By extending the courtesy of a phone call to my clients, I was building a personal relationship with them.

通过给客户打电话这样有礼的行为，我渐渐和他们建立起私交。

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After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening.

一个半小时后，我拿出手机给我那天晚上要见面的朋友们打电话。

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I decided to call my boss for leave, but laughing was the only thing I could do on the phone.

我决定向老板请假，但在电话里我只能不停地笑。

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But I hesitantly took two hours to fill that essays and now owe her for or owe that phone call for the best two years of my life and truly the happiest.

但我还是磨蹭了两小时完成短文,多亏那个打来电话的人,这是我人生最美好，最快乐的两年。

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Then I went to John Fogerty and The Blue Ridge Rangers before turning off the phone to save my battery for the 911 call.

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There were times when I had to grit my teeth, steel myself and take a deep breath before making the weekly phone call to see how she was.

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All I knew was I got a phone call and an offer to meet to discuss my interest in the position.

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