telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
to telephone; to make a phone call
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
telephone call; telephone (device)
children's story; fairy tale
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
public telephone; pay phone
mediator; manager; caretaker
talk; conversation; dialogue
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
answering machine; answer phone
helpful person; person who likes looking after others; overly helpful person; annoyingly helpful person; manager; go-between
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
English conversation; school for English conversation
telephone book; telephone directory
telephone booth; telephone box
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
to be annoying; to be troublesome
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
secret story; unknown episode
during a telephone call; busy line
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent; caretaker
phone duty; being on call
quiet conversation; gossiping; idle talk
mouthpiece of a telephone
anecdote; brief (comic) story
video telephone; video call; video chat; skyping
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
silent phone call (form of harassment)
to make a phone call; to answer the phone
telephone threat (e.g. of a bomb)
telephone bill; telephone rate
black rotary-dial telephone
to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.
night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
telecommunications company; telco
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
to be annoying; to be troublesome; to be a burden
simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding
much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
lovers talk; sweet nothings
cordless telephone; wireless telephone
telephone table; telephone stand
Roman mythology; Roman myths
(telephone) transmitter; mouthpiece
writer of children's stories
charge for a telephone call
similar story; variant tale
satellite-based mobile phone
public telephone (orig. red); payphone
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk
sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)
safety myth; myth that something is completely safe (e.g. nuclear plant); safety dogma
anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story
much-talked-about; recently popular; in vogue
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
telephone fee; telephone service charge
direct (telephone) line; direct dialing
long-distance call; trunk call
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)
(telephonic) transmission
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
emergency telephone; emergency call
colloquium; symposium; gathering for discussion
gathering for friendly discussion
phone conference; conference call
(the art of) storytelling
conversational ability; speaking ability
telephone switching station; telephone exchange; central office
no-charge call (e.g. via Skype, etc.); toll-free call
English conversation school
urgent phone call; emergency phone call
confabulation; fabrication
having a bad connection (phone call); unable to hear (the other person's voice); having a faint voice
conversing from the heart; love story
indirect speech; indirect narration
small talk; gossip; spoken language; colloquial expression
telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached
sign-language interpreting; sign-language interpreter
extension phone (and its main line)
Standard Chinese; Modern Standard Mandarin; Putonghua
good story; beautiful story; heartwarming story
nuisance phone call; spam phone call
retelling (of a tale, legend, etc.)
voice over IP (VoIP); Internet protocol telephony; IP telephony; Internet telephony
policy of using dialogue instead of confrontation
classified telephone directory
(a) short story; short-story writer
novel written in colloquial Chinese
flooding a company, organization etc. with phone complaints (usu. loosely organized on anonymous online message boards)
that's none of your business
phone interview; telephone interview
subscribed telephone; subscription telephone
telephony; telephone communication
party line (telephone line shared by multiple subscribers)
(telephone) speech quality; sound quality; call quality
American Sign Language; ASL
Internet telephony; Internet telephone
mobile phone; wireless phone
intra-city telephone call; local call
legendary literature; narrative literature
speech impediment; lalopathy
personal handyphone system; PHS
call-waiting (phone option)
phone in request (e.g. calling a radio station to request a song)
lip reading (esp. in context of deaf people); lipreading; speech reading; speechreading
intercom; intercommunication system
drama about domestic life
(telephone) call forwarding; call diversion
coming to talk; conversation one came (to a place) to have
person who looks after others
Japanese Sign Language; JSL
thank you for all your hard work
silent time; silence period
International Sign (pidgin sign language); IS
dialogue corpus (dialog); dialogue corpora
self-contained (of a story)
conference call (phone option); conference calling
telephone subscriber; telephone customer
phonetic alphabet (e.g. A for alpha, B for bravo, etc.); phonetic code
conversational mode; interactive mode
vernacularism; colloquialism
person-to-person call; personal call
finger language; signing; sign language
telephone counselling service
cellular phone; mobile phone
round table meeting or talks
Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty); Mandarin (branch of Chinese spoken in northern and southwestern China)
conversational mode; interactive mode
long distance telephone company
talking to oneself; conducting a monologue
conversational processing
heartbreaking story; tragic tale
station-to-station (comms)
free phone consultation; free phone consultation service
demythologization; demythicization
regional Bell operating company; RBOC
intra-city telephone rate; local-call rate
long-distance telephone company
intercom; intercommunication system
discourse representation theory; DRT
international telephone number
train telephone; railway radiotelephone
discourse representation structure theory; DRS
next-generation mobile phone
Act for Identification, etc. by Mobile Voice Communications Carriers of Their Subscribers, etc. and for Prevention of Improper Use of Mobile Voice Communications Services; Mobile Phone Improper Use Prevention Act
private branch exchange; PBX
conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
Beijing dialect of Standard Chinese (as spoken during the Qing dynasty)
care telephone (e.g. for the aged, disabled, etc.)
mind your own business!; keep out of it!
public telephone; payphone; pay phone
blue telephone; (blue) public telephone