See pick up the phone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "전화를 받다"
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"To answer an incoming telephone call."
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "رَفَعَ السَّمَّاعَة"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
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"alt": "zip³ din⁶ waa⁶⁻²",
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "聽電話"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "听电话"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "拿起電話"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "den Hörer abnehmen"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
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"word": "전화를 받다"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "atender (o telefone)"
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"word": "брать тру́бку"
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"sense": "to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call",
"word": "contestar el teléfono"
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