to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
long; drawn-out; very long
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
long-distance call; trunk call
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to watch intently; to stare
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to be opposite; to face each other
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to switch off; to turn off
trouble; bother; annoyance
businessman; industrialist
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
for example; for instance; e.g.
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)