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I'd like to make a reversed charge call/transferred charge call to
Washington 348 6767. (The person at the other end pays. Americans
call this a collect call.)
342 telling the time
1. There are two ways of saying what time it is.
five past three ten past three a quarter past three
three five three ten three fifteen
twenty past three half past three twenty-five to four
three twenty three thirty three thirty-five
a quarter to four five to four three minutes to four
three forty-five three fifty-five three fifty-seven
2 = Inconversation, we do not usually use the ‘twenty-four hour clock’. We
can make a time more precise by saying in the morning, in the afternoon
etc, or by saying am( = ‘before midday’) and pm( = ‘after midday’).
3 Weask about the time like this:
What time is it? | What's the time?
What time does the match start?
