74. The Telephone Flashcards

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Q

Passer un coup de fil à qqun

A

To give sbd a buzz

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Téléphoner à qqun, passer un coup de téléphone à qqun

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To (tele)phone sbd / to phone up sbd / to ring up sbd / to give sbd a call

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Passer un coup de téléphone

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To make a (phone) call

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Un appel local

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A local call

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Un appel longue distance

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A long-distance call

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Un abonné

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A subscriber

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Composer un numéro

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To dial a number

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Un numéro de téléphone

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A phone number

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Une cabine téléphonique

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A phone box / a call box

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Un téléphone public

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A payphone

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Une télécarte

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A phone card

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Un annuaire téléphonique

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A phone book / a phone directory

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Être sur liste rouge

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To be ex-directory (GB) / to be unlisted (US)

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Répondre au téléphone

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To answer the phone

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Décrocher (le téléphone)

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To pick up the phone

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La ligne est occupée

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The line is engaged (GB) / is busy (US)

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Ne quittez pas!

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Hold on! / hold the line / hang on!

17
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Un faux numéro

A

A wrong number

18
Q

Une conversation téléphonique

A

A phone conversation

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Être au téléphone

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To be on the phone

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Être coupé

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To be cut off

21
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Traiter un problème par téléphone

A

To deal with a problem over the phone

22
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Raccrocher

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To put the phone down / to ring off / to hang up

23
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Raccrocher au nez de qqun

A

To hang up on sbd

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Un répondeur téléphonique

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An answering machine / an answer phone

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Un combiné

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A receiver / a handset

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Un téléphone fixe

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A fixed-wired phone

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La téléphonie sans fil

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Wireless telephony

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Un (téléphone) portable

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A mobile (phone) / a cellphone

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Un kit mains-libres

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A hands-free phone

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Un réseau

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A network

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Un opérateur

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An operator

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Un texto, un sms

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A text message

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Envoyer un texto

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To text message / to text

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La boîte vocale

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Voice mail

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Un risque, une menace pour la santé

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A health hazard / a health threat

36
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L’e portable est si pratique qu’on s’imagine mal vivre sans lui

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Mobiles are so convenient that one can hardly imagine what life would be like without them

37
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Une enquête a révélé que de nombreux adolescents ne dormaient pas assez à cause de la popularité toujours grandissante des textos envoyés avec un portable

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A survey found that many teenagers were losing sleep as a result of the ever-increasing popularity of texting with mobile phones

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Être remis en question

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To be brought into questions