For instance, calling a friend and talkingfor hours.

比如，打电话给朋友并聊上几个小时。

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Another 145 pulled in and, not wanting to be late for work, I got on it, calling a friend en route to ask them to deliver my grandchildren's supper.

另一辆145路公交车到站了，我不想工作迟到就上了车，打电话给我朋友让他们给我孙子送一份晚餐。

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Another situation where you could ask a "Can" question is when you're calling a friend on the telephone.

使用“Can”问句的另一种语境是在你与朋友打电话的时候。

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Police eventually identified her by calling a friend whose number was on her mobile phone.

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Asked what he thought he was doing, the student explained that he was calling a friend to pick him up.

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" He also paid a couple of obligatory compliments, calling McCain a "friend" and a "good man" and saying, "I look forward to working with him.

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