🇬🇧 Phone meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To phone means to use a telephone to call someone so you can talk to them from far away. When you phone a person, you press their number, wait for them to answer, and then you speak and listen through the phone. It’s like having a conversation, even though you are not in the same place.

My sister will phone me from the next room instead of walking five steps to talk like a normal human.

If you phone me before 7 a.m., I only speak in grunts and zombie noises.

When I phone my cousin, we both talk so fast that the phone probably needs a nap afterward.

I tried to phone my grandma, but I accidentally phoned the pizza place and asked it for a hug.

I didn’t want to phone the dentist, because I knew my teeth would snitch on all the candy I ate.

Little Anna sees her cat run into the wet road. She wants to phone Dad. She will phone him. He will phone the woman next door. The woman will phone a man. The man will phone back and say, "I see your cat." Anna runs, hugs the cat, and is very happy. They all smile and laugh.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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