The following article introduces the list of phrasal verbs, vocabulary and phrases that are commonly used in English telephone conversations with ESL images.
Telephone Phrasal Verbs
Learn Common Telephone Phrasal Verbs in English with meaning and examples.
- Break – up
Meaning: Become inaudible over the phone, usually because of a bad connection
E.g: “Sorry, could you repeat that, please? You’re breaking up”.
- Call for someone
Meaning: To telephone for someone or something
E.g: I’ll call for you at 7 o’clock.
- Call back
Meaning: To telephone someone again or to return a call
E.g: She said she’d call back.
- Call up
Meaning: Call someone on the phone
E.g: My dad called me up to tell me the bad news.
- Cut off
Meaning: When a telephone call finishes because of a bad connection
E.g: We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.
- Get through
Meaning: To be connected to a place by telephone
E.g: I finally got through to Tom on his mobile.
- Hang on
Meaning: Wait for a short time (informal)
E.g: Hang on – I’ll just see if he’s here.
- Hang up
Meaning: End a telephone call by putting the phone down
E.g: After I hung up I remembered what I’d wanted to say.
- Hold on
Meaning: Wait for a short time
E.g: Could you hold on a moment, please?
- Pick up
Meaning: Answer the telephone call
E.g: The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
- Put through
Meaning: Connect by phone
E.g: Could you put me through to the manager, please?
- Speak up
Meaning: Speak louder
E.g: Can you speak up a bit? It’s very noisy here.
English Phrases for Telephone Conversations
- I’ll call you later.
- Leave a message.
- Hi Simon, it’s Anna.
- Did you get my message?
- Can I speak to Rob, please?
- Hi, Jenny. Where are you?
- Thanks for getting back to me.
- Leave a message after the beep.
- What’s your number?
- I’m returning your call.
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Friday 11th of June 2021
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