Matching Pairs HelloOnline version Match the following expressions with their definitions. by Fátima Suárez 1 The line is busy 2 Telephone box/booth 3 To be on the phone 4 To call someone 5 A flip phone 6 Pick up the phone 7 To look up a number 8 Phonebook 9 Answering machine 10 To hang up 11 To dial a number 12 To lose signal or to have a poor/strong mobile phone signal (reception) To answer a telephone call To be speaking to someone through the phone To finish a phone call A machine that answers your telephone and records messages that people leave for you Personal list of phone numbers Being used when you try to call A small structure containing a telephone that you pay to use To press the buttons, or to turn the dial, on a telephone in order to call someone To contact or attempt to contact a person or number by phone A small mobile phone that closes by folding in the middle to make it easier to carry to try to find a number by looking in a book or on a list, or by using a computer Refers to the strength of the signal received by a mobile phone from a cellular network