The second leg of the call begins as soon as the destination party or answering device answers the telephone.

呼叫的第二档从目标方或应答设备接听该电话时就立即开始。

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But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.

但不要打电话或者去聚会；如果这样的话，别人的话会侵蚀你流失的话本该占据的空间。

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Even the party official's wife lacks a telephone and mourns her lack of contact with the outside world.

就算是那个官太太，她都说自己特想要个电话，否则没法跟外界联络。

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LLUs use equipment installed in a telephone exchange by a third party company, such as Orange, instead of BT.

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Most homes in that era had party lines, and telephone usage was reserved for necessity, not frivolities.

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