Sending a text message is faster than making a phone call.

发送短信比打电话更快。

Online chat is sometimes more convenient than making a phone call.

网上聊天有时比打电话更方便。

A woman was inside making a phone call.

一位女士正在打电话。

Peter is making a phone call to his friend Jack. But he happens to be out. His girlfriend Alice is taking a message.

彼得正在打电话给他的朋友杰克，但是杰克恰好不在，他的女朋友爱丽丝正在帮彼得留字条。

Mr Cooper, now 82, recalled: 'As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while making a phone call.

现年已经82岁的库伯如此回忆到当年的情景，“当时我一边走一边讲电话，时髦的纽约客被这样一个‘有人移动童话’的情景‘吓得’目瞪口呆。”

Identifying a need, figuring out who might fill that need, and then making a phone call to ask is light-years beyond your grieving friend's energy level, capacity, or interest.

确定一个需求，想出谁可以填补这个需求，然后给朋友打电话，这远远超出了你悲伤的朋友的能量水平、能力或兴趣。