【1】Hold the line, please.请别挂断电话。
此句是一种常用的电话交际用语,类似的表达还有:Hold on(for a moment),please.请稍等/别挂断。Wait/Just a moment, please.请等一会儿。如:
—May I speak to Ann? 我可以和安通话吗?
—Hold on, please.请稍等。
【2】I called you to go to the English Corner but no one answered.我打电话叫你去英语角,但是没人接。
(l)call sb.给某人打电话,类似的同义词组还有ring sb.; phone sb.; give sb. a ring; ring sb. up; call sb. up等。如:
I gave my mother a ring yesterday afternoon.我昨天下午给我妈妈打了个电话。
(2) answer相当于get the phone 接电话。