Sterling (silver)

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–adjective 

1. of, pertaining to, 

or 

noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.  



2. (of silver) having the standard fineness of 0.925.

3. made of silver of this fineness: a sterling teapot. 

4. thoroughly excellent: a man of sterling worth. 

–noun 

5. British currency.

6. the standard of fineness for gold and silver coin in the United Kingdom, 0.91666 for gold and 0.500 for silver.

7. Also called sterling silver. silver having a fineness of 0.925, now used esp. in the manufacture of table utensils (器皿), jewelry, etc.

8. manufactured articles of sterling silver.

9. sterling flatware. (刀,叉,匙,碟,盤等物) 



Synonyms:

4. noble, honorable, worthy, first-rate.





　

This factor is best actualized by the film's sterling cast, 



including Hilary Swank in a mesmerizing, dexterous performance as Brandon; Chloe Sevigny, heartbreaking and faultless as Brandon's love interest; 



and Peter Sarsgaard, hypnotically and believably menacing as one of Brandon's eventual assailants. 



In a robust Best Actress victory, lead actress Swank managed to beat perennial favorite Annette Bening to the Oscar podium in 1999, proving that being a relatively new talent to motion pictures was by no means a deterrent to the recognition of her significant achievement.



podium

–noun

1. a small platform for the conductor of an orchestra, for a public speaker, etc. 





bauble 

and the other [baubles] of his Hollywood years.

schlock

shoddy 

Or is the acting merely earnest salesmanship of [shoddy] merchandise? 

Jenkins, who last year [mastered] the "living out my own private hell with dignity" [niche] in The Visitor and Step Brothers, will play Lotterman, the supervisor of the [shoddy] and troubled newspaper that employs Depp.

filch

of small value

to filch [ashtrays] from fancy restaurants. 

and he was looking for a new cow, to filch from the [psychobabble] in ''Someone Like You''

deluge

delude

In the novel’s close notice Frank is a deluded, dissipated [bore] who imagines himself

mocked the witches' prophecies which [deluded] poor Macbeth and set things right for the final curtain. 

Sham