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| answer the telephone v expr | (respond to a telephone call) | يردّ على الهاتف |
| | I hoped he would answer the telephone, since he was only 3 feet away from it. |
answering machine,
telephone answering machine,
also UK: answerphone n | (device: takes phone calls) | مجيب آليّ |
| | The message that he left on my answering machine was very peculiar. |
| by telephone adv | slightly formal (by means of a phone call) | بواسطة الهاتف |
| | I've tried reaching him by telephone, but since no one picks up, I'm going over there to see him. |
cellular telephone,
also UK: mobile telephone n | formal (mobile phone) | هاتف خلوي، هاتف محمول، هاتف جوّال |
daytime telephone number,
daytime phone number n | (phone number during office hours) | رقم الهاتف نهارًا |
| | Do you have a daytime telephone number on which we can contact you? |
| dial telephone n | (rotary phone) | تلفون بقرص |
| | In the 1960s the dial telephone was widely replaced by the touch-tone telephone. |
| direct dial telephone n | (phone service: no operator) | هاتف مباشر |
| | It amazes me that I have direct dial telephone service from the U.S. to Africa. |
| | إنه لشيء مدهش أن تكون لدي خدمة هاتف مباشر من الولايات المتحدة إلى أفريقيا. |
| phone book n | (telephone directory) | دليل الهاتف |
| | You'll find their number in the phone book. |
| | Our new local phone book's over three inches thick. |
phone sex,
telephone sex n | (sexual conversation) | حديث جنسيّ على الهاتف |
| ملاحظة: "Phone sex" is a much more common expression than "telephone sex." |
| | Wendy caught her husband having phone sex with another woman. |
| public switched telephone network n | (communication network) | شبكة هاتفية عمومية مبدلة، شبكة هاتفية عمومية تبديلية |
| public telephone n | (payphone accessible to everyone) | هاتف عموميّ |
| | Since cellphones have become common, there are fewer public telephones in many cities. |
| telephone bill n | (invoice for phone use) | فاتورة الهاتف |
| telephone book n | (directory of phone numbers) | دليل الهاتف |
| | Do you know where I can find a telephone book? I need to look up a number. |
telephone booth,
phone booth n | US (public phone kiosk) | كشك الهاتف |
| | Hiding from the gangsters in a telephone booth, he called the police. |
telephone box,
phone box,
call box n | UK (public phone booth) | كشك هاتف عمومي |
| | It is such a shame that they got rid of the old red telephone boxes. |
| telephone call n | (contact by phone) | مكالمة هاتفية |
| telephone cord n | (wire attaching phone handset) | سلك الهاتف |
| | Cordless phones allow you to walk around freely because there's no telephone cord. |
| telephone directory n | (book listing phone numbers) | دليل الهاتف |
| | I need to look up a number in the telephone directory. |
| telephone exchange n | (where phone calls are connected) | بدّالة الهاتف |
| | (في بعض المناطق) | سنترال |
| telephone jack n | (socket for plugging in a phone) | قابس الهاتف |
| | When I accidentally pulled the cord from the telephone jack, the phone went dead. |
| telephone line n | (phone connection) | خط هاتفي |
| | According to the operator their telephone line has been disconnected. |
| telephone line n | (telegraph wire) | خط تلغراف |
| | You can see telephone lines running for miles along the roads. |
| telephone number n | (digits dialled to reach [sb] by phone) | رقم الهاتف |
| | When I first met Susan I made sure to write down her telephone number right away. |
| telephone operator n | ([sb] who connects phone calls) | عامل الهاتف |
| | Nowadays most connections are automatic so you rarely talk to a real telephone operator. |
telephone pole,
telegraph pole,
telegraph post n | (structure supporting phone lines) | عمود هاتف |
| wireless telephone n | (cordless phone) | هاتف لاسلكي |
| wireless telephone n | (mobile phone, cellphone) | هاتف محمول، هاتف جوال، هاتف خلوي |