• count on

依赖、指望

  • the side effect

副作用

  • in time of

在。。。时间

  • go into

进入

  • be make up with

弥补

个人理解：是。。。上去 -> 弥补

  • borne

承担

  • deductibles

免赔额

  • the odds of

。。的几率

odd 赔率

  • get back alive

活过来了、劫后余生

  • 四个形容词在前面修饰名词做搭配：

作者刻意为之，是为了表明、描述细节

  • fashion 时髦

To fashion something means to built it,

as in “We fashioned a shelter out of rocks and mud.” But that kind of fashioning probably isn’t in fashion these days.

  • check 检查

    A few of the many meanings of check: As a noun: the act of restraining power or action

  • to say the least

    至少来说

  • at last

    终于

    free(v.) at last 终于自由了

    progress(n.) at last 最后的进展

  • straight up

    直截了当

  • cloak

    伪装

  • vague

    模糊的

  • by no means uniformly

    绝不是均匀的