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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)

telephone

/ˈtɛləfəʊn/

noun

machine used to talk to someone who is far away

  • “The black telephone is more expensive than the white one.”Tatoeba
  • “I am sorry, but this telephone is out of order.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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