Daily Vocabulary(2007/01/26)

3406.spendthrift(浪費家）
I'm neither a cheapskate nor a spendthrift.
3407.cheapskate（けちん坊、しみったれ）
What a cheapskate! He never buys any CDs. He just borrows mine.
3408.ball of fire (火の玉、〈米俗〉やり手）
She gets everything done in less than half the time it takes others because she's such a ball of fire.
3409.hit the spot(申し分ない）
On a hot summer day, beer sure hits the spot.
3410.lacquer(ラッカー、漆）
A japanese meal that is packed in a partitioned lacruered box.
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