telecommunication equipment
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
care; precaution; guarding; caution
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
declaration of war; proclamation of war
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
patterns of thinking; train of thought
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
mass communication; mass media
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
resentment; indignation; anger
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
each nation; many nations; many countries
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
mental; spiritual; emotional
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
to some extent; to a certain extent
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
while; during (the time when)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that