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Phone Vocabulary
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return a call or call someone back
to telephone someone who tried to telephone you
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hotspot
a place where people can get Internet access either for free or by using a network access password
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missed call
a call that wasn't answered
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receiver
the part of a landline telephone set you pick up and speak into
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landline
a physical telephone line, or a telephone that uses one
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pick up (the phone)
to answer a landline phone by lifting the receiver or to answer a mobile phone by pressing the green button
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Answer
to take the call and speak after a phone has rung
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SIM card
a small card with a microchip that's sold by a network provider and inserted into a mobile phone
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line or connection
a telephone connection used to make a voice call
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touchscreen
a screen that allows a smartphone, tablet computer, game console or similar device to be controlled with the touch of a finger
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Busy
already being used, of a telephone line or number
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Caller ID
a facility that identifies and displays the phone numbers of incoming calls made to a particular line.
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pay phone or phone booth
a public telephone that takes coins or phonecard payment for each call made
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robocall
an automatic call that plays a recorded message, usually to sell something or get votes in an election
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save a number
to keep a phone number, text message, e-mail or other digital data on a smartphone or computer
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text or text message
a Short Message Service (SMS) text-only message or a multimedia message (MMS) with digital images, videos, sound content, etc.
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Dial
to press numbers on a landline phone or touch numbers on a smartphone keypad to call someone
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voicemail
a system that records and stores spoken messages left by people whose phone calls aren't answered
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Charge
to connect a smartphone, tablet computer, digital camera, etc. to an electricity source to add power to its battery
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ring
(of a telephone) to make the sound that tells you someone is calling
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to hang up
to end a telephone call
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