Telephone Calls Flashcards by Emily Smith | Brainscape

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directory/contacts

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un réportoire

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answering machine

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un répondeur

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a ringtone

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une sonnerie (de téléphone)

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telephone number

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un numéro

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dial tone

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une tonalité

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to call

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appeler

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to dial a number

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composer un numéro

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to pick up

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décrocher

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to leave a message

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laisser un message

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to wait

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patienter

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to hang up

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raccrocher

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to call back

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rappeller

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to ring

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sonner

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(Hello, it’s [Y], is [X] there/available?

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Bonjour, c’est [Y], [X] est là/disponible?

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(May I please speak to [X]?)

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Puis-je parler à [X]?

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(Is this [X]’s office?)

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Est-ce le bureau de [X]?

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. (I would like to speak to [X].)

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Je voudrais parler à [X]

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Who is on the phone?)

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Qui est à l’appareil ?

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who is calling/speaking/

it’s on the behalf of who?

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c’est de la part de qui?

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please hold [the line]

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ne quitte pas [le ligne]

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I’ll put you through to him/her

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je te le/la passe

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Wait a moment, please.

A

Merci de vouloir patienter quelques instants.

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Be so kind as to wait please.

A

Veuillez patienter, s’il vous plaît.

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(The line is busy.)

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La ligne est occupée.

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(My reception isn’t very good.

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Je ne capte pas très bien.

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you’re breaking up/that cuts

A

ça coupe

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I don’t hear you.)

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Je ne t’entends pas.

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(The connection is [of] bad [quality]

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La connexion est de mauvaise qualité.

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We were disconnected.)

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Nous avons été coupés. (

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(Can you repeat that?)

A

Pouvez-vous répéter cela?

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. (Yes, that works.)

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Oui, ça marche

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Tomorrow at 2 p.m. works for me

A

Demain à 14h me convient

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Which time slot works for you?

A

Quel créneau horaire vous conviendrait ?

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comme d’habitude
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comme d’hab

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like usual

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everything’s great

A

ça roule

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(That’s nonsense!)

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C’est n’importe quoi !

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just forget it/never mind

A

laisse tomber..

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“Keep me up to date!”

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Tiens-moi au courant!

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for whatever reason/who knows why

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Allez savoir pourquoi !/Va savoir pourquoi!

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that sucks

A

C’est naze/c’est nul/c’est pourri !

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I’m feeling a little down [informal]

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J’ai le cafard…

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that gets me down [informal

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Ça me donne le cafard

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that’ll take your mind off things [that’ll change your ideas- informal]

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Ça te changera les idées

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let’s get back to the subjet

[let’s return to our sheep]

A

Revenons à nos moutons

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I can’t believe my eyes

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Je n’en crois pas mes yeux

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you managing there? [informal]

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Tu t’en sors

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I’d bet on it / I’d put my hand in the fire!

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J’en mettrais ma main au feu

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you can’t put them all into the same category [bag]

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Il ne faut pas mettre tout dans le même sac !