Translation of "ostera" into English

1) Beti esaten nion kafea hartu behar genuela ostera, baina sei hilabete joan ziren. 2) Zure aitak irratiak eta erlojuak desmuntatzen eta ostera muntatzen ditu, piezaz pieza. Beti sobratzen zaio atalen bat, baina funtzionatzen jarraitzen dute, hala ere.

1) I always told her we had to have coffee again, but six months passed. 2) Your father takes radios and clocks apart and puts them back together, piece by piece. There is always a part left over, yet they continue to work regardless.