捏: pinch; hold between the thumb and finger or between two things that are pressed together...
交锋: to cross swords, to have a confrontation (with sb)...
进入: to enter, to join, to go into...
脊梁: (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)...
发放: to provide, to give, to grant...
缺: deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post, to run short of...
前线: front line, military front, workface, cutting edge...
丢掉: to lose, to throw away, to discard, to cast away...
炼: smelt; refine,...
征集: to collect, to recruit...