74. The Telephone Flashcards

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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!

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Un faux numéro

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A wrong number

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Une conversation téléphonique

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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

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Traiter un problème par téléphone

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To deal with a problem over the phone

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Raccrocher

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

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Raccrocher au nez de qqun

A

To hang up on sbd

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Un répondeur téléphonique
An answering machine / an answer phone
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Un combiné
A receiver / a handset
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Un téléphone fixe
A fixed-wired phone
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La téléphonie sans fil
Wireless telephony
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Un (téléphone) portable
A mobile (phone) / a cellphone
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Un kit mains-libres
A hands-free phone
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Un réseau
A network
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Un opérateur
An operator
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Un texto, un sms
A text message
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Envoyer un texto
To text message / to text
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La boîte vocale
Voice mail
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Un risque, une menace pour la santé
A health hazard / a health threat
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L'e portable est si pratique qu'on s'imagine mal vivre sans lui
Mobiles are so convenient that one can hardly imagine what life would be like without them
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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
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
To be brought into questions