English vocabulary: Technology & phones – 121 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

he gave me your number.

this is a GROUP CHAT??

The unknown user left the chat. Their account showed "deleted user" seconds later. Jess and Maya sat in silence for a moment.

someone sent me a message from your phone.

a man was at the machine.

maya saw the message.

it's a forwarded email.

this is a GROUP CHAT??

i went to account settings.

in her camera roll.

A new message arrives on the screen from a contact named 'Mystery Man'.

I can see messages.

On the portal, she clicks the red button that says "Withdraw Application". A small warning box appears: "Are you sure? This cannot be undone." She clicks yes. Then she takes a second screenshot — this one of the screen that says "Application withdrawn successfully." She sends it to Jade with no words at all.

Finn takes a screenshot of the most recent message thread on the old phone. He forwards one message to Maya.

Sam does not reply. Two grey ticks again.

should i change my password?

screenshot of the chat screen — message marked delivered, and three dots appearing

yeah but the screenshot shows the voice note was from her.

because she just sent me a follow request.

In the digital glow of the screen, the colours looked even more defiant against the dark street.

The unknown user left the chat. Their account showed "deleted user" seconds later. Jess and Maya sat in silence for a moment.

Finn walks to the workbench. He sees something on it. An old phone. The screen is cracked. He picks it up. It is unlocked. It still has charge.

Oh no. My brother has my computer.

It says 'Lost Mode'.

Priya opens the direct message from Jade. It is short. It is very cold.

screenshot of a text conversation

in her camera roll.

Zara's Thursday session arrived. She walked into Dr. Chen's office with a list of bullet points in her notes app. Two hours later, she texted Dee.

screenshot of a longer text exchange

because she is looking at your profile again?

signal is bad.

you know the most about the software.

He spoke to her every thirty minutes through a waterproof speaker mounted on the boat's railing.

there is a new device.

screenshot of Ada's contacts list — one entry saved as a flower emoji

She sees a red telephone box.

ok but this is a small world coincidence, not a conspiracy. why are you looking through his followers?

Monday morning. 8:00 AM. The Greenfield Scholarship deadline is in exactly one hour. Priya slept for three hours. Her phone is on the desk in front of her, screen up. The scholarship board's email portal is open on her laptop. Her application is still submitted. So is Jade's.

tom. the wifi is not working.

Old texts, expired reminders, photos of meals she no longer remembered eating.

jess, look at the message again. it came at 11:47 pm. but look at the icon... it's not your photo. it's just a grey circle. i don't know what that means. maybe someone hacked you? i'm a little scared right now.

The grandson of Colin Hartley— the forward whose goal was disallowed— gave an interview to a sports podcast in 2019.

STOP TYPING

Monday morning. 8:00 AM. The Greenfield Scholarship deadline is in exactly one hour. Priya slept for three hours. Her phone is on the desk in front of her, screen up. The scholarship board's email portal is open on her laptop. Her application is still submitted. So is Jade's.

maybe both buttons.

I think you left something at the printer this morning 👀

The typing indicator appears. Then stops. Then appears again. Three minutes pass.

I saw a notification on your phone today.

He has headphones on.

Liam opened the reply from the unknown girl. Her username was sofia_m. He typed a message, deleted it, typed again, and finally sent it.

She had driven from London that morning with a recorder and a deadline.

he reviewed seven brands of oat milk in one reel. it was weirdly compelling

she found him through a running hashtag.

Zara puts her phone on the charger. Jay's message is still sitting there, unread in her mind even if not in the app. She falls asleep with the question still open.

It was not a telegram.

She opened her voicemail.

she once saved the Henderson account by staying until midnight and fixing a spreadsheet with like 4000 errors in it

screenshot of Ada's contacts list — one entry saved as a flower emoji

every email, every draft, every timestamp.

jay's mum just followed your finsta

Leo calls the number.

…send me the next one.

zara posted a photo...

He follows us both, I think.

i typed a message to them twice.

I pressed the wrong chat 😭

it's a forwarded email.

but he texted me today.

I think she just clicked the wrong photo by accident.

before I deleted it.

Leo's phone buzzes again. And again. And again. He picks it up.

One hour later, they are in a warm cafe. Julian unlocks his phone. He types a message to Elena.

Gerald opened the family group chat Tom had created. It was called: 'Uncle Gerald's Wedding Problem 💒💒'. There were already 14 messages.

But she hadn't posted anything online.

delivered.

i printed it at the same machine, right after you.

ok so the scholarship group chat is loading a ton of old messages.

Maya switched chats and called her friend Priya.

maya, i'm looking at my settings. someone logged in to my account on saturday from a different city. someone used my account! i need to change my password now. delete this chat, okay? delete it now.

jess, look at the message again. it came at 11:47 pm. but look at the icon... it's not your photo. it's just a grey circle. i don't know what that means. maybe someone hacked you? i'm a little scared right now.

Priya doesn't reply to Jade. Instead, she does something she knows she probably shouldn't. She goes back to the scholarship group chat and scrolls up — searching for the merged messages that appeared earlier. Most of them are gone now. But not all of them.

ok stop texting and let's go get that coffee 😭

Zara finally reached Priya, vented for forty-five minutes, and then spent the rest of the evening doom-scrolling. The next morning, she opened Instagram — and froze.

Suddenly, the phone vibrates. A bright red box appears on the glass screen.

His mother's maiden name, which she only knew because she had once helped digitise his personal papers.

Finn takes a screenshot of the most recent message thread on the old phone. He forwards one message to Maya.

Priya opens the direct message from Jade. It is short. It is very cold.

Leo looks at the read receipts. He sees one name at the top of the list.

she sent a voice note.

A man answers.

she saved her as just a flower.

she sent a voice note.

Leo looks at the read receipts. He sees one name at the top of the list.

Derek from IT. he turned 40.

and she liked a photo from 2019??

You earned it — I just made one phone call 😊

listing is down. I'm sorry mara.

Jay puts down the phone. He looks at the ceiling. His face is very red. His mum is singing in the kitchen.

The voice note appears in the scholarship chat. It is from Jade. It was not meant for anyone here. Priya presses play with shaking hands.

Margaret. I just got off the phone with Velta.

The sound system was wired.

I wanted to use the chair in my story.

There was a pause on the line that lasted slightly too long.

She's not picking up, is she?

Zara puts her phone face-down on the bed. She stares at the ceiling for a while. Then she picks it back up and takes a screenshot of her follower requests page.

jess, look at the message again. it came at 11:47 pm. but look at the icon... it's not your photo. it's just a grey circle. i don't know what that means. maybe someone hacked you? i'm a little scared right now.

your instagram handle. is it @dee.makes.things?

Suddenly, the phone vibrates. A bright red box appears on the glass screen.

there are not many contacts.

The number was unfamiliar — a local area code, but no name attached.

The next morning, Priya walked into the HR meeting with all her original project files saved on her phone — emails, drafts, timestamps. She had everything she needed.

Zara reads the message. The two blue ticks appear on Jay's side — she's read it. She doesn't reply. But she doesn't remove him as a follower either.

before you decide to block him or not.

After she hung up, Maya sat very still for a long time.

Ada's farm. Wales. A cold Tuesday in November. Ada died three weeks ago. Her two grandchildren, Maya and Finn, are here to sort through her things. The farm is very remote. There is one bar of signal.

'hey are you stealing my netflix'

Maya does not write back. She opens the WiFi settings and connects. The password works.

Then the phone locks!

Leo opens his phone. He taps a chat. He types fast.

because she followed ME too and i recognised her username from when jay used to tag her in stuff.

She pressed pause.