call+to+answer
51call on — v. visit; call upon; ask a person for an answer in class (as in The teacher always calls on me in class because she thinks I always know the answer ) …
52answer the call of nature — humorous to urinate (= pass liquid from the body). I had to go into the woods to answer the call of nature …
53call of nature — the need to expel body wastes * * * Informal. a need to urinate or defecate. [1850 55] * * * call of nature (euphemistic) A need to urinate or defecate • • • Main Entry: ↑call * * * I see nature II used euphemisticall …
54answer mode — A function that allows a modem to answer an incoming call, detect the protocol being used by the calling modem, and synchronize with that protocol. See also auto answer; auto dial …
55call centre — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms call centre : singular call centre plural call centres a place where a large number of people are employed to deal with customers by telephone, either in order to sell something or to answer questions …
56Call Me Back Again — Infobox Song Name = Call Me Back Again Caption = Paul McCartney Wings Venus and Mars from 1975 Artist = Paul McCartney Wings Album = Venus and Mars Released = May 27, 1975 track no = 10 Recorded = 1975 Genre = Blues rock Length = 5:00 Writer =… …
57answer the call — 1. to die Usually of those killed in war, called to arms and then, it might be hoped, to life eternal. 2. to urinate In this case, answering a call of nature: ... was answering an urgent call behind bushes when they stopped close… …
58call waiting — UK [ˌkɔːl ˈweɪtɪŋ] / US [ˈkɔl ˌweɪtɪŋ] noun [uncountable] a system that lets you answer a second telephone call without ending your first telephone call …
59call waiting — [ˌkɔːl ˈweɪtɪŋ] noun [U] a system that lets you answer a second telephone call without ending your first telephone call …
60call no man happy till he dies — The story alluded to in quot. 1545 is narrated in Herodotus’ Histories I. xxxii: when the great Athenian lawgiver Solon visited Croesus, the fabulously wealthy king of Lydia, the latter asked Solon who was the happiest man he had ever seen… …
