Tempestuous

tempest



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–noun 

1. A violent windstorm, 

frequently 

accompanied by rain, snow, or hail. (冰雹)



2. Furious agitation, commotion, 

or tumult; 

an uproar: "The tempest in my mind/Doth from my senses take all feeling" (Shakespeare). 





tempestuous



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–adjective 

1. characterized by 

or 

subject to tempests: the tempestuous [ocean].  



2. of the nature of 

or 

resembling a tempest: a tempestuous [wind].  



3. tumultuous; turbulent: a tempestuous [period] in history.  



—Synonyms 

2. violent, stormy.





　

won't be able to stop thinking about gentle, empathetic Nicola Carati (Luigi Lo Cascio) 



and his broodier, 

more tempestuous sibling, [Matteo] (Alessio Boni), 



the two brothers whose lives come to embody nearly four decades of modern Italian history in one grandly engrossing experience.



Matteo has more [longings] — he's a passionate reader of books — and fewer plans. Nicola identifies with liberalism and enlightenment; Matteo becomes a soldier, then a cop. 



And as the [lives] and [fortunes] of the Carati clan 

[wax] and [wane], 

[expand] and [intertwine], 



their intimate [struggles], [joys], 

and [accommodations] 

reflect the [rhythms] of societal life on a larger scale: 



The 1966 Florence floods, Italy's 1982 World Cup championship, the terrorism of the Red Brigades, and the violence of Mafia murders share equal, gracefully apportioned weight with personal history. 





undulation 

cf. inundation (area) elucidation (make lucid or clear)

ripple 

dimple zit pustule

eddy

expresses them through eddies of [sadness] and [rage] that we can sense 

fret

The [metal] is fretted with the [acid].

The [breeze] fretted the surface of the [water].



tempestuous blustery

jettison

flotsam is floating debris made up of the wreckage of ship and its cargo.

jetsam is debris they [jettison] in hopes of saving the ship.

buoy



dinghy

keel 

hull davit

Beleaguer





　

His solid work keeps things moving until Penélope Cruz shows up as his tempestuous ex. Cruz's performance, as well as the screenplay, 



brings a new dimension to 

the 

typical Allen stereotype of a psychotic, neurotic woman full of sexual energy. 





　

What happens in this world when you have more promise than you can fulfill is made evident, with tragicomic results, by the figure of Juan Antonio’s former wife, Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz), who is highly intelligent and talented but so tempestuous that she creates [havoc] wherever she goes. (She’s like a Frida Kahlo without the discipline to work.)