Unit 4.4: Ending a Telephone Call
Finally, let's look at some expressions which we can use when we want to
end a telephone call.
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Hey, I gotta go. Talk to you later.
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I have to get back to work now. Will talk again later.
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I have to pick up my kids now. Bye.
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Hey, I gotta run. Nice talking to you.
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Hey, I really have to go now. Bye.
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Listen, there's someone at the door. I'll call you back
later.
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There's someone on the other line. I must say good-bye
now.
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It's been a pleasure talking to you. Bye now.
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Thank you for calling. Good-bye.
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Can we continue this later? I have a call on another line.
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Could we continue this later? I have a meeting right now.
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Excuse me, can I call you back? Something urgent has come
up.
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Excuse me, I'm in the middle of something. Can I call you
back?
Examples:
Dialog
1: (between 2 friends)
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Jim:
... so in the end I spent the weekend watching TV at home.
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Joe:
That's too bad! Hey, listen, I have to get back to work
now. Talk to you later.
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Jim:
OK. Nice talking to you. Bye now.
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Joe:
Bye.
Dialog
2: (between 2 business associates)
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Tom:
Tom Jones speaking.
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Liz:
Hi, Tom. This is Liz. I need to talk to you about the
report you sent me last week.
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Tom:
Uh.. Liz. I'm sorry but I'm in the middle of something.
Can I call you back this afternoon?
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Liz:
Sure. No problem. Talk to you this afternoon then.
Bye.
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Tom:
Bye.
Dialog
3: (Tom and Liz are now talking about the report)
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Tom:
... I think we need to look at the calculations again.
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Liz:
Right. Tom, can we continue this later? I have to go
to a meeting in 5 minutes.
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Tom:
Sure. How about giving me a call tomorrow morning? We
can then go over the rest of the report.
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Liz:
OK. I'll talk to you again tomorrow morning. Thanks Tom.
Bye now.
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Tom:
Bye.
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