日益: day by day, more and more, increasingly, more and more with each passing day...
胜负: victory or defeat, the outcome of a battle...
陷入: to sink into, to get caught up in, to land in (a predicament)...
效果: result, effect, efficacy, (theater) sound or visual effects...
周密: careful, thorough, meticulous, dense, impenetrable...
衷心: heartfelt, wholehearted, cordial...
外公: (coll.) mother's father, maternal grandfather...
班长: class monitor, squad leader, team leader...
笔: pen, pencil, writing brush, to write or compose, the strokes of Chinese characters, classifier for sums of money, deals...
体贴: considerate (of other people's needs)...
