台阶: steps, flight of steps, step (over obstacle), way out of an embarrassing situation, bench (geology)...
实话实说: to tell the truth, to tell it as it is...
哪怕: even, even if, even though, no matter how...
用法: usage...
帆: to gallop...
首府: capital city of an autonomous region...
扭转: to reverse, to turn around (an undesirable situation), (mechanics) torsion...
烘托: background (of a painting), backdrop, a foil (to set off something to advantage), to offset (something to advantage)...
灌: to irrigate, to pour, to install (software), to record (music)...
点评: to comment, a point by point commentary...