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Meanings of long-distance call in English

Catalan
trucada interurbana
Spanish
conferencia

A telephone call made outside the local calling area.

trucada interurbana
Usage of long-distance call in English
1
Gemini 5 was not the only long-distance call made from Sealab II.
Wired
2
Colonel Burroughs put in a long-distance call to Hal's father in Somerset.
Small wars: a novel
3
The cost of a long-distance call fell 88 percent during the same period.
Wired
4
Tom agreed, and his father placed the long-distance call to Washington.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
5
She placed the long-distance call, person-to-person collect, and waited for the call back.
A fierce radiance: a novel
6
I have a long-distance call for a Mr. Chatham, the operator intoned mechanically.
Talk of the town
7
He left the table to put in a long-distance call.
Mrs. Red Pepper
8
That's private, and God knows the Woodleys can afford one long-distance call to Wisconsin.
Chocolate chip cookie murder
9
I've been receiving calls ever since; this is the twelfth long-distance call since Tuesday.
Murder in the Gunroom
10
Still, it was probably a long-distance call and she'd been on for a while.
Fiendish deeds
11
Reading Marjorie's thoughts, Harold explained that John was expecting a long-distance call from Trenton.
The Girl Scouts' Good Turn
12
Do you know whether she received a long-distance call?
The long saturday night
13
I understand you've got a long-distance call for me.
A fierce radiance: a novel
14
It was a long-distance call from Charlottetown for Jem.
Rilla of Ingleside
15
Between the three of them, they cough up enough coins to make a long-distance call.
Robin and ruby
16
Should a long-distance call come up, it would be different, but not all that different.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
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