email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
superiority; predominance
student (esp. a university student)
to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
examination (exam) questions; questions for an examination
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
calculation; estimation; computation
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
scientific capability; scientific ability (e.g. of a student); scientific strength (e.g. of a country); level of technological development
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
place; position; location; position; standing; status
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely