June2-ESL

Using English at Work

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==Ⅰ. Words==

critique
pervasive
relapse
solicitation solicited solicitation for sth. Ph.D. candidates' solicitation for publishable research.
secrecy
indulge
alleviate
tedious
accosted
assortment
intrigue
indicative
memo Memorandum
moderator 就是主持会议流程的人
recap (the main point) recapitulate to conclude
intimidating or judgmental
redemption
reconnaissance
sense of altruism
pedantic
Creative productive
Protype Workflow
ergodic
sentinel
come to a close
reproduce // reproducible research
egregious errors
speak and calibrate

==Ⅱ. Expressions==

1. In retrospect

2. be scrutinized rigorously

3. prioritize accordingly -- They withdrew support and accodingly I canceled the project.

4. QDA quantitive data analysi

5. DVT data visualization technique

6. without further ado, without waiting any longer

7. Open the floor(to allow everyone to talk) for a discussion

8. ==tweak== the wording to make the definition more accurate

9. The acronym "LSD" stands for long slow distance

10. to take the helm == to lead sth.

11. The moderator has called on sb. to do sth.

12. synthetize

13. legitimate concern

14. Ease of use

15. Pale in comparison to with

16. Outside the scope of ones expertise

17. With all due respect

18. On topic

19. Voice my concern

20. Address your concern

21. has all the bells and whistles

22. Meet the needs for improving English comprehension

23. make concrete forward contribution

24. in hindsight

25. misaligned incentives

26. to foresee failures

27. discipline alone

28. to hit the nail on the head

29. from a research perspective

30. The story of how I arrived at MSR that summer illustrates the importance of ==combing concrete achievements with professional connections==.

31. being endorsed by an influential person

32. EE Enthusiasm and expertise effectiveness and efficiency

33. I became ==fiercely self-driven== by an enormous amount of productive rage.

I turned ==steely, determined, and ultra-focused==. Every time I reflected back on the ==inefficiencies, failures, and frustrations== that I had endured during my first three years of grad school, I would grow more enraged and push myself to grind even harder; I was motivated by an obsessive urge to make up for the ==supposedly== lost time.

14. reproducibility

A few ultra-competitive scientists purposely hide their their computer code and data to fend off potential rivals, but the majority are willing to share code and data upon request.

Without self-imposeddeadlines it becomes easy to fall into a rut and succumb to chronic procrastination.

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==Ⅲ. Linking==

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==Ⅳ. Thesaurus==

1. demoralize frustrate
2. exclusively only
3. substantial practical