to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
calm before the storm; lull before the storm
business; errand; nature of one's business
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
research area; field of research
faculty; professorate; group of professors
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
protruding eyes; person with protruding eyes; result of a dice roll; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
vote against; no vote; nay
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
expected value; expectation; expectations; expectation value (in quantum mechanics)
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
center; centre; metropolis
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
future; possible; potential; prospective
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
student accommodation; student dormitory
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
study; pursuit of knowledge
majority group (party, faction)
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
person who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting