Sentence:  Mr. Blatz had been at least sober enough to remember to <WSD>telephone</WSD> and he turned out to be the greatest boon that had come into Mr. Crombie 's life since he moved to Highfield , in spite of the fact that he did n't work very fast or very long at a time , and he did n't like to work at all unless Mr. Crombie hung around and talked to him . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone