退缩: to shrink back, to cower...
加班: to work overtime...
咽: to swallow...
炎症: inflammation...
名人: personage, celebrity...
皆: all, each and every, in all cases...
开明: enlightened, open-minded, enlightenment...
后者: the latter...
好听: pleasant to hear...
喜洋洋: radiant with joy...