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JohnnieGibson
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 Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:34 am Post subject: To dabro(000001) |
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I am reading J.D.Salinger's literary works.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
first paragraph
There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost two-thirty to get her call through......
Q: What does call through mean? Is it a noun phrase?
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dabro
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Location: California, USA
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:13 am Post subject: Re: To dabro(000001) |
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| JohnnieGibson wrote: |
I am reading J.D.Salinger's literary works.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
first paragraph
There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost two-thirty to get her call through......
Q: What does call through mean? Is it a noun phrase?
Thanks! |
That's one of my favorite short stories. "To get a call through" means to be connected to the called party/person.
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