The Big Apple (nickname for New York City)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
Rome was not built in a day
wad of cotton (esp. used in dentistry)
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
close call; narrow escape
not within proper limits; excessive; unmerited; special
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
to spring at; to leap upon
slot machine; fruit machine; poker machine
linking; linkage; associating (information); connecting
anecdote; brief (comic) story
cashier; treasurer; teller
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
(Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group
master inventor; king of inventors (e.g. Edison)
to weep the night out; to weep all night
theory of education; view of education
doctor's no-consultation day
all for the best; what is right
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered