Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone.

她母亲忧心如焚，在电话旁守了一个晚上。

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His wife had passed some years ago, now he lived all alone, so now the highlight of this day was waiting by the phone.

几年前他的妻子故去，现在他独自一人生活，这一天的重要事情便是在电话机旁等着。

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Or are they exploiting a passing fad which will fade when the economy recovers and high-flyers realise that safe jobs are preferable to sitting by the phone waiting for the talent agency to call?

它们抑或只是昙花一现？ 因为当经济复苏时，那些胸有抱负者就会意识到安稳的工作要比整天守在电话机旁等人才中介来电要强许多。

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Those hours of waiting by the phone and the sleepless night had undone me.

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