Cillian Murphy on Christopher Nolan and playing Oppenheimer
Vocabulary
imaginings
noun
Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.
horrify
verb
To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
mastermind
noun
A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.
A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
go through
phrasal verb
if a law goes through, or if it goes through a law-making institution, it is officially approved
if a thought or idea goes through your mind, you consider it for a short time
if something such as a request, proposal, or contract goes through, it is officially accepted or approved
to examine or search something very carefully
to experience something difficult or unpleasant
to follow an official system for dealing with a type of problem or request
to perform a set of actions that you regularly perform
to practise all of something such as a speech, song, or play
to use, spend, or eat all of something, especially quickly
resembling
verb
To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
To counterfeit; to imitate.
To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.
superficial
adjective
Of or pertaining to the surface.
Being near the surface.
Shallow, lacking substance.
At face value.
Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
physicality
noun
Physical attributes.
Obsession with physical urges.
recurring
adjective
Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
groves
noun
A small forest.
An orchard of fruit trees.
(Druidism) A place of worship.
A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.
verb
To cultivate in groves; to grow naturally so as to form groves.
(of trees) To cultivate with periodic harvesting that also serves to create order (gaps and lines of trees) to facilitate further harvesting.
To plough or gouge with lines.
posture
noun
The way a person holds and positions their body.
A situation or condition.
One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
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