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tidbit; titbit; digression; sidebar; snippet

mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company

face-to-face talk; direct communication; direct dialogue; direct talk

writer of children's stories

confession; confidential talk; frank talk

Proverb; Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)

if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin

spooky tale; ghost story

much-talked-about; recently popular; in vogue

being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

to install a telephone

direct (telephone) line; direct dialing

safety myth; myth that something is completely safe (e.g. nuclear plant); safety dogma

telephone fee; telephone service charge

long-distance call; trunk call

to return a call

meanwhile; in the meantime; on the other hand

phone conference; conference call

satellite-based mobile phone

landline telephone; fixed-line telephone

Aesop's Fables

telephone operator

cordless phone

to come to an agreement; to come to a mutual understanding; to come to terms with each other; to reach an arrangement

no-charge call (e.g. via Skype, etc.); toll-free call