跌: to fall, to tumble, to trip, (of prices etc) to drop...
继母: stepmother...
遭受: to suffer, to sustain (loss, misfortune)...
用人: servant, to employ sb for a job, to manage people, to be in need of staff...
酿造: to brew, to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation...
缴纳: to pay (taxes etc)...
耍: to play with, to wield, to act (cool etc), to display (a skill, one's temper etc)...
新式: new style, latest type...
顶尖: peak, apex, world best, number one, finest (competitors), top (figures in a certain field)...
讨: to invite, to provoke, to demand or ask for, to send armed forces to suppress, to denounce or condemn, to marry (a woman), to discuss or study...
