Accordion

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–noun Music. 

1. Also called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.

2. a similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard. 



–adjective 

3. having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion: accordion [roof]; accordion [panel].  



–verb (used without object) 

4. (of a door, roof, or other covering) to open by folding back or pressing together in the manner of an accordion: The [roof] of the car accordions to let in sunlight and fresh air. 

5. to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion. 



–verb (used with object) 

6. to demolish by crushing together lengthwise: The impact accordioned the car beneath the truck.  





　

Adapted from an early unproduced play by Rainier Werner Fassbinder, Francois Ozon's ''Water Drops on Burning Rocks'' never leaves the confines of a Berlin bachelor pad done up in exquisitely detailed mid-70's decor. 



After a credit sequence of generic French accordion music played over color postcards of the city, the camera settles in the empty apartment to await the entrance of Leopold (Bernard Giraudeau), the suave 50-year-old who lives there, and Franz (Malik Zidi), a 19-year-old redhead he has apparently just picked up. 





navel & umbilicus

a [navel] orange, the [umbilical] cord

when reading Deirdre's navel-gazing poetry, yet resists the [temptation] to either [demon]ize or [caricatur]ize her.

cadre

They hoped to form a [cadre] of veteran party [members].  

when a frustrated [cadre] of student environmentalists attempts to liberate... The [animals] won't budge. 



implode

and DiCaprio is just as credible when Frank comes close to striking his wife during their [horrific] fights as he is when he quietly [implodes] with his own regret.

Debilitate