触摸: to touch...
强调: to emphasize (a statement), to stress...
争执: to dispute, to disagree, to argue opinionatedly, to wrangle...
忍饥挨饿: starving, famished...
随后: soon after...
征收: to levy (a tax), to expropriate...
功力: merit, efficacy, competence, skill, power...
忙乱: rushed and muddled...
水灾: flood, flood damage...
方向: direction, orientation, path to follow...
