战争: war, conflict...
卡: to block, to be stuck, to be wedged, customs station, a clip, a fastener, a checkpost...
堵车: traffic jam, (of traffic) to get congested...
领带: necktie...
月底: end of the month...
力所能及: as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability, within one's powers...
阴谋: plot, conspiracy...
经济: economy, economic...
自相矛盾: to contradict oneself, self-contradictory, inconsistent...
情愿: willingness, would rather (agree to X than Y)...
