fling
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–verb (used with object)
1. to throw, cast, or hurl (猛投) with force or violence: to fling a [stone].
2. to move (oneself)
violently
with impatience, contempt, or the like: She flung [herself] angrily from the room.
she's pure life force as well as a star—late in the movie she hurls herself off a balcony as if into a mosh pit. This character may be the only Dutch Jewish heroine since Anne Frank. But against all odds, this Jewess refuses to die.
She alone survive[s a] horrific bloodbath, [smuggled] to safety in a coffin, and enlists with the underground as a courier. In the course of her duties, she meets and vamps a handsome Gestapo officer.
courier
送遞急件(或外交信件) 的信差
(團體旅遊) 導遊,嚮導
(情報機關) 情報員
3. to put suddenly or violently: to fling a [suspect] into jail.
4. to project or speak sharply, curtly, or forcefully: He flung his [answer] at the questioner.
5. to involve (oneself) vigorously in an undertaking.
6. to move, do, or say (something) quickly: to fling a [greeting] in passing.
7. to send suddenly and rapidly: to fling fresh [troops] into a battle.
8. to throw aside or off.
9. to throw to the ground, as in wrestling or horseback riding.
–verb (used without object)
10. to move with haste or violence; rush; dash.
11. to fly into violent and irregular motions,
as a horse;
throw the body about, as a person.
12.
to speak harshly or abusively (usually fol. by out): He flung [out] disgustedly [against] the whole human race.
–noun
13. an act of flinging.
14. a short period of unrestrained pursuit of one's wishes or desires: The week of partying was my last fling before starting a new job.
15.
an attempt at something: He took a fling at playwriting.
16. a critical or contemptuous remark;
gibe. (嘲弄)
17. Also called Highland fling. a lively Scottish dance characterized by flinging movements of the arms and legs.
Gaspard (Melvil Poupaud) has come to enjoy a vacation with his girlfriend, Lena (Aurelia Nolin). However, Lena has yet to arrive, and Gaspard finds his attention drawn to two other women: Margot (Amanda Langlet), a captivating waitress who makes it clear that she only wants friendship, and Solene (Gwenaëlle Simon),
a friend of Margot's
who
isn't against the idea of a brief fling
but demands to be treated with the [utmost] respect. Over the next three weeks, it becomes clear to Gaspard that he must choose among the three women, but who should it be?
sling
slinging [burgers] and [onion rings] to the rare customer
to sling a [rifle] over one's shoulder.
to sling a hammock between two [trees].
swoop
The [hawk] swooped [down] and seized the rabbit.
catapult
He was catapulted to [fame].
The [boy] catapulted [out] of the house.
ricochet
the movie [takes on] Slacker's free-form [approach],
ricocheting [from] one conversation [to] the next with just a [hint] of a narrative.
Convulsion
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