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Entries in telephone (15)

Friday
Mar302012

“Rina, let me call you right back.”

Rina, let me call you right back.

You get a phone call while you're on the line with someone else. You answer it, but you want to finish the other conversation first.

Rina, let me call you right back.

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Wednesday
Feb082012

“OK, well, I'll let you go.”

OK, well, I

You've been talking with an old friend on the telephone. You want to finish the conversation, so you say:

OK, well, I'll let you go.

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Wednesday
Jan042012

“You know me: I'm not one to chitchat on the phone for too long.”

English Lesson: chitchat on the phone

You got a telephone call from your nephew. You've been talking for a few minutes, but now you want to end the conversation. You usually don't like long phone conversations. You say:

You know me: I'm not one to chitchat on the phone for too long.

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Tuesday
Dec272011

“They had me on hold for like 20 minutes!”

English Lesson: On hold

You had to call your cable company because of a problem with your bill. They made you wait on the phone for a long time. You're complaining about this experience to a coworker. You say:

They had me on hold for like 20 minutes!

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Wednesday
Nov022011

“You hung up on me!”

English Lesson: You hung up on me!

You were talking to your sister on the phone. The call suddenly ended. You think it was an accident, but when you call your sister back you want to joke with her, so you say:

You hung up on me!

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Wednesday
Aug102011

“Hi. You've reached Misty. I'm not available to take your call right now, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.”

You call a client at her office. She doesn't answer the phone. Instead, you get sent to her voice mail. Her message says:

Hi. You've reached Misty. I'm not available to take your call right now, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

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Friday
Jul012011

“Hi Amy. This is Zack.”

English lesson: Hi Amy. This is Zack.

You're having a meeting with your coworker Brenda in her office. You think of a question that you want to ask another coworker, Amy, about, so you call Amy from Brenda's telephone. When Amy answers, you say:

Hi Amy. This is Zack.

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Tuesday
Dec072010

“You sound horrible!”

You sound horrible.

You're talking to a friend on the telephone. Her voice sounds deep and scratchy. It sounds like she's sick. You say:

You sound horrible!

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Thursday
Jul082010

“What was that?”

You're talking with your friend on the telephone, and the signal is breaking up. She said something, but you didn't hear what she said. You ask:

What was that?

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Monday
Jun142010

“Oh, hey Debbie. Sorry, I meant to call someone else.”

Memorize

You wanted to call your friend, but instead you called your landlord's phone number instead by mistake. You know your landlord pretty well. When she answers the phone, you say:

Oh, hey Debbie. Sorry, I meant to call someone else.

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