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1. MAKING PHONE CALLS VOCABULARY
- I need to call/phone/telephone my boss this evening.
- I need to ring up/call up my boss
- I need to give my boss a ring
- I must stay in contact with my boss over the phone today
Keywords and expressions related to phone calls
- When I pick up the phone the first thing, I hear is the dialling tone so I
then have to dial the number I was given
- She did not have the direct number to his office, so she had to dial his
extension number.
- I heard the engaged/busy tone, so I hang up and called her later.
- The line was busy, so I called him later.
- He managed to get through to the operator and asked her to transfer his
call.
- We were cut off while we were talking so I had to leave her a voicemail.
- He said he would call me back later.
- I asked the secretary to put me through to him, but she said he was busy.
- She had to hold the line because the manager was answering another
phone call.
- The line was free, so the manager was able to take my call.
- The line was bad, and I could not hear what he was saying.