to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
hospitalization; hospitalisation
sickroom; hospital room; ward
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
bolt from the blue; great surprise
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
inside the House; inside the Diet; inside the hospital
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
jokingly; in the form of a joke
vocal sound; tone of voice
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to stare back (at); to glare back
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to sink (into); to get depressed
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded