電話が鳴り始めたとき、アンは出かけようとしていたところだった。

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電話が鳴り始めたとき、あんは出かけようとしていたところだった。

English Translation

Anne was just about to leave the house when the phone began ringing.

Furigana

電話(でんわ)が鳴(な)り始(はじ)めたとき、アンは出(で)かけようとしていたところだった。

Romanji

Denwa ga narihajimeta toki, An wa dekakeyou to shiteita tokoro datta.

Words

電話 (でんわ)

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

が (が)

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

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

案 (あん)

idea; plan; thought; draft plan; motion; rough copy; expectation

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

出かける (でかける)

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out

と (と)

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

為る (する)

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

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative