女神殿

sleight



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[slahyt] 

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–noun 
1. skill; dexterity.
2. an artifice; stratagem.
3. cunning; craft. 


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sleight of hand 
 
The sleight is pronounced just like slight, and it means "manual dexterity, usually used to deceive" or "a trick produced by it."


　
Due to its history-spanning structure, blank-page title character and technical sleight of hand, the film "Benjamin Button" most recalls is "Forrest Gump," but in a good way; 

it is entirely possible to dislike the 1994 smash and embrace this one, which resists every opportunity for mawkish and sentimental displays. 

Still, it is no coincidence that Eric Roth wrote both of them, and Roth -- who followed many other writers, including credited co-story author Robin Swicord, in trying to crack the long-gestating project -- has veered far from the specifics of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1921 short story.


witticism
conundrum tantrum rummage Fray 
pun
The title 10 Things I Hate About You just begs for groan-[inducing] [puns] about its film's quality. 

repartee 
gumption 
shrewd cagey Dingy
astute 
Still, Blanchett is [astute] enough to mix and match her projects.
Mary Zophres' costumes and an [astutely] selected combo of Southern California locations to create a superior post-war, small-town period feel.

acumen
of mind, shrewd judgment
proof of her [business] acumen and romantic imagination
Her [financial] acumen will be a great help. 
acuity
thought or senses
His [visual] acuity was remarkable. 
anesthesia
acuteness
quickness in both sense and mind
pain
The acuteness of the [toothache] drove all thought from my mind.
Crypto