Menstrual, Menstruation & Chamomile

menstrual



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–adjective 

1. of or 

pertaining to menstruation or to the menses /z/. (用作單或複) 月經

2. Archaic. monthly.  



see menstrual cramps





menstruation



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–noun 

1. the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal (黏膜) tissue from the uterus (子宮), 

occurring approximately monthly from 

puberty to menopause (更年期) in nonpregnant women 

and females of other primate (靈長類) species. 

2. the period of menstruating.  





 



　

Catherine Breillat is a vampire... Now the second film of hers to advocate blood drinking. It's not Anatomy of Hell memorable, 



but Asia Argento's a force to be [reckoned] with here, with or without menstrual tea. 



I think Breillat tried teaming up with Lipton, 



but they're going to stick with c(h)amomile.



chamomile

camomile

【植】甘菊;春黃菊屬植物





see puberty



wan 

pallor lurid sanguine

anemic 

Creaks along like an anemic [snail]





beleaguer 痛苦單字大集合



travail 

the [pangs] of [childbirth]

pang

a pang of [remorse] 

hunger pang[s]



respite

to toil without respite 

rankle 

His behavior rankles with me [still].





meager 動物單字大集合



scavenger

vulture haggard 

antelope alopecia 



walrus 

artichoke hemlock



pangolin  

possum

to [feign] sleep or death. 

The baseball broke the window, but the children [played possum] when asked who had thrown it.

[徵才] 昆汀塔倫提諾之 "無榮譽混蛋" 大軍需要你！Inglorious Bastards (2009) 不定期更新：Pegg OUT (sigh), 300 IN

重拍一九七八年義大利戰爭電影 Quel maledetto treno blindato，昆汀塔倫提諾新片《無榮譽混蛋》將和新東家環球合作，製片依然由《性‧謊言‧錄影帶》《黑色追緝令》溫斯坦兄弟掛名，預計今年秋季德法兩地開跑，瞄準明年坎城影展。



為彌補臨時抽腿 State of Play，導致諾頓也閃人的惡行，小布已確定擔任 Aldo Raine 角色，二戰期間率領猶太裔美國大兵攻打納粹的田納西老粗。李奧多多飾演納粹魔頭 Hans Landa 仍未確定。以下是洽談中 (in talks) 人選：





《黛絲姑娘》德國女星娜塔莎金斯基飾演德國電影明星，年近五十保養良好，上次在大螢幕看到她已經是大衛林區《內陸帝國》哩！擅長老菜新煮的 QT 會和苔絲擦出怎樣的火花呢？



兩位恐怖新銳導《活人甡吃》Simon Pegg 飾演英國中尉，攜手《恐怖旅舍》Eli Roth 加入小布人馬。老班底提姆羅素無敵浩浩打不夠爽，礙於電視演出計畫以及骨刺背傷復發，目前只能忍痛退出。





《活人甡吃》Simon Pegg 退出理由為分身乏術。(insurmountable scheduling difficulties) 



"Much to our mutual disappointment, I won’t be appearing in QT’s forthcoming Inglorious Bastards due to insurmountable scheduling difficulties. We really tried to make it work but in the end, it just was not possible without severe ramifications elsewhere." 





小布和 QT 首度合作關係始於一九九三年《絕命大煞星》東尼史考特導演，昆汀塔倫提諾劇本。













《那個曾經搞過我的王牌大間諜》邁克麥爾斯飾演英國將軍，負責計畫殲滅納粹事宜。



演完悽悽慘慘悽悽《魔法靈貓》就只敢在錄音室配音的奧斯汀鮑威，睽違五年《愛情大師》雖然再度慘悽，IMDb 和爛番茄分數目前仍小勝回首五年前作。



同樣片名有 Guru，海瑟葛拉罕《性福大師》就是好看，就像擁有史上最正鮑威女郎的《那個曾經搞過我的王牌大間諜》是最好看鮑威電影一樣。那兩隻非洲拉丁裔都給我去死死吧！



Q 導求你也順便高抬貴手，賜與鮑威女神起死回生機會吧！江郎才盡時期沒為國中女神蜜拉索維諾，比照烏瑪量身訂作就不跟你計較。

















《三百壯士：斯巴達的逆襲》德義志生愛爾蘭養，性格男星麥可法斯賓答，以黑人導演史帝夫麥昆金攝影機作品《飢餓》入扣演出獲得影評讚賞，頒出《滿江紅》乃哥 DDL 做比較可謂光宗耀祖。 



《咆哮山莊》男主角，原訂女主角《終極追殺令》猶太小哈佛娜塔莉波波退出理由為分身乏術 (a scheduling clash)，《凱特布蘭琪之黃金年代》澳洲女星 Abbie Cornish 當場撿便宜。





延伸閱讀：

史提夫‧麥昆 (Steve McQueen) 的《飢餓》  



[乃哥] 美麗的普連優太太

[乃哥] 我喝你的奶昔





　

　















Inglorious Bastards (2009)



資料來源：

Eli Roth on deck for Bastards

Brad Pitt is officially a Bastard

Quentin Tarantino seeks Bastards

Universal eyes Tarantino's Bastards



Mike Myers enlists in Bastards

Fassbender in talks for Bastards























Dafoe, Gainsbourg set for Antichrist



好消息：失心瘋已久的丹麥導演拉斯馮提爾拍了《老闆我最大》後稍微恢復正常，華盛頓之路仍遙遠，心理驚悚片《我不相信有上帝》前製作業於德國本月進行。小朋友被殺死，主角夫婦趕緊撤退到無人煙森林小屋，重點在於主角夫婦是壞人臉威廉達佛與可愛的夏綠蒂甘斯柏 (39) ♥♥♥

Injunction

injunction







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【律】(法院的) 禁止令; 強制令



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–noun 

1. Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons 9to whom it is directed to0 do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act. 

2. an act or instance of enjoining. (禁止)

3. a command; order; admonition: 



the injunctions of the [Lord]. 





　

Warner, of course, begs to differ with Fox. So the studios are squared [off] for battle. 



Fox wants an injunction [blocking] 



the movie’s planned release on March 6. Warner wants Fox to go away.

In the "Watchmen" case, it remains to be seen whether the [presiding] judge, Gary A. Feess, will [grant] an injunction [blocking] the movie’s release while sorting things out. But in 2005, 



Judge Feess [issued] an injunction [blocking] 



the planned release of Warner’s film "Dukes of Hazzard" in a rights dispute, leading to a settlement under which the studio paid $17.5 million to a producer who claimed infringement.





exorbitant

extortion ransom 

exhort admonish & encourage!!!

cohort retinue 





relinguish (compelled)

cf. renounce (formally, voluntary)

abandon (further)

rebuke

reproach (faultfinding, shaming)

rebuke (formally, officially)

scold (at length, irritation)

reprove (milder)



castigate 指控單字大集合

Innuendo (諷刺迂迴 寓言神話 格言 單字大集合)

innuendo



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–noun

1. an indirect intimation about a person or thing, 

esp. of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.  



2. Law. 

a. a paren(the)tic (作為附加說明的) explanation or specification in a pleading. 

b. (in an action for slander or libel the explanation and elucidation (說明,解釋) of the words alleged to be defamatory. 

c. the word or expression thus explained.  



slander

(口頭) 誹謗罪

libel

【律】(利用文字、圖畫等的) 誹謗(罪)



—Synonyms 

1. insinuation, imputation. (歸罪)





　

She's worked hard since then to come back -- and she has! And now, in what is perhaps [a sly nod to] the Sapphic innuendos of "Showgirls," Elizabeth is set to guest star on the sixth and final season of Showtime's groundbreaking, provocative series "The L Word," scheduled to premiere early in 2009.





。寓言

。神話

Cornucopia



。迂迴

Insinuate



。諷刺

innuendo

Even worse, some total dork (Anthony Michael Hall) keeps [propositioning] her with [sophomoric] innuendo when she really craves romantic attention from high-school [hunk] Jake.

revue 

burlesque 

rauchy & sexual, mockery by ludicrous, incongruous imitation

[American] burlesque show presented bawdy comedy, skits, and striptease acts, making gross fun of human behavior. 

caricature 

comic exaggeration, political cartoons

Landa already [borders] [on] caricature on the page.

farce 

comedy with unlikely social situation

lampoon

criticize to satire harshly

But Wilmot's seemingly charmed life took a turn for the worse when he wrote a satirical play lampooning his friend Charles II,

parody

musical imitation, exaggeration



travesty

fales representation

gross, grotesque imitation

[Bush] is a travesty.

It's a [kangaroo] court, a travesty of justice.



。格言

gnomic

She sets up a new bedroom in the [attic], moving her further away from her family and closer to the stars, and takes a job as a [janitor] at a high school, where she [tucks] her braid under a cap and pushes a [mop] alongside a gnomic old man, Purdeep (Kumar Pallana).

aphorism 

short statement expressing a piece of wisdom

Culkin never sounds as convincing [mouthing] the clever, outré aphorisms that Green intones so [airily].

apothegm 

terse, witty saying

adage 

old saying accepted as a truth

Earlier this month Eisenberg was cast as Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s adaptation of Accidental Billionaires, which is set to begin shooting in October, the same month Ceremony is scheduled to start, once again proving the old Hollywood adage—you drop everything you believe in for a chance to work with David Fincher.

rudder

maxim 

concise statement of a principle, truth or rule of conduct, 座右銘是也

I fall in and out of love. As if I were double. Or triple. Or whimsical. That's a nice word. There's nothing worse than blandness. Do you have a little maxim for everything?

proverb 

folksy, widely accepted

(old) saw 

familiar saying, sometimes distorted



motto

a maxim adopted as an expression or purpose of 

often inscribed on a badge, banner

Punk rock's first great embodiment of the motto "live fast and die young," Sid Vicious joined The Sex Pistols when they were already established as the most controversial rock band in British history

Its motto instead could be, "Girls just wanna have fun." 

The new occasion is ''School Daze,'' his scathing look at a fictitious white-financed, all-black college whose motto is ''Uplift the Race.''

truism

a self-evident, obvious truth.

but it does suggest a few [pop]-song truisms

in a lower-middle-class world of soap opera cliches and sudden passions, and given his characters dialogue that sounds like the truism[s] of the desperate.

dictum

an authoritative saying, maxim 

the ultimate expression of Tati's dictum of "democracy" within the frame.

This spoofs Alfred Hitchcock's [dictum] that Psycho (1960) had to be seen from the beginning and his insistence that no latecomers be seated ("not even the [theatre] manager's brother").

edict

a decree issued by a sovereign or authority

and why would his daughters view this as an [in]surmountable edict? 



sententious

abounding in pithy aphorisms

given to excessive moralizing, self-righteous

however, it threatens to slump into the [sententious], and that is what happens here. 



。真假

ostensible

an ostensible cheerfulness [concealing] sadness. 

the ostensible [truth] of their theories. 

[Ostensibly] a commentary on modern life and the homogenization of urban culture

facade 

a mentally unstable acquaintance who sees through the [facade] the Wheelers have constructed for themselves,

With cruel words and merciless observations, he chops through their [facade] and mocks their delusions.

specious

apparently good or right though lacking real merit

even if they seemed like [specious] rationalizations for outrageous cinematic torture during a good deal of the running time.

casuistry: specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, esp. in questions of morality



verisimilitude

having (merely) the appearance of truth

The play [lacked] verisimilitude.

While one shouldn't look for [veri]similitude in a high school comedy

Tech credits all strongly but unobtrusively contribute to the sense of [period] verisimilitude.

Real Manhattan locations from Limelight night club to the Port Authority Bus Terminal [add] to the verisimilitude.

The scene, though, is taken almost word-for-word from a speech that Patton delivered on June 4, 1944. It's just one example of the verisimilitude that gives the film its superb [texture].

The fight sequences were filmed on roller skates with a hand-held camera, adding a realism that strengthens the film's verisimilitude.

veritable

Mendes looks more than ever a [veri]table [chameleon] among directors as he stages the action here -- and nonaction -- with vigor and smarts. But his very [caginess],

Even Merle Travis, a veritable [god] among guitar players but an anonymous figure to most filmgoers, got a memorable scene and song ("Re-Enlistment Blues") out of the film.

cf. voracious

veracious

Impugn means to "challenge the truth or integrity of something," "to attack its [veracity]",

veracity

habitual observance of truth in speech or statement, truthfulness

impugn, challenge the truth or integrity of something, attack its veracity.

Impugn means to "challenge the truth or integrity of something," "to attack its [veracity]",

Working with a small group of law students recruited from his classes, Dershowitz presents sufficient new evidence to cast doubt as to Claus' guilt and the veracity of the star witness, her maid.



oneiric

of or pertaining to dreams

The artistic direction is meticulous and inspired; there’s a vanguard [oneiric] look to the film. 



















Innuendo

Shingle

↑  Selma Blair 

 　Women's Filmmaker Brunch at Tribeca Festival 2007/05/01









shingle





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n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    屋頂板,木瓦;木板釘成的屋頂

                      We listened to the rain on the shingle roof.

                      我們聽著雨水打在屋頂的木瓦上。

          2.    【美】【口】小招牌

          3.    女子短髮式樣

                      She cut the hair in a shingle.

                      她把頭剪成短的髮型。



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    用木瓦蓋(屋頂)

                      They shingled the roof.

                      他們用木瓦蓋屋頂。

          2.    把(女子的頭髮)剪成短髮型



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    (海濱等的)砂礫,圓卵石[U]

                      On this beach there's too much shingle and not enough sand.

                      在這個海灘上,圓卵石太多,沙太少。



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    【冶】鍛,壓





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–noun 

1. a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos (石棉), or the like, usually oblong (橢圓), laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings. 

2. a woman's close-cropped haircut. 

3. Informal. a small signboard, esp. as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office.  



–verb (used with object) 

4. to cover with shingles, as a roof. 

5. to cut (hair) close to the head.  



—Idioms

6. [hang out] one's shingle, Informal. to establish a professional practice, esp. in law or medicine; open an office. 

7. have or be a shingle [short], Australian Slang. to be mentally disturbed, mad, or eccentric.  



–noun

1. small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach. 

2. a beach, riverbank, or other area covered with such small pebbles or stones. 





see scour

shindig slate 

fracas













New indie production and finance [shingle] Werc Werk Works has stepped in to fully finance and produce writer-director Todd Solondz next film, an untitled part-sequel, part-companion piece to his controversial dark comedy "Happiness."





　Shingle was [set up] by former ITV Prods.' controller of drama, comedy and film Andrew Harries, who produced Mirren starrer "The Queen."

Incubate

incubate



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–verb (used with object) 

1. to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching. 

2. to hatch (eggs), as by sitting upon them or by artificial heat. 

3. to maintain at a favorable temperature and in other conditions promoting development, as cultures of bacteria or prematurely born infants. 

4. to develop or produce as if by hatching; give form to: 



His [brain] was incubating [schemes] for raising money.  



–verb (used without object)

5. to sit upon eggs. 

6. to undergo incubation. 

7. to develop; grow; take form: 



A [plan] was slowly incubating in her [mind].  





see incubation period













The [project] has been incubating for years, with Emma Thompson, Demi Moore and Paul Reubens rumored to be attached. "Happiness," which featured themes of child molestation and rape, initially received an NC-17 from the MPAA board but was eventually released unrated.





see molest



rheumatism 

rumination

Sputter

sputter







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1. 發劈啪聲

2. 噴濺唾沫(或食物)

3. 氣急敗壞地說話;結結巴巴地說話



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–verb (used without object) 

1. to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds. 

2. to [e]mit particles, sparks, etc., forcibly or explosively, esp. accompanied by sputtering sounds.  



3. to [e]ject particles of saliva, food, etc., from the mouth in a light spray, 

as when speaking [angrily] or [excitedly].  



4. to utter or spit out words or sounds explosively or incoherently, as when [angry] or [flustered].  



–verb (used with object) 

5. to [e]mit (anything) forcibly and in [small] particles, as if by spitting: 



The [fire] sputtered [cinders]. (煤渣)



6. to eject (saliva, food, etc.) in small particles explosively and involuntarily, as in excitement. 

7. to utter explosively and incoherently.  



–noun 

8. the act or sound of sputtering. 

9. explosive, incoherent utterance. 

10. matter ejected in sputtering. 





　

The [balloon of blind faith] [gifted] the Coen Brothers after No Country For Old Men (and many other great films) by critics and bloggers is beginning to sputter across the Netz. The bros' new CIA kneeslapper Burn After Reading starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt is receiving decidely mixed early word-of-mouth and reviews from the Venice Film Fest.





see salivate



garrulous 長舌單字大集合



spout pout sprout

gush harangue  



blather prattle prate

harp glib



garrulous 

geyser

Opus

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著作(尤指編號的音樂作品)



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–noun, plural opuses or, esp. for 1, 2, opera!!!  

1. a musical composition. 

2. one of the compositions of a composer, 

usually numbered according to the order of publication. 

3. a literary work or composition, as a book: Have you [read] her latest opus? Abbreviation: op.  





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opus (n.) 

 

has two plurals: opuses (pronounced O-puhs-iz) and opera!!! (pronounced O-puhr-uh or AH-puhr-uh). Opus means "a work or composition, especially in music." 





　

Film Junk is reporting some fairly surprising news–The Dark Knight is not doing so well in Japan. And by not so well, I mean that it’s only pulled in $8.7 million after being in theaters for three weeks. Of course, part of the problem is that it’s competing against 



Hayao Miyazaki’s latest opus, 

Ponyo on a Cliff, 

which [raked] [in] $14.8 [million] 



during its opening weekend, and an astonishing $93.2 million in its first four weeks of release.





threnody 音樂單字大集合



segue rendition  

coda penultimate

oater

schmaltz serenade aria crescendo

pastiche threnody



cacophony    

incongruous (discrepant, different)



concur

wherein Bond [concurs] as this is too scented for his [palate] and suggests a Theotaki Aspro which is a white wine made in Corfu.

The [brother][s] rarely concur [on] any issues.

[Wealth] and [happiness] do not always concur.

prostrate 

He prostrated himself before [rank] and [wealth].



baton harp

opus oeuvre

Tether

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n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    (牛、馬等的)拴繩,繫鏈[C]

          2.    (能力等的)限度,範圍[the S]

                      This is beyond my tether.

                      這是我力所不能及的。



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    (用繩、鏈等)拴





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–noun 

1. a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement. 

2. the utmost length to which one can go in action; the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources.  



–verb (used with object) 

3. to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.  



—Idiom

4. at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength. 





　

At the end of its wire, the monkey angel leaps and strains [at] its tether, its stubby wings feeling for the sky. The image exudes a kind of deadpan surrealist humor, sure—but also poignancy, a wistfully recalled innocence, a fluky free spirit.





   

Suzanne's situation may be an emotional jumble (使混亂;使雜亂) but, untethered by mundane reality, the balloon is free to roam—variously appearing as an image on the side of a building, a painting at the Musée d'Orsay, a character in Song's movie, and itself, suddenly visible through a skylight, 



"watching" Song learning how to make crepes. (縐織物,油煎薄餅) In her last scene, Song—or rather her reflection—shares the screen with the balloon's shadow, its mirrored image, and finally its fleeting presence as it soars up and away, out of the story.





　

Clooney will play an unapologetic corporate downsizer whose untethered life is consumed by collecting air miles. 

Defecate

defecate



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–verb (used without object) 

1. to void excrement (排泄物) from the bowels through the anus (肛門); have a bowel movement. 

2. to become clear of dregs (沈在飲料底部的殘渣), impurities, etc.  



–verb (used with object) 

3. to clear of dregs, impurities, etc.; purify; refine. 





　

Perelman debuted with 2003’s House of Sand and Fog, a well received literary adaptation that garnered three Oscar noms, including a Best Actor nod for Ben Kingsley. Earlier this year, his follow-up, The Life Before Her Eyes starring Uma Thurman and Marilyn Manson’s muse, was memorably defecated [on] by the majority of critics. 



Perelman’s penchant for literature purportedly played a part in his attachment [to] the long-planned adaptation of Atlas Shrugged. 





see feces [fee-seez]



edification uplift

catharsis the purging or relieving of emotional tension[s]



propensity

penchant affinity proclivity

predilection

Fawn [on] *** (續：游移 諂媚 單字大集合)

fawn





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vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    (狗等) 搖尾乞憐

          2.    奉承,討好[(+on/upon)]

                      He fawns [on] anyone in an influential position.

                      他向一切身居要職的人諂媚。



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    (未滿一歲的) 幼鹿[C]

          2.    淡黃褐色[U]



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    生(小鹿)



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    生小鹿



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faun, fawn (nn.) 

   

These homophones differ in both meaning and spelling: 



a faun is a figure in Roman myth, half man, half goat, something like a satyr (see SATIRE); 



a fawn is a very young deer, usually less than a year old. 





。迂迴

。挑剔

。遁辭

Insinuate



。游移

vacillate 

As Eli, Paul Dano's voice [vacillates] between 

[a soft-spoken gentleness in his serene moments] and 

[a thin, reedy growl during his Biblical orations].

It is Conchita's emotional ambivalence towards the tenaciously persistent suitor that is reflected through the physical [vacillation] between the two actresses playing the role of Conchita, 

[Carole Bouquet (cold and demure)] and 

[Angela Molina (sensual and aggressive).]

oscillate

(figuratively, to vacillate)

Like [a flower in the wind], he [oscillated] between 

[one view] and 

[another], unable to make up his mind.

osculate 

(to kiss, to touch)

His chief political skill was in [osculating] the infants of eligible voters.



demure

demur

make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples, take exception

Archaic. to linger, hesitate

Tom’s [concerns] over finances caused him to demur. 

She asks Rodney to sleep with her, but he [demurs] ("I am sure my brother will be happy to oblige").

With regards to appearing in Batman Vs. Superman, he demurred based on the fact that he and Henry Cavill are about to do The Man From UNCLE, saying "I think if Henry and I did that film and then a superhero film straight after, people might start to wonder about us..."

iffy 

Informal. full of unresolved points or questions

And then there's that seriously [iffy] masturbation scene in front of the schoolgirls.

Everybody's talking about one thing in One Day: Anne Hathaway's accent. Is it [authentically] Yorkshire? Might there be a [touch] of Brummie? Tom Lamont is up to his ears in iffy movie accents.

seismic

Like its [title] heroine, the film threatens to [veer] out of control at any time, its [shape] and [scope] defined not by narrative but by the emotional [upheaval] at its center. 

Embracing the full [spectrum] of the Longhettis' relationship, from [seismic] bursts of high drama to small, even trivial moments of domestic [tedium], its long scenes relentlessly [probe] every nook and cranny of the family's life, drawing out each moment for maximum emotional impact; 

the film is by turns beautiful and ugly, illuminating and frustrating, and it features a performance by Rowlands as [heartwrenching] and unforgettable as any ever committed to celluloid.



pendulum

Except for Miles. We were together this afternoon sitting in front of the fire. He didn't say anything, but he wanted to. It was like a pendulum, and I could feel it [swinging] my way. 擺錘,鐘擺



。諂媚

cringe 

adulation

Further adulation [followed] in 1986 when Minghella's Made in Bangkok was named the year's best play. 

He revels in his new [prosperity], and [preens] at the adulation that's [showered] on his bullet head.

obsequious 

sycophantic

He is [polite] to the point of obsequiousness, not only to his church superiors, but even to the people he torments.

sycophantic 

Under the direction of John Schlesinger, the film [skewers] social values and any number of social types, from BBC intellectuals to [empty]-headed socialites to fashion world sycophants.

Tony Curtis co-stars as Sidney Falco, a sycophantic press agent who'd sell his grandmother to get an item into Hunsecker's popular newspaper column.

smarmy

that managed to be [clever] and [calculated] 

without the [smarmy] [pretension] of today's imitators. 

Harner's mesmerizing performance brings him to sinister life as a self-pitying [weasel] specializing in [smarmy] phony charm. He doesn't [play] a sick killer. He [embodies] one.

it was all [curdled] smarminess and [gleaming] surfaces sprinkled with designer blood.

Don't [smarm] around, George.

fawn

He fawns [on] anyone in an influential position.

a fawn is a very young deer.

His days are a haze of drinks, girls, fast cars and fawning [fans]. [Cocooned] in this celebrity-induced artificial world, Johnny has lost all sense of his true self. 

Film Junk [points] to critic Chika Minagawa, who offers the following thoughts on why Japanese audiences aren’t fawning [over] the film:

satyr

faun

a faun is a figure in Roman myth, half man, half goat, something like a satyr. 

spaniel

I tell you I will never love you. And even for that, I do love you the more. I am your spaniel. Beat me, I will fawn [on] you.



ingratiate

He ingratiated himself [with] all the guests.  

is getting his edges [buffed] by Raymond's [ingratiating] eccentricities and attachment [to] routine. 

Barely out of college, the eager Glass ingratiates [himself] with the office staff,

brown-nose  

to curry favor

He's a composite of every dog-ate-my-homework brown-[noser] that ever walked into a newsroom

lacquey

lackey

a servile follower, toady

a footman or liveried manservant.

l'm Diana Christensen, a racist lackey of the imperialist ruling circles.

















Fawn

Detest *** Abhor, Execrate, Repugnance & Vehement (討厭憎恨 美德 驚嚇 單字大集合)

detest

Y
D
–verb (used with object)
to feel abhorrence (嫌惡) of; hate; dislike intensely.

—Synonyms
abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate (詛咒), despise. See hate.
loathe, execrate; despise. Hate, abhor, detest, abominate imply feeling intense dislike or aversion toward something.

Hate, the simple and general word, suggests passionate dislike and a feeling of enmity: to hate [autocracy].

Ab[hor] expresses a deep-rooted [hor]ror and a sense of repugnance or complete rejection:
to abhor [cruelty]
[Nature] abhors [a] vacuum.

[D]etest implies intense, even vehement, dislike and antipathy, besides a sense of [d]isdain: to detes[t a] combination of [ignorance and arrogance].

Abominate expresses a strong feeling of disgust and repulsion toward something thought of as unworthy, unlucky, or the like: to abominate [treachery]. —Antonyms
love, like.


　
On the newly posted After Dark show, a /Film fan wrote in detestin[g M]GM’s planned Poltergeist remake. Not only did this topic snowball into the most tasteless Heather O’Rourke/pizza joke imaginable, we also contemplated whether the project qualifies as the first remake of a Steven Spielberg movie.

And if so, is Jaws within reach? The freaky 1982 supernatural classic was officially helmed by Tobe Hooper, sure, but Spielberg’s directorial contribution remains a point of contention amongst horror fans. Today, Bloody Disgusting reports that Vadim Perelmen, a rather [left]-field choice, is in "heavy talks" to direct the unnecessary remake.

　
Despite the vehement [disapproval] of his wife, Longford casually accepts the invitation and forms an unexpected bond with the woman due in large to their mutual Catholic upbringing. 
When his established notions about Hindley are challenged during a subsequent visit with her demonically manipulative partner-in-crime Ian Brady (Andy Serkis), the humble social campaigner finds his faith put [to] the ultimate test as public outcry mounts as a direct result of his meeting with the despised couple.


。討厭憎恨
loath adj.She [was] loath to stay longer.
We were nothing loath to try the new game
Nothing loath, we plunged in.
loathe v.
He loath[e][s] asparagus.
(ends in a voiced th sound and voices the final -s in its third person singular present tense)
loath a.
extreme
averse a.
long-held dislike, not a particularly strong feeling
averse [to] [an idea]
averse [to] [getting] up early
I could've lived without Philip Seymour Hoffman as the centerpiece planet with two handfuls of wonderful female actors in his orbit but my Nicolas Cage [aversion] didn't stop me from [digging] Kaufman's Adaptation at first.cf.
advert
refer to, stuffy
cf. ameliorateexacerbate
make something worse
In this process, it also exacerbates certain 'hood [stereotypes] without the mitigating justification of providing new insight.
Parental culpability, childhood trauma, as well as an individual’s sensitivity to their environment, are just a few of the factors that can exacerbate mental [illness] and I was impressed with the way the film subtly explored them.
I believe that Sam is living out a delusional fantasy. A fantasy which allows him to explain the inexplicable senseless tragedy. The death of his sister. A death for which he may feel some responsibility. And if I'm right, exacerbated by the Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, this seems as real to him as you and I sitting here.
exasperate
cause someone to become frustrated and upset
There are inevitable one-note aspects to her Christine Collins, as [she] must exasperatedly repeat her positions to the authorities again and again.
But the young men [linger] and [exasperate], earning a slap on the face from George,
When Micah, said male lead, states that his definition of self is partly predicated on how the world sees and treats him, Jo, the female lead and also black, [fires] back an exasperated, "Who gives a shit what society thinks?"
Bob Dylan; though trying to define the literal meanings of their work is often exasperating, it's clear they have something to say, and there's a passion in their [scattered] thoughts that's never less than fascinating.
Paul Dooley gives the film's most memorable performance as Dave's exasperated father.
exasperation
Hathaway and DeWitt are superb together. There is no doubt of their genuine love for -- and absolute exasperation with -- each other.
so much so that he speaks, thinks, and acts Italian, all to his father's forlorn exasperation.

heinous
detest
despicable
is Josh Brolin planning to be the most despicable [person] alive this fall (onscreen I mean)?
icky
repulsive
The dramatic [moments] become melodramatic;
the bawdy [moments] turn icky. The fans will eat it up.
rebarbative
but their rebarbative [effect] on each other produces some good paintings.
abject
It has connotations of [slinking] and of an abject [meanness] of manner

detest
vehement, besides a sense of disdain
To detes[t a] combination of ignorance and arrogance.
abhor
a deep-rooted horror or sense of repugnanceNature abhors [a] vacuum.
abominateexpress repulsion toward something thought of as unworthy, unlucky
To abominate [treachery].
She walked out. You behaved abominably [to] her.

grudge
to [hold] a grudge against a former opponent. 
after he and Gillespie come to a [grudging] understanding of one another
El Mariachi is a [reminder] of the cinema's simpler pleasures, where bad guys carry guns and [grudges],
he [grudgingly] [relents] and discovers quite a surprise when he arrives at the apartment he keeps there, which he hasn't been to in many years.
feud
blood feud
The two [tribes] feud[ed] with each other for generations.
as do others involving a [sisterly] feud between Sylvia and Coco.
This is a reference to Eazy-E, Ice Cube's former N.W.A. band mate, with whom he was feud[ing] at the time of the movie.
Some of the most impressive, and in some cases underrated, young actors of their generation have gathered for Alpha Dog, including Emile Hirsch and Ben Foster as the feud[ing] badasses who [escalate] the conflict.
malevolence
smoldering ill will
a vindictive malevolence in her [expression]
malignity
deep-seated and virulent disposition to injure
more dangerous than malevolence, often instigates harmful acts
The malignity of his [nature] was shocking.
rancor
lasting, corrosive, implacable, and rankling resentment or ill will
it's unlikely to generate the enduring [passion] and [rancor] inspired by the 1973 [occult] classic.
I don't wanna go near this guy. What's down there? Fucking rancor?


。反美德
Snide

。惡臭
。酩酊大醉
。驕傲
Besot

。美德模範
。驚嚇
Flabbergast







Detest

Dibs

dibs



Y

D

–noun Informal. 

1. money in small amounts. 

2. rights; claims: 



I have dibs [on] the [car] when Jimmy brings it back.  





　

Mueller said while Venice may have relinquished its potential Oscars-[driver] role to Toronto, the Lido got first dibs [on] the tastiest films.





marionette

guillotine scaffold  

vignette 

silhouette roulette



ante

The Mummy Returns [upped] the [ante] in terms of action and special effects, providing audiences with even more summertime [chills and thrills] than its predecessor.

Relinquish ***

relinquish







Y

D



–verb (used with object) 

1. to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the [throne]. 

2. to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a [plan]. 

3. to let go; release: to relinquish one's [hold].  



—Synonyms 

2. yield, cede, waive, forego, abdicate (國王退位), leave, quit, forswear, desert, resign. See abandon1.



2. Abandon, relinquish, renounce mean to give up all concern in something. 



Abandon means to give up or discontinue any further interest in something because of discouragement, weariness, distaste, or the like: 



to abandon one's [efforts]. 



Relinquish implies being or feeling compelled to give up something one would prefer to keep: 



to relinquish a [long]-cherished [desire]. 



Renounce implies making (and perhaps formally stating) a voluntary decision to give something up: 



to renounce [worldly] pleasures. 



3. yield, surrender, resign, waive, abdicate.



　

　

Mueller said while Venice may have relinquished its potential Oscars-[driver] role to Toronto, the Lido got first dibs [on] the tastiest films.





Entice (desire) & Incite (act)

enticing 

elicit

solicit No soliciting [allowed] in this building. 

solicitude the tender solicitude of [parents]



rebate

Rebate offer subject to change.

He rebated [five dollars] to me.

The manufacturer is rebating this [air conditioner]. 

requite

make [repayment] or [return] for 

make [retaliation], avange  

That sibling break is exacerbated by Accio's unrequited [lust] for one of Manrico's disposable [girlfriends]. 



relinguish (compelled)

cf. renounce (formally, voluntary)

abandon (further)

rebuke

reproach (faultfinding, shaming)

rebuke (formally, officially)

scold (at length, irritation)

reprove (milder)

Palate

palate 







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pal/i/t



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    【解】上顎

          2.    味覺

          3.    趣味;嗜好





　The apéritifs that James Bond and Aris Kristatos have at the casino restaurant were an Ouzo for Bond and a Whisky for Kristatos. For dinner, Kristatos suggests a Kefalonía Robola white wine wherein Bond concurs as this is too scented for his palate and suggests a Theotaki Aspro which is a white wine made in Corfu.



concur

同意,一致

The brothers rarely concur on any issues.

同時發生

Wealth and happiness do not always concur.





　For example, the first episode of Cowboy Bebop wasn’t very well received in Japan, despite being regarded as a classic today, and an episode which director Shinichiro Watanabe loves because it perfectly encapsulates the themes of the series. Bebop is a series that owes much to Western cinema and culture, and that was clearly something that initially turned off Japanese audiences. Similarly, 



The Dark Knight [evokes] great American crime films like Heat and The French Connection–something which Japan may not find too palatable.





see palette 



penchant predilection affinity

「資料館您好。」

 



1.

傻瓜大鬧科學城

虎豹小霸王 raindrops keeps falling on my head~

一夜風流

黃昏之戀

梟巢喋血戰



6.

霹靂神探

慾海含羞花 安董初體驗

夜 莫妮卡維蒂是女神

夏日之戀

情事 安董是神



11.

血迷宮

天堂陌影 賈木許是神

紅色沙漠

荷索吃鞋 加大蒜還是不好吃

費城故事



16.

秋水伊人 凱 薩 琳 丹 妮 芙

反撥 波波斯基是神

自由的幻影 維蒂出現時間維持在五分鐘以內

八又二分之一

黑獄亡魂



21.

蘿拉 C'est moi, Lola!

魂斷威尼斯

怪房客 波波斯基自導自演摸艾珍妮奶子

騙婚記 聖羅蘭贊助

大黎明 聖羅蘭贊助丹妮芙出現時間維持在十分鐘以內



26.

法外之徒

長假漫漫

死刑台與電梯

向上帝借時間 超難看泰瑞吉連去死

黑幫龍虎鬥



31.

壞痞子 超難看雷歐卡霍去死用茱莉蝶兒騙我上當

男還遇見女孩

納許維爾

鐵窗喋血 水煮蛋界的小林樽

開羅紫玫瑰



36.

孽戀

那個時代

追陽光的少年 葛斯范桑半人半神海瑟葛拉罕十九歲

淹死老公 didn't recognise Joely Richardson!!!

後窗



41.

巴黎野玫瑰 法國苗子傑與蕭淑慎

花都舞影 a man can't ask for more~

前進高棉 強尼戴普

偷吻 Claude Jade 1948~2006

日落黃沙



46.

槍殺鋼琴師

逃亡中的愛情 安端是畜牲

崩潰邊緣的女人

歌劇紅伶

大都會



51.

大都會傳奇 Steve Buscemi

天堂之日

像我們這樣的賊

童魘

一加一的故事



56.

蕩女姬黛 put the blame on mame~

帶槍上課

迷霧莊園

扒手

幕雪德



61.

溫柔女子

布龍尼森林的貴婦

女人就是女人 Jean-Claude Brialy 1933~2007

舞動世紀

錢



66.

輕蔑 BB

花村

我略知她一二

漫長的告別

罪惡天使



71.

綠光 侯麥是神

鄉村牧師日記

詹姆士狄恩併發症

穆德之夜

超級大玩家



76.

梵谷傳

沙灘上的寶蓮

銀色姓男女 熨斗架以上未滿

克萊兒的膝蓋

蘇珊的事業



81.

華氏四百五十一度

詩人之血

仁義紅環

女收藏家

吸血鬼





(1000+1000) / 85 = 23.53 (NTD)

Throttle (續：車輪餅 計量 單字大集合)

throttle



Y

D

–noun 

1. Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve. 

2. throttle valve. 

3. the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.  



–verb (used with object) 

4. to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle. 

5. to choke or suffocate in any way. 

6. to compress by fastening something tightly around. 

7. to silence or check as if by choking: 



His message was throttled by [censorship].  



8. Machinery. 

a. to obstruct or check the flow of (a fluid), as to control the speed of an engine. 

b. to reduce the pressure of (a fluid) by passing it from a smaller area to a larger one.  

 

valve

【機】閥,活門

【解】瓣,瓣膜

【英】真空管



—Idiom

9. [at] full throttle, at maximum speed.  

　

However, given the strong reaction to the test screening, the Weinstein Co. has decided to go full throttle on securing a release date and mobilizing the marketing materials.





。工具

Schmuck



。車輪餅

cylinder

You do know that this guitar was owned and played by Manuel el Sevillano. It was recorded on a wax cylinder in the 1920's, believe it or not. (發動機的) 汽缸【數】柱,柱面

Comprised largely of never-before-seen archival materials, Gibney's film focuses on the years between 1965 and 1975, when Hunter S. Thompson was truly firing on all cylinders.

throttle

crank

the president's efforts to crank [down] inflation

She's able to crank [out] one best-selling novel after another.   

to crank [up] enthusiasm for a new product

carburetor

maybe it needs a little more air through the second carburettor.【機】汽化器

I think I spotted something. It's a '32 Ford. It's got a 427 in it. And, uh, those are Carter carburetors. Eleven inches of rubber on the rear.

carburettor

Basically, I don't like to work on carburettors, and I can tell

without gettin' into it that that is a complicated unit.

chassis

Automotive. the frame, wheels, and machinery of a motor vehicle, on which the body is supported.

The wind blows ruts into the road, and they shake the hell out of the chassis.

The "Odyssey" carts the crew members drive in the film were custom-built on a chassis designed by the director's father. 車身底盤



cf. retch

ratchet

ratch

Using split screens to ratchet [up] the suspense,【機】棘輪

This version also makes Engstrom a less [ingratiating] man when the [flowering] of his relationship with the hotel desk clerk turns sour, a scene that the remake chose to make into a [respite] rather than another means of ratcheting [up] the tension.

He also does a great job of ratcheting [up] the suspense, 

He uses every device at his disposal to keep the tension and ambiguity [ratcheted] high.

Thanks to its heightened sense of claustrophobia and desperate human drama that [ratchets] up the first half of the picture,

cog

In which you're a cog, boy.【機】鈍齒

spoke

in one film, a Christ figure, saddened by the sight of a dog tied to a [wagon] spoke and too tired to keep up, 輪輻

Vera Farmiga is the femme fatale who’s into spokes.

sprocket

Later on, the film comes off its [sprockets] -- the celluloid literally [breaks] and [melts] on screen, before our eyes. 扣鏈齒輪

winch

This is the first time Eleanor's ever cried in front of me as long as I've known her. Except for once when she got her arm caught in the deck winch. 絞盤,絞車,錨機

Know what I heard? Tony Curtis almost lost his sex life. Back in '44 he's on a Navy sub. A winch falls off hits him in the base of the spine. Right?

sheave

bringing in the sheaves. 滑車輪,絞纜輪



lorry

What bird ? In the lorry.【英】卡車, 貨車

One of the cannibals on the back of the lorry is played by Kodi Smit-McPhee's real life father.

barrow

And before we have undertaken any of our excursions. You haven't even been to nine barrows down.【英】兩輪手推車,流動售貨車

jalopy

No, it was like a beat-up little jalopy.【口】老爺汽車,老爺飛機

Your husband claimed there's not a single jalopy available!

droshky

... when a droshky approaches from the direction of Lvov. 敞篷四輪馬車

cabriolet

He drives a cabriolet. A cabriolet, that's good design. Good mileage. 單馬雙輪輕便車, (舊時的) 篷式汽車

The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot, the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him. Sometimes, his children, robed in white... stood with him in the chariot, or rode the trace horses. A slave stood behind the conqueror... holding a golden crown... and whispering in his ear a warning... that all glory...is leeting.

Worry's all I've got... some in chariots, some in horses. but we remember the name of the Lord, our God.

chaise

I always wanted that Corbusier chaise but I'm allergic to cowhide. (常指單馬雙輪有車篷的) 輕便馬車



aerodrome

I suppose they're saving them for the aerodrome again.【英】飛機場,航空站





。天乾物燥 Desiccate

。降雨 Cataract



。計量

barometer

This isn't a barometer reading. It lasts. 氣壓計,晴雨表

thermometer

calibrate, to divide or mark with gradations, graduations, or other indexes of degree, quantity, etc., as on a thermometer, measuring cup, or the like. 溫度計

odometer

I set the odometer when I left home. 里程計



caliber 

calibrate

a sales strategy calibrated [to] rich investors.  

The emotional nuances in Eric Rohmer's movies are so [carefully] calibrated that 

It's easy to see why a filmmaker of Eastwood's [caliber] would be drawn to a story like the one that inspired Changeling,

not even an Oscar-[caliber] crew on both sides of the camera can cover for the fact that the screenplay for Changeling simply [flounders] in the final act.

peg

of a [budget] currently pegged [at] $8.65 

The [feature] on the chief of police was pegged on the [riots].  

to peg away [at] a [homework] assignment.  

I guess that'll take him [down] a peg!  



。瓶罐

beaker

He's trying to say something, Dad. Cider. Here you are, Rat. A beaker of Bean's finest secret cider. Like melted gold.【化】燒杯

"Thwaite's companion asked for the brandy to be served in large beakers. Apparently, as a result of a bet between the two men. Thwaite filled one of these beakers to the brim and drank it all."

cf. flank

flask 

homunculus, an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a [flask] by an alchemist. (實驗用的) 燒瓶,長頸瓶

canister

small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar

the part of a gas mask containing the neutralizing substances through which poisoned air is filtered

It would take one bomb, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known.

keg

Just like you have a powder keg. When you have a powder keg|and there's too many sparks, the thing's going to explode. If the thing that's going to explode is sitting inside the house, and if it explodes, then the house is going to be destroyed. I said the house is going to be destroyed. 小桶 (通常在10加侖以下)

pail

He fetched a pail [of] water.

He redeemed himself. Redemption, sure.But in the end, he's just another dead rat in a garbage pail behind a Chinese restaurant. 桶,提桶

crock

an earthenware pot, jar, or other container

a fragment of earthenware, potsherd

Jake didn't show? No. Oh, he said it was out of respect for me. That's a crock.

vat

large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids

preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base

That aftershave, it just made my whole childhood come back with a sudden Proustian rush. That's beause I'm wearing Proustian Rush by Chanel. It's reduced, so I got a vat of it.



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tesla

The time for jackong around with tesla coils and ball lightning in the garage is over. 特斯拉 (磁通量密度之國際單位)

metric

Mr. President, I think we're being overly negative in a situation where, indeed, we lack the metrics to judge the overall success of the global war on terror. 公尺的,公制的



ream

Able to memorize ream[s] of trivia. 令,二十刀 (紙張計數單位) 

dollop

given a [dollop] of extra fat. 塊,團,份
sheaf

Erik's book instead earned a sheaf of rejection slips.


















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