Drop a call?On to?Meaning? My friend Eric Ripert has never been to mainland China. And due, perhaps, to his adherence to the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism—and a friendship with Richard Gere—he had con

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Drop a call?On to?Meaning? My friend Eric Ripert has never been to mainland China. And due, perhaps, to his adherence to the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism—and a friendship with Richard Gere—he had concerns about what kind of a welcome he’d receive. For the first few nights, he slept with a tin foil helmet around his head, convinced, (every time his cell phone dropped a call that “they” were on to him). I assured him repeatedly that he was the very last person any Chinese secret services would give a shit about, but he was unconvinced. Nonetheless, his paranoia was acute. What does the sentence in brackets mean? Thank you.

2016年11月19日 05:51

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Dropping a call is when your call disconnects in the middle of the call. It can happen in an elevator or in a tunnel - or sometimes just at random (you're talking and all of a sudden there's no connection between you and the other person). It's usually due to a weak signal or some kind of glitch. That part of the sentence means that the friend thought that the calls were being intentionally disrupted by the Chinese government.

2016年11月19日

I think it means "every time his cell phone received a call", using drop here in this context seems like every time his phone receives a call its harming him in some way, as if "dropping" something on him to deal with.

2016年11月19日

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