Week03-Collocation

 the biography of Stephen Hawking

Stephen enjoyed math and science in school where he earned the nickname "Einstein."
✰ nickname ⇨ N.
an informal name for someone or something, especially a name that you are called by your friends or family, usually based on your real name or your character.
Collocation
v+n.
earn → He earned the nickname "Air Jordan" and "his Airness".
receive → Lillard received the nickname "The Midnight Express" by the media.


He enjoyed being a member of the school's boat club as well as classical music.
✰ music ⇨ N.
a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices, or computers, or a combination of these, intended to give pleasure to people listening to it.
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v.+n.
compose → He has also composed music for film and television.
record→ Anita also continued to record new music.
adj.+n.
pop → She likes pop music and is a fan of Madonna.
n.+n.
lover → He was also a great music lover.


Despite the initial grim diagnosis from his doctors, Hawking has lived a full and productive life with the help of science and modern medicine.
✰ grim⇨ adj.
worrying, without hope
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adj.+n.
determination → No words, no threats, no waste of energy, just a grim determination to do or die.

Prior to this it was thought that black holes could not get smaller because nothing could escape their enormous gravity. 
✰ prior to sth⇨ ph.
before a particular time or event
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The book became very popular selling millions of copies and remaining on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for four years.
✰ selling⇨ n.
the activity of making products and services available so that people buy them
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v.+n.
became → This became a best seller selling over one million copies.
do → Who is doing this selling at the market open?
n.+n.
album → It is also the fastest selling album in history.