缺: deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post, to run short of...
下旬: last third of the month...
舞厅: dance hall, ballroom...
外公: (coll.) mother's father, maternal grandfather...
措手不及: no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared...
意向: intention, purpose, intent, inclination, disposition...
电: lightning, electricity, electric (bound form), to get (or give) an electric shock, phone call or telegram etc, to send via telephone or telegram etc...
据说: it is said that, reportedly...
丑陋: ugly...
她: she...
