Improve English Listening Through the Movie 'Inception': CD2 Segment Analysis

noun

1. a bowl-shaped vessel
usually used for holding food or liquids

e.g. she mixed the dough in a large basin

2. a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe
where you can wash your hands and face

e.g. he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face

Synonym: washbasinwashbowlwashstandlavatory

3. the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

e.g. flood control in the Missouri basin

Synonym: river basinwatersheddrainage basincatchment areacatchment basindrainage area

4. a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

e.g. the basin of the Great Salt Lake

5. the quantity that a basin will hold

e.g. a basinful of water

Synonym: basinful

noun

1. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

e.g. he wrote an extended comment on the proposal

Synonym: commentary

2. a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

e.g. from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account

Synonym: remarkinput

3. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

e.g. the divorce caused much gossip

Synonym: gossipscuttlebutt

noun

1. the act of coming to land after a voyage

2. the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface)

e.g. the plane made a smooth landing
his landing on his feet was catlike

3. structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods

Synonym: landing place

4. an intermediate platform in a staircase