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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
How can I understand this "call"?
This is an excerpt from a newspaper.
"Nixon had entered the fall campaign with a lead over Humphrey, but the gap was closing that October. Henry A. Kissinger, then an outside Republican adviser, had called alerting Nixon that a deal was in the works: If Johnson would halt all bombing of North Vietnam, the Soviets pledged to have Hanoi engage in constructive talks to end a war that had already claimed 30,000 American lives."
I'm wondering how can I understand "call" in "had called" in the above sentence?
"Nixon had entered the fall campaign with a lead over Humphrey, but the gap was closing that October. Henry A. Kissinger, then an outside Republican adviser, had called alerting Nixon that a deal was in the works: If Johnson would halt all bombing of North Vietnam, the Soviets pledged to have Hanoi engage in constructive talks to end a war that had already claimed 30,000 American lives."
I'm wondering how can I understand "call" in "had called" in the above sentence?
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Takehisa Tanaka I'm wondering how can I understand "call" in "had called" in the above sentence? Telephoned , I presume, though it could be visited.
- Takehisa Tanaka I'm wondering how can I understand "call" in "had called" in the above sentence?
- Telephoned , I presume, though it could be visited.
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Takehisa TanakaI'm wondering how can I understand "call" in "had called" in the above sentence?Telephoned, I presume, though it could be visited.
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Oh! Thanks, both of you.
I think I've understood it.
Kissinger made a phone call to Nixon, and alerted him that "a deal
I think I've understood it.
Kissinger made a phone call to Nixon, and alerted him that "a deal
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