rting to address a person. "Meek" is a nice little word meaning humble, submissive or weak. Oh, Jimmeny Crickets! A very dated way to express emotion such as surprise or anger. You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk. An insult without mercy! "Clinking, clanking" and "clattering" all refer to the kind of noise that might be made from a glass or plate which is breaking. "Caliginous" is a very educated word for dark or gloomy or very sad, and "junk" is an important word for trash or discarded objects that are no longer useful. Yes Sir, yes, Your Honor. The words you use to address a judge, or, perhaps, a wizard. You have the effrontery to ask for a brain, you billowing bale of bovine fodder. "Effrontery" is a strong but somewhat dated word for nerve or boldness. "To billow" means to rise in waves, while a "bale" is a tightly packed mass of straw, cotton or other material. "Bovine" is a wonderful word that simply means cow-like, and "fodder" is food for animals such as horses. Another insult without mercy! Yes, I mean your excellency, your wizardry. Some may still address a very powerful political or religious figure as "your excellency," but I wouldn’t it! "Your wizardry" is just ridiculous. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, frightening him like that. "To frighten" is an excellent alternative verb meaning to scare. Silence, whipper snapper! A "whipper snapper" is a funny expression that usually refers to little children who have lots of energy. The beneficent Oz has every intention of granting your requests. "Beneficent" is an educated adjective used to describe a person who does good for others. "To grant" means to agree to give or permit. But you must prove yourselves worthy by performing a very small task. In this context, "worthy" is another way to say deserving. A "task" is small job or assignment that needs to be done. Dorothy and her friends head off to find the broomstick of the wicked witch, and soon find themselves in very big trouble. [Sign]: Haunted Forest: I’d turn back if I were you! If a house (or forest) is "haunted," it contains ghosts, or perhaps the spirits of dead people. And speaking of dead things that aren’t, note the use of the subjunctive verb tense ("were"), still used to this very day! I believe there are spooks around here. A "spook" is a spirit or ghost, and is usually scary (or "spooky"). You’ll believe in more than that when I’m finished with you. In this context, note that "to finish with" someone is to severely punish or even kill them. I sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them. "To take the fight out of" a person is a way to say exhaust or tire them. They sure knocked the stuffing out of you! "To knock the stuffing" out of
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