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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
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- Says Underground Take the Bakerloo Line to Willesden Junction or the Jubilee to Willesden Green.†
Chpt 211 *junction = a place where things come together
- And then I had to work out which way to go, so I stoodagainst a wall so people didn't touch me, and there was a sign for Bakerloo Line and District and Circle Line but not one for Jubilee Line like the lady had said, so I made a plan and it was to go to Willesden Junction on the Bakerloo Line.†
Chpt 211
- And there was another sign for Bakerloo Line and it was like this.... ...And I read all the words and I found Willesden Junction, so I followed the arrow that said 4 and I went through the left-hand tunnel and there was a fence down the middle of the tunnel and the people were walking straight ahead on the left and coming the other way on the right like on a road, so I walked along the left and the tunnel curved left and then there were more gates and a sign said Bakerloo Line and it pointed down an escalator, so I had to go down the escalators and I had to hold on to the rubber rail but that moved too so I didn't fall over and people were standing close to me and I wanted to hit them to mak†
Chpt 211
- And then the bottom line scrolled up and disappeared and a different line scrolled up into its place and the sign said 1 HARROW & WEALDSTONE 1 MIN 2 WILLESDEN JUNCTION 4 MIN.†
Chpt 227
- And I timed the distance between stations all the way to Willesden Junction and all the times between stations were multiples of 15 seconds like this.... .... And when the train stopped at Willesden Junction and the doors opened automatically I walked out of the train.†
Chpt 227
- And I timed the distance between stations all the way to Willesden Junction and all the times between stations were multiples of 15 seconds like this.... .... And when the train stopped at Willesden Junction and the doors opened automatically I walked out of the train.†
Chpt 227
- But Willesden Junction wasn't on pages 42 and 43.†
Chpt 227
- And I looked round Willesden Junction in a spiral, like when I was looking for the train station in Swindon, but on the map with my finger.†
Chpt 227
- And this was the shape of the roads between Willesden Junction and Chapter Road.†
Chpt 227
Definitions:
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(1)
(junction) a place where two or more things come together
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A comprehensive dictionary will also describe specialized meanings in electronics and physics.