Meanings

allegory

to telephone

to install a telephone

to get a phone call

to negotiate

to interfere

sequel of a story

to interrupt (a person)

topic of conversation

crosstalk coupling

native speaker

discourse representation structure theory

English conversation school

lipreading

intra-city telephone call

person-to-person call

story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo)

long-distance call

writer of children's stories

Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty)