Repose

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–noun 

1. the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.

2. peace; tranquillity; calm.

3. dignified calmness, as of manner; composure.

4. absence of movement, animation, etc.: When in repose, her face recalls the Mona Lisa.  



–verb (used without object) 

5. to lie or be at rest, as from work, activity, etc.

6. to lie dead: His body will repose in the chapel (小禮拜堂) for two days. 

7. to be peacefully calm and quiet: The sea reposed under the tropical sun. 

8. to lie or rest on something.

9. Archaic. to depend or rely on a person or thing. 



–verb (used with object) 

10. to lay to rest; rest; refresh by rest (often used reflexively). 



–verb (used with object)

1. to put (confidence, trust, etc.) in a person or thing. 



2. to put under the authority or at the disposal of a person.

3. Archaic. to deposit.





　

Wearing a waved salt-and-pepper toupee and spending much of his screen time smoking in repose while his v.o. does the narrative work, Thornton is quiet, watchful and thoughtful, even if his character finally reveals himself to be no brighter than he seemed at the outset. 



McDormand has precious little to do as the straying wife who doesn't mind having to do all the talking in the family, while Gandolfini has an outstanding scene of comic distress as he confesses his own indiscretions to Ed. 



Badalucco, Polito, Shalhoub and Adam Alexi-Malle, the latter in one nifty scene as a piano teacher with a grand sense of style, punch over their roles in a very welcome manner.



toupee

[too-pey]

–noun 

1. a man's wig. 





lollapalooza

loll

lollop

a lolloping golden [retriever] named Lucky. 

Languid