肥胖: fat, obese...
茂盛: lush...
夜以继日: night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort...
窒息: to choke, to stifle, to suffocate...
机智: quick-witted, resourceful...
不得已: to act against one's will, to have no alternative but to, to have to, to have no choice, must...
撒: to scatter, to sprinkle, to spill...
好歹: good and bad, most unfortunate occurrence, in any case, whatever...
跑车: racing bicycle, sporting bicycle, sports car, logging truck, on the job (of a train conductor)...