Name: 便利な電話表現 - 電話で流暢に英語を話す (Useful Telephone Expressions - Speak English Fluently on the Phone)
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In this lesson, I'm going to talk about some phone related expressions.

I've chosen some key verbs that we use when we're using the phone.

So today I'm going to explain the meanings of thes burbs and give some example sentences so you can use them to.

First, let's start with the first, maybe the basic action of using a phone.

The first Ferb is to pick up to pick up, not pick up, but pick up separately, pick up our separate words to pick up the phone.

To pick up the phone means to answer an incoming call.

So this means when your phone begins buzzing literally, we physically pick up the phone and answer the call.

So meaning we received the incoming call.

So this, on a mobile phone, refers to this action to pick up the phone and answer the phone.

Um, before mobile phones, when phones were attached to the wall, or when phones were like a physical object on a table he meant physically picking up the receiver and putting it toe ones here to answer the phone.

Then the next verb is to hang up to hang up again.

Hang and up to hang up, so to hang up the phone means to end a phone call.

So this word, actually, this has a bit of history then.

So before mobile phones, when phones were, you know, objects that were in rooms.

When we finish the call, we would place the receiver back on the phone stand.

There was a stand for the phone receiver to rest on, so it was like we had to hang the receiver on its stand.

Or when phones were a touch toe walls as well, we would hang it on the wall, so we used to hang up to refer to ending a phone call.

However, even though we don't hang up our mobile phones, we just push a button on her mobile phones.

Of course, you can say to end a call as well, but hang up is still very, very commonly used, so you can use it to this means to end a call.

So here, past tense, hung up, hang up becomes hung up in past tense.

Okay, let's go along to the next verb to call.

To call very basic verb for this lesson to colleges means to communicate by phone.

We can also use to call for, like Skype calls or other video service calls, anything that you use like a mobile phone or some kind of video service to do.

Um, you can use to call to refer to that.

That means, like FaceTime or whatever any other similar application you can use.

Call to refer to that so to communicate via phone is to call so an example of this, uh, let's call the customer service number.

Okay, let's move along to the next verb, which is to return a call to return a call to return a call means to call a person who called you.

The new ones here is that you missed the call.

So if I make a phone call, I try to call you.

I hang up the phone later When you are available, you call me.

That is called returning someone's calls.

So you're calling me now You've returned my call.

I'm returning your call regarding your order.

I'm returning your call regarding, in other words, about your order, so to return a call is usually because you missed the call.

So let's look at the next word, which is to call back.

This is very, very similar to return a call.

You may not have missed the call when you use the expression to call back.

So yes, when you use call back, it means you are returning someone's calls.

Someone called you however, maybe, um in an example Situation I call you and you are like, able to pick up your phone.

You can answer, but you're busy, you're not able to talk in that moment.

In that case, you can ask is it okay if I call you back?

In other words, can I return your call a little bit later?

So in that case, you did not miss my call.

But you can't talk right now so we can use the verb call back in a situation like this.

Can I call you back when I call him back?

So you can include Who are you going to call?

OK, let's move along, then, to the next expression.

To put someone on hold to put someone on hold means to keep someone on the phone line, but without talking.

So I think most people have probably experienced this, especially when calling a customer service phone line.

So you make the call and you have to wait for a long time.

There's usually music playing that's being on hold.

However, sometimes the operator picks up the phone and the operator needs to take care of some things.

Needs to do some tasks or confirm your information.

So meaning the operator is going to put you back, like, put you back on whole keep you waiting but will not cut the call So the operator may say, I'll put you on hold.

I'll put you on hold while I confirm the information.

All right, let's go along to the next expression to go to answering machine to goto answering machine.

This means the call is answered by a machine.

So again, this expression is actually a little bit old fashioned.

Before mobile phones, there was a separate machine that was used on Lee for answer and calls when someone was unavailable to pick up the phone.

So there were actual like tapes or when it became digital.