go straight (ahead) for 2 blocks / 50 meters
go down the street
go past the convenience store
turn left at the corner / at the shop / when you get to that road / into XX Street
beeper 呼叫器
cell phone / mobile phone / mobile / cellular phone 手機
hang up 掛斷
static noise 雜音
yellow pages 分類電話簿
# pound
* asterisk
I'm calling from a pay phone. 我用公用電話打的
Who are you calling? 你要找哪位?
May I have extension 137? 請幫我接分機137
Please connect me to sb. / Please transfer my call to sb. 請幫我轉接(某人)
You have a call waiting. 你有一通插播
He is on another line. 他在講另一支電話
He is on his way. 他馬上過來Hold on, please. / One moment, please. / Just a moment. 請稍等
Could you take a message? 你可以幫我留個話嘛?
Please leave your message after the beep. 請在嗶聲之後留言
Speaking.(This is he. / This is she.) 我就是
Who's calling, please? 你是哪位?
拍賣自家的物品或舊物
lawn sale 在自家庭園拍賣
garage sale 在車庫拍賣
porch sale 在門廊拍賣
yard sale 在後院拍賣
household sale 出清拍賣
farmer's market 農民市場(賣農民的自產品)
flea market 跳蚤市場
和數字有關的慣用語
The students came into the classroom by ones and twos. 陸續進來
A bird in the hand is worth tow in the bush. 一鳥在手勝於雙鳥在林
Two heads are better than one. 三個臭皮匠勝過一個諸葛亮
Two's a company, three's a crowd. 兩人成伴,三人成絆
It takes two to make a quarrel. 一個巴掌拍不響
He is always in two minds. 他常常三心兩意The classroom became a three-ring circus. 鬧哄哄
He was on all fours. 趴在地上
Everything is at sixes and sevens. 亂七八糟
It's six of one and half a dozen of the other. 這兩個半斤八兩
He had one over the eight. 他喝醉了
Nine times out of ten, he forgot to wear socks to work. 他常常忘記
I was on cloud nine when I heard I passed the test. 我超開心的
A stitch in time saves nine. 未雨綢繆勝過亡羊補牢
He works nine to five. 他朝九晚五
It's ten to one he will forget about it. 他十之八九會忘記
Tom solved the problem at the eleventh hour. 他在最後緊要關頭解決了問題
