51. toothache : pain in a tooth/ 치통

52. toothbrush : a small brush used for cleaning one's teeth/칫솔

53. toothcomb/ fine-tooth comb : 참빗

• with a fine-tooth comb : very carefully and in great detail
  The investigators went through her statement with a fine-tooth comb, to see if they could find any inconsistencies.

54. toothless : without a teeth

• It would not pay for him(=Michael) to antagonize his father-in-law(=Antonio Granelli). As long as Antonio Granelli was alive, he was dangerous; but watching him now, Michael knew he would not have to wait much longer. The old man had had a series of small strokes and his hands trembled. It was difficult for him to talk, and he walked with a cane. His skin was like dry, yellowed parchment. All the juices had been sucked out of him. This man, who was at the head of the federal crime list, was a toothless tiger.
  [Rage of Angels written by Sidney Sheldon]

55. toothpaste : a paste used in cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush/ 치약

56. toothpick : a slender, pointed instrument, esp. a shaped sliver of wood, for dislodging food particles from between the teeth/ 이쑤시개

참고로 earpick은 귀이개(귀쑤시개)

57. bucktooth [buck + tooth] : a projecting front tooth

• Camillo Stela was on the witness stand. If Stela had been an animal, he would have been a weasel. He had a narrow, pinched face, with thin lips and yellow buckteeth. His eyes were darting and furtive and you disbelieved him before he even opened his mouth.
  [Rage of Angels written by Sidney Sheldon]

58. dog tooth : (n)
① a canine tooth; eyetooth
② an ornamental molding in some medieval buildings, consisting of a series of toothlike projections

59. eyetooth : either of the two pointed teeth in the upper jaw between the bicuspids and the incisors; upper canine tooth/상악견치(上顎犬齒)

• to cut one's eyeteeth : to become experienced or sophisticated

• to give one's eyeteeth : 희망하는 것을 얻기 위해 어떠한 대가라도 치르다
  He said he'd give his eyeteeth for a ticket to Sunday's match.(= He wanted one very much)
  She went to a small employment agency a few blocks from her apartment. It was run by a Mrs.  Murphy, a matronly looking, heavy-set lady. She put down Tracy's résumé and studied her quizzically. "I don't know what you need me for. There must be a dozen companies that'd give their eyeteeth to get someone like you."
  [If Tomorrow Comes written by Sidney Sheldon]

60. lion : a large, powerful mammal (Panthera leo) of the cat family, founded in Africa and SW Asia, with a tawny coat, a tufted tail, and, in the adult male, a shaggy mane: in folklore and fable the lion is considered king of the beasts

• lion-hearted : very brave

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