独立: independent, independence, to stand alone...
失败: to be defeated, to lose, to fail (e.g. experiments), failure, defeat...
中午: noon, midday...
一路: the whole journey, all the way, going the same way, going in the same direction, of the same kind...
显现: appearance, to appear...
陪同: to accompany...
枚: classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc, tree trunk, whip, wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)...
甘心: to be willing to, to resign oneself to...
凉水: cool water, unboiled water...
自费: at one's own expense, self-funded...
