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Used with adjectives:
"
You have a phone call."
(phone, telephone, incoming)
"
I need to make a quick call."
(quick, short, local, collect, personal, emergency, urgent, important)
"
International calls can be expensive."
(international, long-distance)
"
She makes business calls from her home."
(business, sales, conference)
"
I hate prank calls."
(prank, anonymous, crank, telemarketing, missed)
"
The hotel provides wake-up calls."
(wake-up)
"
The boat received a distress call."
(distress, S.O.S., emergency)
"
She paid us a business call."
(business, sales, social, house)
"
They made repeated calls for donations."
(repeated)
"
The bar's last call is at 3:00 a.m."
(last, final)
Used with verbs:
"
I need to make a call."
(make, place)
"
I received a call last night."
(received, got, had, expected, missed)
"
I need to answer this call."
(answer, take, finish, end)
"
Please return my phone call."
(return, transfer)
"
The government often monitors our telephone calls."
(monitors, screens, intercepts, traces, listens to)
"
I heard your call."
(heard)
"
They repeated their calls for help."
(repeated, answered, heeded, responded to, ignored, rejected, dismissed)
"
The decision was a tough call."
(tough, close, difficult, easy, judgment)
Used with prepositions:
"
Were there any phone calls for me?"
(for)
"
You received a call from your mother."
(from)
"
I made several calls to my daughter."
(to)
"
The doctor is out on a house call."
(on)
Used with nouns:
"
All of the calls are directed to a call center."
(center)
"
In case of an emergency, push the call button."
(button)
