TELEPHONE CALL VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH
Telephone
was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, which is one of the greatest inventions
of the betterment and comfort of mankind. We have a telephonic conversation
almost every hour. Having telephonic conversations has become a part of our
daily routine.
Tring!
Tring! Hello, who’s calling? Do you talk on the phone? Do you talk for long
hours or short period of time? If I talk about myself, I talk a lot on the
phone and usually, tell friends about the conversation I had. While talking to
friends, people often are seen in search of new words and phrases. Maybe you
too require it. If you want to tell someone about the conversation you had, or
while talking on the phone the call got disconnected, or the person on the
other side was not audible.
So,
In this telephone call vocabulary, we will be learning new words and phrases for
the situations. Let’s have a look.
1. Dead – battery ran out
e.g.- I am so sorry, my phone went dead.
e.g.- I am so sorry, my phone went dead.
2. Engaged – If the line’s busy, call again later.
e.g.- Whenever I call my friend, her phone is always engaged.
3. Break -up - The voice is not heard clearly.
e.g.-
Pardon Please, your voice is breaking up.
4. Call for someone – To make a phone call and speak to them.
e.g. - Call for me at 6:30 p.m, I’ll be home.
5. Cut off – Suddenly, call gets disconnected.
e.g. – I am so sorry, there was a network issue that’s why the call got cut off.
6. Get through - To succeed in talking to someone on phone.
e.g. – Finally, I got through my friend after waiting so long.
7. Put through- you connect someone to the person they want to speak to
e.g. - Sure, I will just put you through her.
8.Returning call- Call back
e.g. – She didn’t return my call, so I assumed something was wrong.
9.Hang on – To hold
e.g. - Hang on, I will just put through her.
10. Hang up- To end a phone call
e.g.- After hang up, I remembered what I had to say.
11. Hang up on someone- when someone ends your call suddenly.
e.g. - Aww, She hung up on me.
12. Speak
up- speak loudly
e.g. – Can you please speak up, your voice is breaking up.
e.g. – Can you please speak up, your voice is breaking up.
13. Run
out of credit- phone ran out of payment
e.g. – I am sorry, my phone is running out of credit. I will call you after recharging.
e.g. – I am sorry, my phone is running out of credit. I will call you after recharging.
14. Top up-
add money in phone
e.g.- I need to top up my mobile phone.
e.g.- I need to top up my mobile phone.
15. Text someone- To message someone
e.g.- I will text you later
16.Voice
mail- caller leaves a voice message when the person called is busy or absent
e.g.- Leave a voice mail, when I am not available.
17. To
have reception- network or signal
e.g.- I had bad reception.
e.g.- I had bad reception.
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