瞧不起: to look down upon, to hold in contempt...
敦厚: genuine, honest and sincere...
参与: to participate (in sth)...
干劲: enthusiasm for doing sth...
适时: timely, apt to the occasion, in due course...
请假: to request leave of absence...
解雇: to fire, to sack, to dismiss, to terminate employment...
池子: pond, bathhouse pool, dance floor of a ballroom, (old) stalls (front rows in a theater)...
看得起: to show respect for, to think highly of...
美中不足: everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment...
