Tips For Speaking English

How to Use "Phone" with Example Sentences

Phone (n): a device that sends communication by voice or sound to someone who is somewhere else; also known as a telephone

 Used with verbs:

"Please grab the phone for me."
(grab, get, pick up, answer, hold)

"Her phone is ringing again."
(be + ringing)

"Please put down your phone."
(put down, turn off, hang up)

"I forgot to charge my phone last night."
(charge, plug in, turn on)

"They disconnected my phone."
(disconnected, unplugged)

"She is on the phone."
(be + on)

"She is waiting by the phone."
(be + waiting, be + sitting)

"Call my phone if there is a problem."
(call, dial)

"May I use your phone?"
(use)

✏ Used with nouns:

"I changed my phone number."
(number, company)

"He made a quick phone call."
(call)

"She plugged in her phone charger."
(charger, cord)

"My phone bill is higher than the usual this month."
(bill)

"The phone cord is not long enough."
(cord)

"He looked up her number in the phone book."
(book)

"She called from a phone booth."
(booth)

✏ Used with adjectives:

"I got a new cell phone."
(cell, smart, mobile, cellular)

"She called me from a pay phone."
(pay, public, rotary, cordless)

"Is this the number for your home phone?"
(home, work, cell, business, personal, office)

✏ Used with prepositions:

"We talked on the phone last night."
(on, over)

"I can be contacted by phone."
(by)


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Black market:

A term used for places where goods are illegally bought and sold for a profit.

John used to sell cigarettes from South America on the black market!


Blackball someone:

To exclude or ostracise someone socially, reject them.

Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.

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Blacklist someone:

To write someone's name on a list if they break any rules, and ban them from having the opportunity to take part again.

I was in a lot of debt a while ago and was unable to pay it all back, so I've been blacklisted. I'm not allowed to get a mortgage on my own name.

Blackmail someone:

To extort or take money from someone by using their secrets against them and threatening to reveal  it to others.

He has been blackmailing me for months with some photos that I didn't know he had. I need someone to help me stop him!

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