.Problems on the phone. Complete the text with the correct form of these expressions: be engaged / hang up / call straight back / get cut off
get through / get the wrong number
I’ve had a terrible morning! I’ve been trying to (1) …… to Mr Francis for the last hour and a half. First I (2) ……….. - an old lady answered the phone and started telling me about her cats! Then when I did dial the right number it (3) …………. - he seems to spend most of his day on the phone. Finally, after about twenty attempts, his secretary answered the phone. She was just about to put me through, when we (4) …………. - I don’t know what happened. Anyway, I (5) ……………and finally I got to speak to him. I was just about to tell him about the meeting when he suddenly told me that he had to speak to somebody urgently on another line. I couldn’t believe it - he just (6) …………… on me!