quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
person who is hard to please; difficult person; grouch; sourpuss
indirection; indirectness
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
ground glass; frosted glass
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
to encamp; to take up positions
to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
fundamental form; basic form; basic pattern; basic model; basic type; prototype
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
not counted (in the score); not tallied
poisonous spider; venomous spider; wolf spider
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
reign; being on the throne
drinking straight from a bottle
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
leader; authority; mainstay
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
ghost image; unexpected appearance of something unwanted in a photograph, etc.
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
phantom; vision; illusion
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)