The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)
order (to an employee from management)
garbage (rubbish) collection point
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
compliments; civilities; hospitality; special treatment; bill (at a restaurant); check
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
one's house; one's home; one's family
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
capable of anything; liable to do
to subsist; to keep on living
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
elopement; running away with a lover
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
cannot be compared with; no match for
to blaze; to burn brightly
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
second marriage; remarriage