Soon after arriving there he meets Sera (Elisabeth Shue), a masochist who is perhaps not quite as smart and tough as she thinks she is, and thus obviously in line for a painful comeuppance.
With two gonzo epics, action star Jackie Chan and director John Woo take on Hollywood.
hospice
takes place amid loved ones, in the familiar comfort of home or hospice.
imponderable
difficulties and imponderables...
interdict
enjoin, proscribe
outlandish
[this play is] outlandish and entirely plausible...
puckish
a puckish sense of humor...
putative
Cold Warriors [TV show title]: [Woody] Allen as the putative spy, with Dom Deluise, Michael J. Fox.
rabble
In nearly all INTJs [a personality type], others are viewed and classified into two distinct groups. The vast majority of acquaintances are lumped into the category of the helpless rabble, the masses who live out their entire lives in quiet desperation. These are looked upon with quaint fondness at best, with contempt more often.
ford
The clever donkey quickly learned to roll over while fording a particular stream, thereby dissolving much of the salt and making his burden far lighter.
arcana
...the 41-year-old polymath, master of eight languages including Sanskrit as well as the new arcana of atomic physics...
Along the way he found himself drawn to the spiritual arcana of the Knights Templar.
declamation
specious declamation
detritus
...the detritus of past civilizations.
fiat
money by fiat.
kilter
throw a baby's diet off kilter.
plaudit
... she has explored at least a dozen art forms and won plaudits in several ...