Omnibus (bill)

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–noun 

1. bus (def. 1). 

2. a volume 

of 

reprinted works of a single author or of works related in interest or theme. 



–adjective 

3. pertaining to, including, or dealing with numerous objects or items at once: an omnibus bill submitted to a legislature.  



omnibus bill

綜合條例草案





　

HBO's popular franchise of woman-centric omnibus melodramas continues with this second installment, which boasts a gaggle of big-name talent and an similarly outsized earnestness that ultimately sinks the entire project.



The film culminates with a regrettable they're-having-a-baby vanity project directed by Anne Heche and starring her then-girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres; their ostensible stab at domestic comedy only underlines how low the film has [stooped] from its opening salvo.



gaggle

鵝群

咯咯聲





plonk

variant of plunk 

To strum or pluck (a stringed instrument).

the [stasis] of the visuals means it plays like a piece of legit [plonked] in the middle of the movie. 

plunked the [money] down on the counter. 

plunked onto the [couch] with a sigh of relief. 



cuneiform 楔形文字

iambic pentameter 抑揚格五音步

bard 吟遊詩人, 護馬鎧甲 

And that, plus one really funny joke about the Bard himself, is plenty. 

Threnody