Sentence examples of "calling on" in English
He had done his homework when I called on him.
Il avait fini ses devoirs quand je lui ai rendu visite.
I am planning to call on Mary the day after tomorrow.
Je prévois de rendre visite à Mary après-demain.
On account of illness, I couldn't call on you today.
À cause de ma maladie, je n'ai pu te rendre visite.
As commercial and cultural contacts between East and West developed, Arab and Persian traders began calling on China along the Silk Road in increasing numbers.
Avec le développement des échanges commerciaux et culturels entre l'Est et l'Ouest, un nombre croissant de marchands arabes et persans commencèrent à se rendre en Chine en empruntant la route de la Soie.
You should avoid calling a person after ten at night.
Tu devrais éviter de téléphoner chez quelqu'un après dix heures du soir.
Tom is accustomed to calling up girls on the telephone.
Tom est habitué d'appeler des filles au téléphone.
In the distance I hear a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer.
J'entends au loin le muezzin appelant les fidèles à la prière.
Sven was so verbose that his friends resorted to calling him a chatterbox.
Sven était si bavard que ses amis en sont venus à l'appeler un moulin à paroles.
Most Americans do not object to my calling them by their first names.
La plupart des Américains ne semblent pas avoir d'objection à ce que je les appelle par leurs prénoms.
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