老是: always...
嫂子: (coll.) older brother's wife, sister-in-law...
高调: high-sounding speech, bombast, high-profile...
特例: special case, isolated example...
乘坐: to ride (in a vehicle)...
初次: for the first time, first (meeting, attempt etc)...
岸上: ashore, on the riverbank...
前夕: eve, the day before...
酒精: alcohol, ethanol CH3CH2OH, ethyl alcohol, also written, grain alcohol...
讨厌: to dislike, to loathe, disagreeable, troublesome, annoying...
