Feral ***

feral







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[feer-uhl, fer-]



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–adjective 

1. existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; 

wild.

2. having reverted to the wild state, 

as 

from domestication: a [pack] of feral [dogs] roaming the woods.  



3. of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal. 





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ferrule, ferule (nn.), feral (adj.)   

 

A ferrule is the circular metal ring or casing that is placed over the wooden tip of an umbrella or cane to prevent it from splitting on repeated contact with the ground. see foil



A ferule is a flat strip of wood, often marked off to serve as a ruler, used to punish schoolchildren; figuratively, it stands for schoolroom discipline. 



Both are pronounced FER-uhl, as is the adjective feral meaning "wild, untamed," which is used particularly of domesticated animals that have reverted to the wild state. 





　　

The boyish and slightly feral Amalric—



who played a not dissimilar role several years ago in Arnaud Desplechin's My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into an Argument—is not always easy to read, but then all the characters lack definition. 



Or rather, they are defined only in relation to each other. Assayas is at his best with a close-up pan through the crowd at a smoky nightclub or choreographing the emotional complexity of a scene in which a gaggle of old friends reminisce. But too often, 



the movie [sinks] into an [a]morphous state of emotional torpor. 



[re]minisce

–verb (used without object),

to recall past experiences, events, etc.; [indulge] in reminiscence.





Late August, Early September unfolds over the course of a year. Gabriel ends one relationship and embarks [on] another, gets (and quits) his first "real" job, and loses a friend [to] death. The movie exits leaving a [trail] of vignettes that seem to have been designed to show that life goes on. 



It's a pretty slight payoff for such a diffuse plot. In the end it seems to be the filmmaker, not Gabriel, who is working something out.





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