telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
foreign; abroad; overseas
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
tone (of voice); manner of talking
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
white horse; unrefined sake
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
around the world; throughout the world
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
item; article; dish; course; finest item
(period of) a year; during an era
storehouse; warehouse; godown
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
at that time; in those days
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
genuine article; real thing; real deal