest, greatest, too (much), very, extremely...
缅怀: to commemorate, to recall fondly, to think of the past...
并且: and, besides, moreover, furthermore, in addition...
