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24 Dec 2017
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Would you teach me the meaning of "I was up doing other calls anyway." in the context below. The sentences are quoted from "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Carver.
〈Situiation〉
The speaker is a doctor. One day, an old couple was taken to his hospital, having been injured seriously in a car accident. The doctor took care of them ...
"I dropped in to see each of them every day, sometimes twice a day if I was up doing other calls anyway. ...."
I'm guessing the sentence "I was up doing other calls anyway" means that "I was near them dealing with other calls whatever they were." Is this guessing right ?
I mean, does the word 'up' mean 'near them' , 'doing other calls' mean 'dealing with other calls' and 'anyway' mean 'whatever they were' ?
Would you help me, please ?
Would you teach me the meaning of "I was up doing other calls anyway." in the context below. The sentences are quoted from "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Carver.
〈Situiation〉
The speaker is a doctor. One day, an old couple was taken to his hospital, having been injured seriously in a car accident. The doctor took care of them ...
"I dropped in to see each of them every day, sometimes twice a day if I was up doing other calls anyway. ...."
I'm guessing the sentence "I was up doing other calls anyway" means that "I was near them dealing with other calls whatever they were." Is this guessing right ?
I mean, does the word 'up' mean 'near them' , 'doing other calls' mean 'dealing with other calls' and 'anyway' mean 'whatever they were' ?
Would you help me, please ?
〈Situiation〉
The speaker is a doctor. One day, an old couple was taken to his hospital, having been injured seriously in a car accident. The doctor took care of them ...
"I dropped in to see each of them every day, sometimes twice a day if I was up doing other calls anyway. ...."
I'm guessing the sentence "I was up doing other calls anyway" means that "I was near them dealing with other calls whatever they were." Is this guessing right ?
I mean, does the word 'up' mean 'near them' , 'doing other calls' mean 'dealing with other calls' and 'anyway' mean 'whatever they were' ?
Would you help me, please ?
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Yes your assumption is correct :) It means that the doctor was already going to see other calls (patients) and it was easy to swing by to check in on them to see how they were doing.
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- English (US)
Yes your assumption is correct :) It means that the doctor was already going to see other calls (patients) and it was easy to swing by to check in on them to see how they were doing.
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@Patrick001 Thank you for your reply.
Ohhhh, I see. I learned a new phrase 'swing by'. Thank you for your lucid explanation !
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Ohhhh, I see. I learned a new phrase 'swing by'. Thank you for your lucid explanation !
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