The Hours (Film) Glossary

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Anesthetic

Something that causes its subject to be insensitive to pain

Cease

Stop

Envy

The longing for another person's stuff or qualities

Extinction

When someone/something ceases to exist

Heroine

A female hero; typically brave and admirable

Inevitably

Eventually

Insufferable

Not able to be endured

Shant

Shall not

Trivial

Something that is inconsequential; not that important

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