He got a phone call one day.

一天他接到了一通电。

You recall afternoons talking on the phone while crouching in the bedroom closet, and being convinced your child would be the first Ivy League college student to graduate wearing pullovers at the ceremony.

记得那些蜷缩在卧室的壁橱里与朋友通电的下午，深信的孩子将是第一个身着套头衫出席毕业典礼的常春藤名牌大学毕业生。

13. What is the man's purpose in making the phone call?

13。这位士打这通电的目的是什么？

Meanwhile, facilities are threadbare. Half of primary schools have no electricity.

同时，教育设施也很破旧。一半的小学没通电。

Ring! Ring! The phone broke the silence.

“叮！叮！”一通电划破了沉默。

It indicated that Abaaoud's cousin was at the apartment.

而这通电显示阿巴乌德的表兄就在这所公寓。

A gas called argon glows a light purple color when it's electrified.

一种叫做氩的气体在通电时会发出淡紫色的光。

Like that call was my calling calling.

就像那通电，就是我的使命在召唤。

The man was wrapping up a phone call, saying, " That's great. Thank you."

那人刚要顺利打完一通电，说道：“那太好了。谢谢。"

Nearly 40 percent of the island still doesn't have electricity.

岛上几乎40%的区域现在还没有通电。

So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: " We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him? " They said: " Of course."

候选名单上的另外一对夫妇，也就是我的养父母，在一天午夜接到了一通电：“ 有一个不请自来的，们想收养吗？”他 们回答：“ 当然想。”

That's what's got you thinking, isn't it?

噢，就是那通电使开始思量起来的，是吗？

And I said c) being kept on hold by a call centre.

我选的C. 打不通电。

Anything that gives off electricity can potentially make things a little hotter.

任何通电的东西都有可能使温度升高。

Turkey says United States has agreed to stop supplying arms to the Kurdish militia group WPG, following a phone call between president Erdogan and Trump.

土耳其表示，埃尔多安总统和特朗普总统通电之后，美国同意停止向土耳其义勇军组织WPG供应武器。

It's either a phone call, or email or message on Facebook.

不论是一通电、一封邮件或脸书上的留言。

Because these customers paid in advance for their calls, they were eager to know how much time they'd spent on the call so far.

由于这些顾客提前支付了打电的费用，所以他们很想知道自己这通电到目前为止已经打了多长时间。

In a statement, the Pentagon said acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and South Korea Minister of National Defense in a phone call Saturday decided to end the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle series of exercises.

在一份声明中，美国国防部表示，代理国防部长帕特里克·沙纳汉和韩国国防部部长在周六的一通电中达成一致，决定取消关键决心/雏鹰的系列演习。

They fill these tubes with gases that glow when electrified.

他们把通电时会发光的气体注入这些玻璃管中。

They always ate lunch together at school and talked on the phone every night.

他们在学校总是一起吃午餐，每晚也都会通电聊天。