November 27, 2008

Incarcerate

incarcerate



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–verb (used with object) 
1. to imprison; confine.
2. to enclose; constrict closely. 

–adjective 
3. imprisoned. 


shame 
They were once symphonic musicians. Now they live in a weathered house on an island, growing fruits and vegetables. Nothing in their house seems to work, including the radio, so they hear only distant rumors of a war that has been waged seemingly forever. 

Eva Rosenberg (Ullmann) is concerned [with] the danger to their lives and to her desire to bear children. Her husband Jan (von Sydow) believes the war will pass them by. Their serenity is interrupted by jet planes flying low over their house, 

the killing of a parachuting airman, the arrival of troops, their [in]quisition, and eventually their [in]carceration by the other side (which seems to be the local side, but loyalties are divided).


thwart baffle
cusp 
foil
Loyal troops foiled his [attempt] to overthrow the government.  
The [straight] man was an able foil to the [comic].  
and proved an [apt] foil for the leering one-liners of Bob "Cherchez la Femme" Hope in Paris Holiday (1957) and Call Me Bwana (1963). 
balk
He balked [at] making the speech.  
The [horse] balked when I tried to lead it across the bridge
forestall
to forestall a [riot] by deploying police.
The couple's spiteful joint sessions don't forestall their [inevitable] divorce
Stagnation








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