It is cheaper than calling longdistance, and a lot more convenient than waiting until Sunday for the telephone rates to drop.
这比打长途电话便宜,也比等到周日电话费降下来方便。
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If you are making a longdistance call on a public telephone and run out of money, give the number on your phone to the person you're talking to. Then hang up the receiver and he can call you back.
如果你用公共电话打长途,钱花光了,把你的电话号码给你正在通话的人,然后挂上电话,他会给你回电话的。
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At the first drug store he stopped, seeing a long-distancetelephone booth inside.