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• pain in the ass/pain in the neck
  

That guy is a real pain in the ass.(someone you really don't like.)

• Bildungsroman
  

• Initiation
  

Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.

It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense it can also signify a transformation in which the initiate is 'reborn' into a new role. Examples of initiation ceremonies might include Hindu diksha, Christian baptism or confirmation, Jewish bar or bat mitzvah, acceptance into a fraternal organization, secret society or religious order, or graduation from school or recruit training. A person taking the initiation ceremony in traditional rites, such as those depicted in these pictures, is called an initiate.

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.

The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

• Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".

• parrot (n.) 
  

a brightly coloured tropical bird that is often kept as a pet and can be taught to say a few words

• pirate (n.)
  

someone who attacks ships while they are sailing in order to steal things from them

~~~There was a parrot on a pirate's shoulder.