telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
interception; monitoring; tapping
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
at once; immediately; right now
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
several types; several kinds; several species
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
armament; soldier's equipment
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
airplane (manned by ...); boarding (an airplane)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
settlement; solution; resolution
if so; in that case; in that situation
leadership; initiative; spearhead
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
proposal; proposition; suggestion
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped