Bidet

bidet



Y

[bee-dey, bi-det]



D



–noun 

1. a low, basinlike (盆地) bathroom fixture, usually with spigots (栓,水龍頭), used for bathing the genital (生殖器,外陰部) and perineal (會陰的) areas.

2. a small saddle horse. 



basin

[bey-suhn]





spigot 

–noun 

1. a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask. (裝液體的) 桶

2. a peg or plug for stopping the passage of liquid in a faucet or cock.

3. a faucet or cock for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like.

4. the end of a pipe that enters the enlarged end of another pipe to form a joint. 





　

Mr. Rodriguez [demonstrates] his talents more [clearly] than ever -- he's visually inventive, quick-witted and a fabulous editor -- while still hampering himself with sophomoric material. 



The latter part of "From Dusk Till Dawn" is so relentless that it's as if a spigot has been [turned] on and then broken. Though some of the tricks are entertainingly staged, the film loses its clever edge when its action heats up so gruesomely and exploitatively that there's no time for talk. 



(To Mr. Rodriguez's credit, he does include such nonverbal witticisms as a nasty rock-and-roll version of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and a groin-level automatic weapon that will have to be seen to be believed.) 





gridlock

[Traffic] has gridlocked.

impasse

This impasse leaves the gray old men of the Resistance in a [perpetual] state of ineffective [squabbling]

doldrums

a state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art

[August] is a time of doldrums for many enterprises. 

"Kicking and Screaming" also sends Otis and Skippy through minor postgrad [doldrums]. 

Kimberly Peirce [paints] an unforgettable portrait of small-town [doldrums] and gender identity crisis, using the [harrowing] tale of Teena Brandon,

clog

I unclogged your drain. The water's drain is good now.

hence the need to get their lenses dirty on its [clogged] streets.



desist

surcease

Their sexual attraction persists, offering at once [surcease] from their domestic warfare and a chance to [carry] it out by other means. 

sojourn

Jesus sojourned many days in the [desert].

Banner's [Brazilian] sojourn begins with an astonishing shot

Roth's version ranges from World War I into the 21st century and creatively uses New Orleans as its base, with sojourns to [distant] corners of the globe. 

bide

Rohmer also [bides] his time before establishing that both Maxence and Loic know all about Charles--and about each other.

Stagnation









　

 An often-reported [legend] surrounding this movie is the story that Audrey Hepburn demanded a bidet be provided for her [on] location in the Congo. 



Hepburn always denied this, wondering how such an [ex]travagance could even be [hooked] up in the Congo.





edification 

uplift

catharsis 

the purging or relieving of emotional tensions

scatology

coprology

feces

defecate 

to void excrement from the bowels through the anus

muck 

Glory be, they didn't muck it up. 

Tim[ed] for the centennial of Upton Sinclair's classic [muckraker] The Jungle

manure

that [cow] manure has turned up in the company's product.

commode

they pound each other with [porcelain] commodes and rusty anchors

incommode

I apologize if I have incommoded you here. However, it is for one night only at Belgrade Station.

bidet

that Audrey Hepburn demanded a [bidet] be provided for her [on] location in the Congo. 

latrine

as a trench in the earth in bivouac area

smeared head to foot in excrement, having fallen into a [public] latrine—he fought to get the guy’s autograph. 

Castigate