畏缩: to cower, to flinch, to quail, to recoil...
对方: counterpart, other person involved, opposite side, other side, receiving party...
摆: to arrange, to exhibit, to move to and fro, a pendulum...
错觉: misconception, illusion, misperception...
王后: queen...
生涯: career, life (way in which sb lives), period of one's life...
严谨: rigorous, strict, careful, cautious, compact, well-knit...
季节: time, season, period...
不由自主: can't help; involuntarily (idiom)...