The mechanic doesn't have to spend time looking up the customer's phone number, dialing the phone, or talking to the customer.

维修人员并不需要花时间查找客户的电话号码、打电话或与客户交谈。

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Love is a telephone, but it is difficult to seize the right time for dialing, and you will let slip the opportunity if your call is either too early or too late.

爱情这部电话，很难把握拨号时机。拨得太早或者太迟，机遇均会丧失。

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You can reach me at any time at your convenience by dialing 3845520.

你可以在方便的时候随时拨打3845520。

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It works as advertised, though we found it only nominally less complicated than the alternative method of dialing in a street name one letter at a time with the MMI dial.

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And, despite our memories of the slow-dialing modems of the '90s, connecting to the World Wide Web was faster than ever at the time.

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