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Make a phone call

THE PHONE

(Tele)phone

Cordless telephone

Cell phone / mobile (phone)

Phone box

Payphone

Phone card

Top up card

Landline

Phone book

Yellow pages ®

To call

To phone

To make a phone call

To ring

To lift the receiver

To dial the number

To dial a wrong number

To pick up the phone

To hang up

To call back

To answer

To send a text message (to)

To text

Line

Engaged / busy

Out of order

Reverse-charge call

Long distance call

Local call

National call

International call

Dialing code

Number

Wrong number

Speed dial

(directory) enquiries

Message

Operator

Answering machine

bridg speaking!

Excuse me, who's speaking (calling)?

Could you put me through to Lucile?

Could I speak (I'd like to speak) to Lucile?

I can't get through to Lucile's office.

Where can I reach her?

Sorry! I've got a wrong number.

Can I leave a message?

Can you hold the line?

Hold the line/ Hold on.

We were/got cut off.

I can't get a signal here.

My number is one four two nine six five.

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Yesterday I wanted to call my friend Jane but I couldn't remember her , however I knew it began with 586 792, so I what I thought could be the right number. Someone answered and said :
Hello, James Brown , Can I you ?
Oh I said, could I speak to Jane please? She is a friend of .
Well, James Brown said, can you please, I'll go and tell her someone is asking for her.
He came back 5 minutes later and said I'd better in half an hour.
I did so and to James Brown's office again.
Hello he said, I'm sorry but there's no Jane here, you must have dialled a .
What a shame ! I said ; I wanted to go out with her tonight but I don't know how to her now!
If you give me some information about her I'll try to check in the , James Brown said.
He left me a two hours later, and that was the beginning of our love story.

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