to telephone; to make a phone call
during a telephone call; busy line
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
convenient; handy; useful
that is to say; so that means
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
refined; admirable; superb
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to say (something) over one's shoulder
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
bedside; near one's pillow
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
answering machine; answer phone
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
what time; (lit.) which hour