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He coughed, which turned into a long-drawn-out gargle, ending with another glob into a crushed issue.
"Someone asked me an interesting question yesterday," Morrie said now, looking over my shoulder at the wallhanging behind me, a quilt of hopeful messages that friends had stitched for him on his seventieth birthday.
long-drawn-out /ˌlɔːŋ drɔːn ˈaʊt/
a long-drawn-out process continues for a long time, is very tiring, and probably continues for longer than it needs to
gargle /ˈɡɑːrɡəl/
the act of cleaning the inside of our mouth and throat by blowing air through water or medicine in the back of your throat
glob /ɡlɑːb/
a small amount of something soft or liquid that has a round shape
crushed (tissue) /krʌʃt/
treated so as to have a permanently crinkled appearance.
wallhanging /'wɔːl,hæŋɪŋ/
a large decorative piece of fabric or other material to be hung on wall of a room.
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