the Industrial Revolution
fire balloon (experimental weapon launched by Japan during World War II); balloon bomb
parliament; congress; diet; house (of parliament, etc.); chamber
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
serves you right!; see what happens!
utter gutsiness; plenty of guts; grit
touchdown (as in rugby, etc.)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to look down over; to look down on
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
take (e.g. in film-making)
full throttle; full power
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
to be annoying; to be troublesome
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
from the beginning; from scratch