"I want to make a collect call," she said as soon as a voice came on the line.

“我想打个对方付费的电话，”她一听到电话里传来声音就说道。

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A: I need to make a collect call.

A：我得打个对方付费电话。

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B: I'd like to make a collect call to Los Angeles.That's area code 213_468_2435.

我想打个电话到洛杉矶，由对方付费。电话号码是213—468—2435。

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A tube is placed inside the body to collect urine, so the patient does not have to get out of bed.

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We could just collect a bunch of data. For a material .What's the volume it occupies at some pressure and temperature?

对一种物质我们可以得到一系列测量数据,在给定的温度和气压下,它的体积是什么？

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So it doesn't make sense to just use a number 'cause you wantthis character to collect something from here or here,or there.

仅仅使用一个数字到处去收集,是没有意义的，因为你想要这个东西,来收集这里的还有那儿的信息。

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But even then, getting a collect call from anywhere civilized was quaint (and ironically, uneconomical).

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