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2005.03.28(Review of 2000.10.05 edition)
Hello! Thanks for joining us again!
This week and next, we're going to be introducing you to a set of expressions that concern a certain piece of equipment that it would be very hard to live without these days - the telephone.
... Oh! That's it ringing now!
(telephone) LINE / ON THE LINE
電話回線/電話に出ている
- A telephone line is a wire connection from a phone to the outside.
If someone is on the line, they are talking on the phone.
If someone is on another line, they are talking on the phone using a different line.
Be Careful! Don't confuse the expression on the line with “online”, which means “to be connected to a computer network such as the Internet”. - telephone line は、電話回線のことです。
Someone is on the line. と言うと、その人が電話に出ている、という意味になります。
Someone is on another line. と言うと、その人が別の電話に出ている、という意味になります。つまり、電話中という意味です。
注意: on the line と online という表現を混同しないように注意してください。online とは、「インターネットなどのコンピューターネットワークに接続している状態」という意味です。
- Our office gets almost 300 calls a day, so we've asked headquarters for two more telephone lines.
- (a secretary to her boss)
a: Dave Jenkins is on the line.
b: Tell him I'll call him back in five minutes. - (on the phone)
I think there's someone at the door. Stay on the line, I'll be right back. - (on the phone)
I'm sorry, but Mr. Anderson is on another line. Can I take a message?
Let's talk again tomorrow, alright?