13. I've been busy on the phone.
我一直在通話。
還能這樣說：
I am on the phone all the time.
I keep talking on the phone.
諺語：
Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth.
手勤腳快，嘴里吃飽。
14. Hello. Overseas operator.
你好！國際電話總機。
還能這樣說：
Hello, this is the overseas operator.
Hello, international call operator.
應用解析：
overseas trade 海外貿易；
an overseas broadcast 對外廣播；
go overseas 到海外去；
an overseas market 國外市場
15. I'd like to make a collect call to America.
我要打對方付費的電話到美國。
還能這樣說：
I want to make an overseas collect call to America.
Make a collect call to America, please.
應用解析：
collect accounts 收賬；
collect money 集資，籌錢；
collect data 收集數據；
collect one's wits 恢復理智
16. Will you accept the charges?
你接受付費嗎？
還能這樣說：
Will you pay the bill yourself?
Could you get the charges yourself?
應用解析：
accept for 當做，把……理解為；
accept for a fact 把……當做事實；
accept of 接受；
accept with an open mind 虛心接受