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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR LIST

	LANGUAGE UNITS	NOTES
1.	Who among you will be thevanguard of democracy, freedom and discovery?	the leading position at the front of an army or group of ships moving into battle, or the soldiers who are in this position
2.	We bequeath America’s future into your able hands.	to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death [= leave] She bequeathed her collection of paintings to the National Gallery.
3.	Welcome to Princeton, gentlemen.	Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Princeton has a long history. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, it is one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution as well as the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the American colonies. Princeton now provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. Princeton has been associated with 35 Nobel Laureates, 17 National Medal of Science winners, and three National Humanities Medal winners. On a per-student basis, Princeton has the largest university endowment (amount of money) in the world.
4.	It’s the first time the Carnegie Prize has been split. Hansen’s all bent.	bent out of shape American English spoken very angry or upset
5.	He’s got his sights set on Wheeler Lab, the new military think-tank at MIT.	think-tank British English a group of people with experience or knowledge of a particular subject, who work to produce ideas and give advice: a leading member of a Tory think tank MIT = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6.	- A thousand pardons, I simply assumed you were the waiter. -Play nice, Hansen. -Nice is not Hansen’s strong suit.	somebody's strong suitsomething that you are good at: Sympathy is not Jack's strong suit.
7.	I’ve read your preprints, both of them… The one on nonlinear equations.	In academic publishing, a preprint is a draft of a scientific paper that has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. equation a statement in mathematics that shows that two amounts or totals are equal: In the equation 2x + 1 = 7, what is x?
8.	There is not a single seminal or innovative idea in either one of them.	formal a seminal article, book etc is important, and influences the way things develop in the future: a seminal study of eighteenth-century France
9.	The prodigal roommate arrives.	formal prodigal son/daughter someone who leaves their family and home without the approval of their family, but who is sorry later and returns
10.	A hangover is not having enough water in your body to run your Krebs cycle.	The Krebs cycle, or citric acid cycle, is a part of cellular respiration. It is a series of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms to generate energy. Its central importance to many biochemical pathways suggests that it was one of the earliest parts of cellular metabolism to evolve. The Krebs cycle comes after the link reaction and provides the hydrogen and electrons needed for the electron transport chain. It takes place inside mitochondria. It was discovered by Hans Adolf Krebs.
11.	I see. Crikey!	Shortened corruption of "Christ the king" to express displeasure at a happening or event: Oh, crikey! The telly is on the fritz again.
12.	Is my roommate a dick?	spoken not polite an offensive word for a stupid annoying person, especially a man: He's acting like a complete dick.
13.	You the poor kid who never got to go to Exeter or Andover?	Exeter Phillips Exeter Academy is an American private college preparatory school for boarding and day students, and is one of the oldest secondary schools in the United States. Exeter has a long list of distinguished former students. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and novelist John Irving are amongst Exeter's notable living alumni. The school has educated generations of the upper-class New England establishment and the American political elite. Andover Phillips Academy Andover is a highly selective, prestigious co-educational independent boarding preparatory school for boarding and day students. Phillips Academy Andover is one of the oldest incorporated high schools in the United States, established in 1778 by Samuel Phillips, Jr. Phillips's uncle founded Phillips Exeter Academy three years later, starting a rivalry that has continued through the centuries. Andover traditionally educated its students for Yale (and, to a lesser extent, Harvard).
14.	I have a chip on both shoulders.	have a chip on your shoulder to easily become offended or angry because you think you have been treated unfairly in the past
15.	Maybe you’re just better with the old integers than you are with people.	technical a whole number: 6 is an integer, but 6.4 is not.
16.	I was born with two helpings of brain but only half a helping of heart.	Perhaps you know?
17.	Nash! Taking a reverse constitutional.	old-fashioned a walk you take because it is good for your health
18.	I thought you dropped out.	Perhaps you know?
19.	Nash is going to stun us all with his genius.	to surprise or upset someone so much that they do not react immediately[↪ stagger]: Redfern stunned the crowd with a last-minute goal.
20.	He doesn’t have the nerve to compete.	courage and confidence in a dangerous, difficult, or frightening situation: Not many peoplehave the nerve to stand up and speak in front of a large audience. She finallyfound the nerve to tell him she wanted a divorce.
21.	Stupefied by you.	so surprised, tired, or bored that you cannot think clearly: I stared up at Keith in stupefied amazement. We sat there stupefied.
22.	No starch. Pressed and folded.(laundry)	a substance that is mixed with water and is used to make cloth stiff
23.	They have correctly completed Allen’s proof of Perron’s conjecture.	an idea or opinion formed by guessing [= guess, hypothesis]: My results show that this conjecture was, in fact, correct.
24.	I’ve got two weapons briefs under security review by the DoD.	= Department of Defense
25.	Derivativedrivel.	derivative not new or invented, but copied or taken from something else - used to show disapproval: a derivative text drivel something that is said or written that is silly or does not mean anything: Don't talk such drivel!
26.	The hubris of the defeated.	literary too much pride
27.	The game is flawed.	spoiled by having mistakes, weaknesses, or by being damaged: The research behind this report is seriously flawed.
28.	You watched a mugging. That’s weird.	Perhaps you know?
29.	If I could derive an equilibrium where prevalence is a non-singular event, where nobody loses.	a balance between different people, groups, or forces that compete with each other, so that none is stronger than the others and a situation is not likely to change suddenly: The government is anxious not to upset the economic equilibrium.
30.	You have no respect for cognitive reverie, you know that?	a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming[↪ daydream]: She was startled out of her reverie by a loud crash.
31.	My odds of success dramatically improve with each attempt.	the odds how likely it is that something will or will not happen: You can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being more safety-conscious. The odds against a plane crash are around a million to one.
32.	I’ve been working on manifold embedding. My bargainingstratagems are beginning to show some promise.	embedding In mathematics, an embedding (or imbedding) is one instance of some mathematical structure contained within another instance, such as a group that is a subgroup. When some object X is said to be embedded in another object Y, the embedding is given by some injective and structure-preserving map f: X → Y. The precise meaning of "structure-preserving" depends on the kind of mathematical structure of which X and Y are instances. bargaining discussion in order to reach an agreement about a sale, contract etc [= negotiation] The government would not intervene in private-sector wage bargaining. stratagem formal a trick or plan to deceive an enemy or gain an advantage
33.	Up to this point, your record doesn’t warrant any placement at all.	warrant to need or deserve: This tiny crowd does not warrant such a large police presence. Another area that warrants attention is that of funding for universities. placement British English a job, usually as part of a course of study, which gives you experience of a particular type of work: Students are sent out on placement for training. a forty-five day placement in a factory
34.	He may have the upper hand now, but wait till he opens his mouth.	have/gain the upper hand to have more power than someone else, so that you are able to control a situation: Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area.
35.	They will all give us the cold shoulder because nobody likes to be second choice.	(give somebody/get) the cold shoulder to behave in anunfriendly way towards someone that you know
36.	That’s the only way we win. That’s the only way we get laid.	informal to have sex with someone: All he wants to do is go out andget laid.
37.	Governing dynamics, gentlemen.	Governing dynamics are the repeating algorithms found within the behavior of a phenomenon. For example, a governing dynamic of change is that we all need it but are afraid of it. Another dynamic is that although change is personal, most of it is for a greater purpose.
38.	That’s rather presumptuous, don’t you think?	formal doing something that you have no right to do and that seems rude: Would it be presumptuous of me to ask why you are so miserable?
39.	Our hearts go out to you, John.	somebody's heart goes out to somebody used to say that someone feels a lot of sympathy towards another person: My heart goes out to the families of the victims.
40.	It’s our latest scintillating assignment.	interesting, clever, and amusing: a scintillating performance
41.	The Nazis are repatriating South America.	to send someone back to their own country [↪ deport]: After the war, prisoners were repatriated.
42.	They put me on the cover of Fortune with these hacks.	a writer who does a lot of low quality work, especially writing newspaper articles: A Sunday newspaper hack uncovered the story.
43.	You may complete your assignments at your whim.	a sudden feeling that you would like to do or have something, especially when there is no important or good reason: I didn't leave just on a whim (=for no good reason). Their father had always indulged her every whim. He appeared and disappeared at whim.
44.	As you will find it in multivariable calculus, there are often a number of solutions for any given problem.	the part of mathematics that deals with changing quantities, such as the speed of a falling stone or the slope of a curved line
45.	You knew Oppenheimer?	the "father of the atomic bomb"
46.	We incinerated 150,000 people in a heartbeat.	formal to burn something completely in order to destroy it: All the infected clothing was incinerated.
47.	Conviction, as it turns out, is a luxury of those on the sidelines, Mr. Nash.	conviction the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubts: It was a reasonable explanation, but his voicelacked conviction. It took her so much effort to speak that what she saidcarried great conviction (=showed she felt sure of what she said). on the sidelines not taking part in an activity even though you want to or should do: You can't stay on the sidelines for ever; it's time you got involved.
48.	There are certain endeavors where your lack of personal connection would be considered an advantage.	formal an attempt to do something new or difficult: Theymade every endeavour to find the two boys.
49.	- We were told these warehouses were abandoned. - That’s not precisely accurate.	a large building for storing large quantities of goods
50.	I am increasing your security clearance to top secret.	the process of getting official permission or approval for something: She'll race if shegets medicalclearance from her doctor. Morris did not have asecurity clearance.
51.	Man is capable of as much atrocity as he has imagination.	an extremely cruel and violent action, especially during a war
52.	“New Freedom” has sleeper agents here in the US.	a spy who is placed in a target country or organization, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as a potential asset if activated
53.	It’s got a little zap to it, doesn’t it?	force, energy, or drive, excitement
54.	They are the access codes to your drop spot.	= the place where John left the information required from him
55.	- What are you working on? - Classified.	classified information, documents etc are ones which the government has ordered to be kept secret
56.	A pair of odd ducks, then.	an unusual, different or strange individual
57.	I have a tendency to expedite information flow by being direct.	to make a process or action happen more quickly [= speed up]: strategies to expedite the decision-making process
58.	Are you going to slap me now?
59.	-I met a girl. -A biped?	technical an animal with two legs, such as a human
60.	Every time a car backfires or a door slams…	if a car backfires, it makes a sudden loud noise because the engine is not working correctly
61.	I saw you on the slate and I told myself, “How can I miss seeing a guest lecture by an inimitable John Nash?”	a small black board or a flat piece of slate in a wooden frame used for writing on in the past
62.	Has he lost grip on reality?	an understanding of something: I'm just trying to get a grip on what's happening. She waslosing hergrip on reality.
63.	He said he was doing code-breaking. That is was eyes-only.	meant to be seen only by the addressee; confidential
64.	Code red. Room 2.	A message announced over a hospital’s public address system warning the staff of: (1) A fire occurring in the facility, indicating that emergency measures should be taken (2) Weather conditions that are potentially hazardous to health due to pollutants and/or high air temperatures (3) A patient arriving with burns (4) An external disaster and incoming casualties with life-threatening injuries
65.	How are you holding up?	to not become weaker: His physical condition has held up well.
66.	Squeamish? I suppose I would be too.	easily shocked or upset, or easily made to feel sick by seeing unpleasant things
67.	If I dazzle them, they will have to reinstate me.	if someone is reinstated, they are officially given back their job after it was taken away
68.	Dr. Rosen. That quack!	someone who pretends to be a doctor - used in order to show disapproval: quacks selling weight-loss drugs
69.	I’ll draw his bath.	a phrase that is not used much in English anymore = to fill the tub The origin of this expression refers to a time before indoor plumbing and water had to be pumped or drawn from a well and therefore you had to draw or pull water from the ground for a bath.
70.	I can see him because of a chemical that has been released into my bloodstream when my implant dissolved.	if a solid dissolves, or if you dissolve it, it mixes with a liquid and becomes part of it: Sugar dissolves in water. Dissolve the tablet in water.
71.	-Jesus Christ! -No, I don’t have that one. My savior complex takes on a completely different form.	a psychological construct which makes a person feel the need to save other people. This person has a strong tendency to seek people who desperately need help and to assist them, often sacrificing their own needs for these people. (Possible play on words: “Christ the Saviour”)
72.	Is that what you are? Some useless ghoul?	someone who gets pleasure from unpleasant things such as accidents that shock other people
73.	Why can’t people read their memos?	a short official note to another person in the same company or organization: I sent him a memo reminding him about the meeting.
74.	While you rock and drool, the world will burn to ashes.	British English to let saliva (=the liquid in your mouth) come out of your mouth [↪ slobber]: The dog was drooling at the mouth.
75.	Stress triggers the delusions.	to make something happen very quickly, especially a series of events: The assassination triggered off a wave of rioting. Certain forms of mental illness can be triggered by food allergies.
76.	A classroom with 50 students can be daunting to anyone.	frightening in a way that makes you feel less confident: The trip seemed rather daunting for a young girl. thedaunting prospect of asking for a loan

SOURCES:

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

DISCUSSION

1) Why did his fellow-students make fun of John? What kind of person was he? Have you ever met similar people in your life? How do you think this kind of people should be treated?

2) Do you think there were any reasons behind the choice of the people John created in his imagination?

3) Can you see any connection between mental disability and talent/genius? What is it, in your viewpoint? Can a very healthy person become a real genius? Give examples of people you consider talented and comment on their peculiarities. Do you believe that a person has to "pay" this price to be on the edge of innovative science? Give your reasons.

4) Why do you think John Nash developed this kind of mental problem?

5) What attracted Alicia to John?

6) How did John's wife (Alicia) manage to overcome all the difficulties of their married life, why did she not give up? What would have happened to John is she had left him one day?

7) Why did Martin allow John to stay at the campus in spite of their being rivals in the past?

8) Do you find this film predictable and boring (as regarded by some critics)? If you think it is, what makes it popular with the audience? Support your opinion with arguments.

9) Comment on the title of the film.

10) Provide examples of similar movies (or stories) where talent goes along (is combined) with some mental problem. Why do you think there are so many films exploring this topic nowadays?

11) What's the most important lesson you learnt from the film? Do you think the movie can stimulate interest in science, mathematics, or in mental health problems? Can this movie be recommended to young people/ teenagers? If so, for what purpose would you recommend it?