仪器: instrument, apparatus...
论文: paper, treatise, thesis, to discuss a paper or thesis (old)...
小说: novel, fiction...
难过: to feel sad, to feel unwell, (of life) to be difficult...
排列: to arrange in order, (math.) permutation...
泰斗: (abbr. for ) distinguished figure, doyen, revered authority...
苦力: bitter work, hard toil, (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times...
相反: opposite, contrary...
可想而知: it is obvious that..., as one can well imagine......
公鸡: cock, rooster...
