She paused the video and went to answer the phone.

她停下录像机去接电话。

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Johnson won't answer the phone if he doesn't know the number.

如果约翰逊不知道号码，就不会接电话。

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I answer the phone call.

我来接电话。

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And a phone number is requested, the form explains, in case an answer is not understood.

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So if you answer the phone, you'll be saving me from a long conversation that will last ten hours.

如果你去接电话的话，我就可以免于一段又臭又长的谈话的痛苦了。

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I hate it when people answer the phone in theaters.

我讨厌在电影的时候接电话的人。

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They answer the phone to customers in Britain calling about car insurance or cable TV.

BBC: India's call centre boom

Only old ladies answer the phone, complains Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies, a Republican polling firm.

ECONOMIST: Political polls

"I cannot answer the phone all the time, " she says, especially when she is teaching a class.

CNN: New features to slow the onslaught of mobile phones