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telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

to contact; to get in touch; contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message; connection; coordination; junction; intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi); to be detained by

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