Preview（腕試し）

Junko: Well, it's almost 11:00 p.m., so I'd better cut the telephone.

Kim: If you cut the telephone, it will never work again! I think you want to hang up.

Junko: Maybe that's it. What I want to do is:

　

A. stop talking on the phone

B. cut the telephone cord (with scissors!)

C. break the telephone

D. continue talking for a long, long time

　

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

phrasal verb = 句動詞

transitive verb = 他動詞

intransitive verb = 自動詞

　

Examples（例文）

This is a daily phrasal verb, but I don't hear it used very often in my classes when students want to describe ending a phone conversation.

The transitive form:

After I hung up the telephone, I went to the refrigerator and pulled out a few slices of cold pizza.

The intransitive form:

I talked to a friend of mine for over two hours. After we hung up, I was really tired.

　

Exercises （練習）Type the proper form of the idiom in the box.

1. Well, I'd better now--it's almost midnight and I have to get up early tomorrow.

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2. Have you ever accidentally the phone while you're still talking to someone?

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