Please answer this: M: Hello! Is that Lucy? W: Speaking! M: Hi! This is Tom! Can I speak to Lily? W: Sorry. She isn't in at the moment. Can I take a message? M: Could you please tell her not to wait for me this evening? We planned to go to a party together, but something important came up and I have to rush off. I'll be back in Cairo at the beginning of next week. W: Right. I'll tell her. Are you leaving now? M: Yes, I leave at half past two. Please give my love to her. Thank you! W: You're welcome. M: Could you ask her to phone me when she gets in? W: Sure. You'd better give me your number. M: Yes, it's 13962-72854. W: OK. I've recorded it. M: Thanks very much indeed. Bye! W: Bye! What was said before this conversation?
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Answer: W: Hello! 6896443.
Problem: W: He is a great teacher. But I'm having a hard time with the reading list. I feel I can't ever finish it. What was said before this conversation?

A: M: How do you like Professor Bachman's course on the History of Philosophy? He is a distinguished scholar on that subject.
Problem: Given the question: M: No. He is still living in the country. What was said before this conversation?
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The answer is:
W: Has Tom moved to the downtown?
input question: W: Well, I've been doing this every morning for the last ten years, you know... What was said before this conversation????
output answer: M: That was a long jog! I'm all out of breath, and you look like you are not even tired.
W: Yes, I can. I speak it very well. But I know a little Italian. What was said before this conversation?
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Answer: M: Can you speak German?
Q: Tod: Ah, first of all, I put a buck in the vending machine for a seventy-five cent candy bar, and the thing got stuck here in the machine. Then, I pressed the change button [Ah, man], and nothing happened. [Wow!] Nothing came out. The dumb thing still owes me a quarter. Dean: Well, did you talk to the man at the snack bar to see if he could refund your money? Tod: Yeah, I tried that, but he said he didn't own the machine, and I'd have to call the phone number on the machine. Dean: What a bummer. Tod: Hey, I have an idea. [What?] Why don't we rock the machine back and forth until the candy bar falls? Dean: Nothing doing. I don't want to be responsible for breaking the thing, and besides, someone might call the cops. Tod: Ah, don't worry. I've done it before. Tod: Oh well. Hey, hey, tough luck. Hey, here, take my candy bar. [You mean?] Yeah, the machine and I hit it off earlier today. What was said before this conversation?
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Dean: Hey, man. What's up?