the phone ☊ 
Cái điện thoại ☊ Objects The phone is really handy / convenient. ☊ Cái điện thoại thật tiện lợi. ☊ Adjectives 1 Who invented the phone? ☊ Ai đã phát minh điện thoại? ☊ Past I was talking on the phone all the time. Tôi đã gọi điện thoại suốt. * 085 like: The phone → →
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The phone is ringing. ☊ Điện thoại đang kêu. ☊ 596
I spoke with him yesterday on the phone. ☊ Tôi đã nói chuyện với anh ấy hôm qua qua điện thoại. ☊ 706
What was Jose doing when the phone rang? ☊ Jose đang làm gì khi điện thoại kêu? ☊ 708
What did he do when the phone rang? ☊ Anh ấy đã làm gì khi điện thoại kêu? ☊ 709
He stopped reading and answered the phone. ☊ Anh ấy dừng đọc sách và trả lời điện thoại. ☊ 1416
The phone rang eight (8) times and Samiya didn't answer. She must not be at home. ☊ Chuông điện thoại reo tám lần mà Samiya không nghe. Cô ấy hẳn là đã không ở nhà. ☊ 1429
The phone's ringing. I know it's not for me. It must be for you. ☊ Chuông điện thoại đang reo. Tôi biết nó không phải của tôi. Chắc chắn nó phải là của cậu. ☊ 2674
The phone rang just as I sat down. ☊ Điện thoại reo đúng lúc tôi ngồi xuống. ☊ 2753
I've never met the woman IN charge OF marketing, but I've spoken to her ON the phone a few times. ☊ Tôi chưa bao giờ gặp người phụ nữ chịu trách nhiệm marketing nhưng tôi đã nói chuyện với cô ấy qua điện thoại vài lần. ☊ to answer the phone (= to pick up the phone when it rings) ☊ answer ☊
You can bet (that) the moment I sit down, the phone will ring. ☊ bet ☊
'I just slammed the phone down when he said that.' 'I don't blame you!' ☊ I don't blame you/her, etc. (for doing sth) ☊
Do you have any change for the phone? ☊ change ☊
chat (to/with sb): My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends. ☊ chat ☊
The voice on the phone was clear and strong. ☊ clear ☊
copy sth (from sth) (into/onto sth): She copied the phone number into her address book. ☊ copy ☊
Suddenly the phone went dead. ☊ dead ☊
discuss sth: I'm not prepared to discuss this on the phone. ☊ discuss ☊
They're sending an engineer to fix the phone. ☊ engineer ☊
'Can I use the phone?' 'Please, feel free (= of course you can use it).' ☊ free ☊
We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang. ☊ hardly ☊
It's your mother on the phone. ☊ it ☊
Just my luck (= the sort of bad luck I usually have). The phone's not working. ☊ just ☊
A little while later the phone rang. ☊ little ☊
The phone rang in the middle of the night. ☊ middle ☊
At that very moment, the phone rang. ☊ moment ☊
We spoke on the phone. ☊ on ☊
The phone is out of order. ☊ out of order ☊
She wouldn't tell me over the phone. ☊ over ☊
She paused the DVD and went to answer the phone. ☊ pause ☊
The phone rang and Pat answered it. ☊ phone ☊
They like to do business by phone/over the phone. ☊ phone ☊
to pick up the phone ☊ phone ☊
to put the phone down ☊ phone ☊
He left the phone off the hook as he didn't want to be disturbed. ☊ phone ☊
She put the phone down on me (= ended the call before I had finished speaking). ☊ put sth down ☊
Could you keep the kids quiet while I'm on the phone? ☊ quiet ☊
Keep the list of numbers near the phone for easy reference. ☊ reference ☊
John wasn't making much sense on the phone. ☊ make sense ☊
I could have sworn (= I am sure) I heard the phone ring. ☊ swear ☊
We talked on the phone for over an hour. ☊ talk ☊
The phone rang. ☊ the ☊
Hello, is Bob there please? (= used when calling sb on the phone) ☊ there ☊
No one is answering the phone—I can't understand it. ☊ understand ☊
Her voice sounded urgent on the phone. ☊ urgent ☊
He had just drifted off to sleep when the phone rang. ☊ when ☊
He sat by the phone, wishing it would ring. ☊ wish ☊
The phone isn't working. ☊ work ☊