Intractable

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–adjective 

1. not easily controlled or directed; not docile (易駕御的) or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition. 

2. (of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable [metal]. 

3. hard to treat, relieve, or cure: the intractable [pain] in his leg.  



–noun 

4. an intractable person.





　

Who is the trust for? Performing some amateur detective work, Charlie discovers with a shock that it goes to support an older brother he never knew he had - an autistic brother who has been institutionalized for years. Visiting Raymond at the home where he lives, Charlie finds a methodical, mechanical, [flat]-voiced middle-age man who "definitely" knows things, such as that tapioca pudding is "definitely" on the menu, and that his favorite TV program is "definitely" about to come [on] the air.



Everything changes in the movie except for Raymond. In a roadside diner somewhere along the way, he still stubbornly insists [on] the routines of the dining room in his mental institution: The maple syrup is "definitely" supposed to be on the table before the pancakes come. Charlie at first does not quite seem to accept the [dimensions] of Raymond's world and grows frustrated at what looks like almost willful intractability. Eventually, toward the end of the journey, he finds that he loves his brother, and that love involves accepting him exactly as he is.



tapioca

樹薯粉,木薯澱粉





refractory 

a refractory [child]. 

bigotry

which has an endless bigotry-friendly pocket book to give to [Proposition 8] in California.

intransigence

British government's intransigence over recognizing convicted IRA members as [political] prisoners

doggedly

dodgy

Nubile