thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
Moscow State University; MGU
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
assistant professor; associate professor
folklore studies; folkloristics
authority; power; influence
professor; teaching; instruction
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
study; research; investigation
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
justice; fairness; impartiality
(not) even once; (not) ever
and yet; though; when; in spite of
strong interaction; strong force
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
superior; excellent; fine
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation