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Messier42 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

called up on a quite line?

Today, at my work in a call centre, a man called up on a very quiet line to report a car accident on his father's behalf because his father was deaf.

What does it mean by called up on a very quiet line ?
  

Top answer

g. because of some fault with the telephone line or equipment.

— GPY

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  • because of some fault with the telephone line or equipment.
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"called up" = telephoned
"line" = telephone line

The sound of the man's voice over the telephone line was very faint (hard to hear), e.g. because of some fault with the telephone line or equipment.
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Anonymous messier42Today, at my workWorkplace http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/workplace
I don't personally have any problem with the use of "work" in the original sentence.
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messier42a man called up
The word up, is not necessary. It's superfluous and a common mistake.
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AnonymousThe word up, is not necessary. It's superfluous and a common mistake.
It's not essential, but it is not a mistake. You'll find call up (= telephone) in several dictionaries at www.onelook.com.
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thank you everyone for helping me out!
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GPYI don't personally have any problem with the use of "work" in the original sentence.
Some people do that but, it's incomplete. Unfinished, without place on the end of work.
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I'd say
Today, at the call centre where I work, . . .
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CliveI'd sayToday, at the call centre where I work, . . .
I agree, that's better.
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messier42call centre ... a very quiet line
a phone which was not ringing very often

A quiet day at a call center would be a day where all the lines were quiet (no phones ringing).

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Having looked this up on Google, mine is not the correct interpretation. Context is everything.

CJ
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