The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
Anne of Green Gables (novel by L. M. Montgomery)
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
Wonderland (fictional locale created by author Lewis Carroll)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
remaining quantity; residual quantity
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
the future; future prospects
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
with a (light) slapping sound
world; society; people; the public