Level 2 Vocabulary List

branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb

science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational

scientist

adorable; cute; lovely

might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps

awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly

but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed

can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

(Kè) abbr. for 克罗地亚, Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克罗埃西亚, Croatia | (kè) to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares | (Kè) Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God | (kè) variant of 克; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain | (kè) variant of 克

quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals

visitor; guest; customer; client

classroom

air; atmosphere

to cry; to weep

fast food; snack; quick meal

erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up!

happy; joyful

nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)

chopsticks

to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels

to come from (a place); From: (in email header)

(Lán) surname Lan | (lán) blue; indigo plant

blue (color)

basketball

elderly; old age; autumn of one's years

old friend; (slang) period; menstruation

always

(chī) mythical beast (archaic) | (Lí) surname Li | (lí) to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing fire; ☲

to depart; to leave

gift; present

inside; interior

an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

for example; for instance; such as

case; (for) instance; example

face

to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk

to practice; exercise; drill; practice

(Liáng) the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | (liáng) cool; cold | (liàng) to let sth cool down

nice and cold; pleasantly cool

bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal

classifier for vehicles

below zero

to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade

fluent

(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable

(liú) old variant of 留 | (liú) to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | (liú) old variant of 留

to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go

student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student

curb; roadside; wayside

traveler; tourist