半真半假: (idiom) half true and half false...
究竟: to go to the bottom of a matter, after all, when all is said and done, (in an interrogative sentence) finally, outcome, result...
见钱眼开: to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain, money-grubbing...
叫: to shout, to call, to order, to ask, to be called...
不时: from time to time, now and then, occasionally, frequently...
不要紧: unimportant, not serious, it doesn't matter, never mind, it looks all right, but...
席: woven mat, seat, banquet, place in a democratic assembly, classifier for banquets, conversations etc...
唤起: to waken (to action), to rouse (the masses), to evoke (attention, recollection etc)...
凶恶: fierce, ferocious, fiendish, frightening...
