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–verb (used without object) 

1. (of a horse) to go at a gait (步伐) between a walk and a run, 

in which the legs move in diagonal (對角線) pairs, but not quite simultaneously, 

so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, 

and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.  



2. to go at a quick, steady pace; move briskly; bustle (鬧哄哄地忙亂;奔忙); hurry.  



–verb (used with object) 

3. to cause to trot. 

4. to ride (a horse) at a trot. 

5. to lead at a trot. 

6. to travel over by trotting: to spend the day trotting the country byways. 

7. to execute by trotting.  



–noun 

8. the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped (四足獸), when trotting. 

9. the sound made by an animal when trotting. 

10. the jogging gait of a human being, between a walk and a run. 

11. Harness Racing. a race for trotters. 

12. brisk, continuous movement or activity: I've been [on] the trot all afternoon. 

13. Disparaging. an old woman. 

14. Slang. a literal translation used illicitly in doing schoolwork; crib; pony. 

15. the trots, Informal. diarrhea. 

16. Informal. a toddling child.  



—Verb phrase

17. trot out, Informal. 

a. to bring forward for inspection. 

b. to bring to the attention of; introduce; submit: 



He trots [out] his [old jokes] at [every] party.  

 

–noun 

1. a trotline. 

2. a short line with hooks, attached to the trotline.  





　

Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) has flown in from New York City, where she lives with her boyfriend James (Kyle Eastwood). Jeremie (Jeremie Renier) has taken a rare break from his 



[globe]-trotting business interests 



to stop by with his wife (Valerie Bonneton). And Frederic (Charles Berling), the only one who lives close enough to visit regularly, has also come with his spouse Lisa (Dominique Reymond).





harness

she's appalled by his plans to harness the [Hulk formula] and create a race of super-soldiers. 　

to harness [water power]

to harness the [energy] of the sun.  

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Luis Buñuel's Tristana is a surreal criticism of Catholicism and the modern world, told through the story of the title character, who is portrayed by Catherine Deneuve. Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope (Fernando Rey), the protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and 



[champions] the causes 

of the [dis]possessed and down[trod]den of society. 



tread, trod, trodden/ trod



He [takes advantage of] the vulnerable Tristana, who leaves him when she falls in love with Horacio (Franco Nero). Unable to commit to him, she returns to Don Lope when she falls ill. He asks for her [hand] in marriage, and she accepts after losing her leg [to] cancer. 



She chooses to remain in a passionless union rather than be subject [to] the harsh realities of a society that refuses to change to the needs of women. Taken from the novel by celebrated author Benito Perez Galdos, the film — wherein director Buñuel takes his usual jabs [at] religion and politics — is a tribute to the author on the 50th anniversary of his death.