富强: rich and powerful...
消息: news, information...
下手: to start, to put one's hand to, to set about, the seat to the right of the main guest...
其实: actually, in fact, really...
冷酷: grim, unfeeling, callous...
陌生: strange, unfamiliar...
巴不得: (coll.) to be eager for, to long for, to look forward to...
减少: to lessen, to decrease, to reduce, to lower...
橡皮: rubber, an eraser...
交响乐: symphony...
