Chapter XXVI
MRS. BOWMAN SPEAKS Midnight in the sheriff's office at San Jose. And I had to telephone Barbara. She'd be waiting up for my message. The minute I heard her voice on the wire, I plunged in:
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MRS.
BOWMAN
SPEAKS
Midnight
in
the
sheriff's
office
at
San
Jose.
And
I
had
to
telephone
Barbara.
She'd
be
waiting
up
for
my
message.
The
minute
I
heard
her
voice
on
the
wire,
I
plunged
in:
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MRS.
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BOWMAN
SPEAKS
Midnight
in
the
sheriff's
office
at
San
Jose.
Line 3
And
I
had
to
telephone
Barbara.
Line 4
She'd
be
waiting
up
for
my
message.
Line 5
The
minute
I
heard
her
voice
on
the
wire,
I
plunged
in:
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Waiting
noun
US /ˈwaiting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She'd be waiting up for my message.”
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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I had to telephone Barbara.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
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Barbara
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She'd be waiting up for my message.
BOWMAN
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She'd be waiting up for my message.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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heard
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The minute I heard her voice on the wire, I plunged in:
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I had to telephone Barbara.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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Jose
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message
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Midnight
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minute
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MRS
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
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office
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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plunged
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San
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She'd
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sheriff's
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SPEAKS
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telephone
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BOWMAN SPEAKS Midnight in the sheriff's office at San Jose.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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up
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voice
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waiting
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wire
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