Lather

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–noun 

1. foam or froth made by a detergent, esp. soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.

2. foam or froth formed in profuse sweating, as on a horse.

3. Informal. a state of excitement, agitation, nervous tension, or the like: He was in a lather over my delay. 

–verb (used without object) 

4. to form a lather: a [soap] that lathers well. 

5. to become covered with lather, as a horse. 



–verb (used with object) 

6. to apply lather to; cover with lather: He lathered his face before shaving. 

7. Informal. to beat or whip. 





　

The program takes an overnight break, so that viewers can be [whipped] into a lather and Jamal can be beaten into an admission that he cheated. 



The only way to prove his innocence is to go through each question and explain to the police precisely how he came to know the answer. And thus the film is set for a series of flashbacks, each serving up a chunk of Indian life. 



For instance, how does Jamal know the name of a certain movie star? Because, as a kid—smeared head to foot in excrement, having fallen into a [public] latrine—he fought to get the guy’s autograph.



latrine

–noun 

a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac (露營) area. 





thermometer

litmus 

alkaline 

lye 

and the [lye] or [bleach] is always to the left of whatever sink Trevor uses. 



scorch

superficial or slight burning

change of color or injury to the texture

to scorch a [dress] while [ironing]

singe

superficial or slight burning

that takes off ends or projections

to singe [hair] 

singe the [pinfeathers] from a [chicken]

Isaach De Bankolé in the lead are [hot] enough to singe so many art school pencil ’staches.



dank

damp often chilly

a dank [cellar]

The dankest [dungeon] would be warmed in the sunshine of Bettie's smile or [crumble] under the force of her wink. 

damper

His [glum] mood put a [damper] on their party.

Mol comes dazzlingly alive in color in a way she doesn't in B&W, which increasingly [puts] a mild damper on the predominantly shades-of-gray picture. 

dapper

He looked very dapper in his new [suit]. 

to [walk] with a dapper step

The Ninth Gate stars a [solemn] and [dapper] Johnny Depp as a rare-book hustler



sodden

My shirt was sodden with [sweat].

soggy

Polanski's insistence on filming in [rugged] Northumberland and [soggy] Wales. 

Lye