telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
hello; good day; good afternoon
my husband; one's family; family member
difficult to ...; hard to ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
coincident with; while; simultaneously
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
accurate; correct; precise; exact
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
way; method; means; resource; course
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
extensive; vast range; wide scope
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
at that time; in those days
for example; for instance; e.g.
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
use; utilization; utilisation; application
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
serious; not joking; straight
foreign; abroad; overseas
trip abroad; overseas travel
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
leading; guiding; commanding
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
father; dad; husband; you; he
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
if you think about it; come to think of it
tendency; trend; inclination
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation