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Intermediate | Dialing a Nonlocal Phone ...

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If you're like us, you know a lot of people, and you make a fair amount of calls with your cell phone. But every once in a while, you'll get this annoying recording telling you the call won't go through because it's a "nonlocal number." Fortunately there's an easy solution. Learn about it in this Chinese lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1582

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