Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Phone"

A: In my possession.

A: Doesn't make any sense to me.

A: Probably that someone's phone was taken away and they just got it back.
"Privileges" here means "permissions", basically, so "I just got permission to use my phone," or something similar

A: Yep! We actually don't say "more cool." Saying "cooler" is more natural. For short words, we use -er, not "more"

Examples:
more hot × ------> hotter ○
more cold × ------> colder ○
more big × --------> bigger ○
more small × -----> smaller ○

A: It means they don’t remember placing their phone somewhere For example, they thought the phone was in their pocket, but they look to see it’s on the table.

A: I immediately hung up the phone after realising the caller was a salesman.

A: @Hyees No. The plural of transportation is transportation.

A: "We're done talking! I'm hanging up now."

"When I'm done talking, I hang up the phone."

"Don't hang up on me! I'm not done talking."

A: Ok

A: Could you make a phone call to my office?

A: "on the phone" to be currently in a call with someone
"over the phone" to communicate something to someone mainly through a phone call
"by phone" to send something using a phone, like an email, or text.

"Don't interrupt mom, she's on the phone."
"I told him my secret over the phone to him last night."
"I was sending him emails by phone"

A: "the phone happened to use UTP cabling" - in this context "happened" means 'by chance'.

so what you're effectively saying is "the phone, by chance, used UTP cabling."

Unless you weren't expecting to find UTP cable you would just use "the phone used UTP cabling".

A: In the phrase "Did you happen to get his phone number?", the happen to part changes the sentence meaning. It means the same as an older phrase by chance or by any chance. "Did you get her phone number, by any chance?"

These both could mean "did you get the number accidentally?". But more often it means "you probably did not get her phone number, but I will ask anyway, just on the small chance that maybe you did."

A: Person A says they are trying to use the phone because they are not able to use it while C is making noise. “Trying” but not successful.

While yes, the phone connected to the other end, if you can’t hear the other person on the phone, it’s considered that you have failed to use the phone.

A: I think they are the same

A: "Where can I plug in my phone?" es lo mejor, y "Where can I plug my phone in?" es lo segundo.

A: correct!

A: turns out 結局のところ(...であった)
which is これは

A: it would be better to say, "I normally call my friends and family to make plans with them." or "I prefer calling my friends and family to make plans with them instead of texting."

A: number 2 is correct. Number 1 means right now you have a phone call waiting but you don't want to pick it up. Number 2 means that you are waiting for a phone call but you usually don't pick it up.

A: Yup, the second one is a better way of saying it.

A: × 1. I set my phone on mute because I don't want to wake up by the bell sound.
✓ 1. I set my phone on mute because I don't want to be woken by the bell sound.

× 2. I set my phone on mute because I don't want to get disturbed my sleep.
✓ 2. I set my phone on mute because I don't want to it to disturb my sleep.

× Question: Are both natural?
✓ Question: Are both natural?

A: × I don't like phone call.
✓ I don't like phone calls.

A: This is great! Amazing job, but most people would say "He was talking on the phone during the movie, and everyone was staring at him angrily,"

A: This means you sold your phone. If you wanna say that it's your phone, and you bought it, you say "I had bought my phone"