If I was going to run for Congress, I'd have to pay a courtesy call on him sooner or later.

假如我打算参加竞选众议员，我迟早都得礼节性地去拜访他。

youdao

Since he didn't ask me to make the call for him, I sat on the couch looking at him wondering how good his Chinese was.

因为他当时没有让我帮他打，所以我就坐在沙发上看着他打，想听听他的汉语。

youdao

I on my own initiative delivered a message to him this time, haven't return for a long time and calculated to make a phone call to pass by, don't let this message influence his life and study.

这次我主动发了短信给他，好久没有回，算了打电话过去吧，别让这短信影响他的生活与学习。

youdao

We were talking about guns that day because, while I was waiting for him to arrive for our meeting, I happened to receive a call on my cell phone from a former lobbyist for the gun industry.

NEWYORKER: Mayberry Man