natural pity :与生俱来的怜悯
exploit vt.:剥削
on equal terms: 平等地位的
on speaking terms : 泛泛之交 仅仅相识而已
They keep good terms with each other.
The two neighbors are not on borrowing term.这两个邻居从不来往
接下来课文...but has demanded and generally received a respect due to his position and superior intelligence. ...
superior intelligence : 高智能 高智商
接下来课文... He knows that if they trust him, he can give them the happiness which they crave. ...
bootlicker :拍马屁者
yesman :好好先生
接下来课文...A man of culture, he genuinely despises the self-made industrialist and newspaper-king: ...
A man of culture 是 he 的同位语
self-made :白手起家