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tie up a phone (какое-то время – e.g., for an hour) |
| Игорь Миг |
yak on the telephone; yak on the phone |
| dipl. |
be stuck on hold (bigmaxus); hang on the phone (bigmaxus) |
| Gruzovik, inf. |
speak too long over the telephone |
| idiom. |
sit on the phone (Drozdova) |
| idiom., inf. |
be glued to the telephone (This same anxiety can be felt in Paris. Since the curfew was announced, "I spend my days glued to the telephone," Émilie Nouveau, a programmer at the Studio des Ursulines, an independent cinema for young audiences in the 5th arrondissement, told FRANCE 24.
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hang 'round the phone (в ожидании звонка; e.g. I'm hanging 'round the phone waiting for a call. Soulbringer) |
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hold on ("Hold on, I ask my secretary". == "He вешайте трубку, я спрошу своего секретаря", - говорит комиссар.) |
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hit the phones (azalan) |
