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exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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Judy Garland

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Dorothy

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Gael; Garr; Gehl; Gere; Gerle; Goehr

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fantasy

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special effects

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yellow; amber

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brick

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(arch.) way; (arch.) road; way to ...; road to ...

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pet dog

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as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

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your home; your family; their home; (my) home

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Boom; Baum

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

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aunt; old lady; ma'am

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harassment; pestering

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tornado; waterspout

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to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

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half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

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witch

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Munchkin (cat breed)

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Oz

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lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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one's way; one's path

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to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

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scarecrow; figurehead; dummy

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Ray Bolger

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coward

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Bert Lahr

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tin plate

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Jack Haley

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instead; but (on the other hand)

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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during a play

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beyond; across; the other side; the distance

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sepia

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Technicolor

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Technicolor

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to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

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Victor Fleming

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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credit

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Richard Thorpe

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George Cukor

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King Vidor

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melody; tune; song

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Harold Arlen

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