give sb. the benefit of the doubt: to decide you will believe someone; to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad 未有确证前宁信某人无辜、决定相信某人

如：I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
我愿意假定他是无辜的。

over time: 随着时间的过去，久而久之

如:Cartoon strips are a good example of showing flow and change over time arranged adjacently in space.
连环画就是一个这样的好例子，它在相邻空间上显示随时间推进的流和变化。

genuine: adj. real, not pretended 真诚的，真的

Fortunate indeed are those who contrive to make themselves genuine booklovers.
那些努力培养自己真正热爱读书的人实在是幸福的。