answer the telephone

Well, if you work for me, you'll have to answer the telephone promptly.
-Dorothy, si tu travailles pour moi, tu vas devoir répondre au téléphone.
The mattress should be reinforced where clients are likely to sit down to put on their shoes or to answer the telephone.
Il doit être renforcé aux endroits où les clients s’asseyent pour répondre au téléphone ou pour attacher leurs chaussures.
This is Customer Service, and we're supposed to answer the telephone quickly.
Ceci est le service client, et nous sommes censés répondre au téléphone rapidement.
It's got to the point where I'm afraid to answer the telephone in case it's Silvia.
Nous en sommes arrivés au point où j'ai peur de répondre au téléphone de peur que ce soit Silvia.
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