telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
first year of high school; first-year high school student
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
selection committee member; member of a screening committee
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
every year; yearly; annually
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
great success; huge success
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
base unit; main telephone (esp. when there are extensions)
liquid crystal display; LCD; liquid crystal screen
telephone number; phone number
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to say; to be called; to do
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
trifling; trivial; slight
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to revere; to respect; to worship
single word; a few words; brief comment
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
interview (on television, in a newspaper, etc.)