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I was just about to leave the house when the telephone rang.
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Vocabulary list

denwa
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. telephone call; phone call
noun, no adjective
  1. telephone (device); phone
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
naru

Plain Past Indicative Form

natta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
toki
noun
  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
  1. occasion; case
noun
  1. chance; opportunity; season
  2. the times; the age; the day
  3. tense
choudo
adverb
  1. exactly; precisely; just; right
  2. as if; as though; quite
dekakeru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out
  2. to be about to leave; to be just going out
Suffix after the dictionary form of a verb
tokoro
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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