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On call. To be on call.
I'm on call. Are you on call?
On call. Two words, O -N -C -A -L -L.
And if you are on call, then that means you aren't working right now but your boss might call you anytime to come into work on call so the perfect idea would be a doctor you might see a doctor playing golf but the doctor is always looking at his pager do doctors have pagers anymore no probably not their cell phone and they're always checking their cell phone because they know if there is an emergency then they must go to the hospital they are on call.
So when you are on call can you really relax?
No you can go to a restaurant and you can go to the health club or maybe even go swimming or go to the park or something like that go to the movies but But you must always be watching your phone because at any moment, the boss could call.
Yup. The life of being on -call is no fun.
Let's check out a dialogue.
Hey, Parmy. Let's have lunch. I can't.
I'm on call. The boss again?
Yup. As soon as he calls, I gotta go.
That's right! Now, people on call, there are actually lots of different people.
Not only doctors, and actually many of my students are doctors, but also computer programmers and security analysts for computers and things like that.
Yeah, something, if you have a business that operates 24 hours a day then somebody working in that business is on call.
I guarantee they might not be at the company but they are near the company or ready to come in.
They are on call and also if you're a husband or maybe a wife or a son or a daughter, trust me, you are on call.
If your wife is wondering where you are and you are out drinking with your friends, as soon as she calls, you must answer the phone and maybe you must go home in that situation, you are on call.
So, if you, let's say you're a guy and you're out drinking with your friends and one of your friends says, why do you keep checking your phone you can say I'm on -call my wife might call me and that's a true and funny situation all right let's check that dialog out two more times hey parmee let's have lunch I can't I'm I'm on call the boss again yep as soon as he calls I gotta go hey parmee let's have lunch I can't, I might call.
The boss again? Yep.
As soon as he calls, I gotta go.
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I have a huge list of expressions to teach and it might take a long time but trust me if you leave a question one day I'll get to it okay when it comes to teaching English I'm on call I'm on call all the time I'm always waiting to do something somebody's gonna call me and I've got to go help all right that's it for today you guys have a fantastic day and by the way Brazil my heart goes out to you Germany!
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