mobile telephone; cellular telephone
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
mouthpiece of a telephone
utmost limits; extremity; limit
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
reopening; resumption; restarting
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
second day of the month; two days
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
originally; by nature; from the start
to face; to confront; to be opposite to
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to mark the end; to spell the end
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
product; produce; result; fruit
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate