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Expression : ' I went off to sleep.'



 
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Expression : ' I went off to sleep.' Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:21 am  Expression : ' I went off to sleep.'
 

Hi

Could you please tell me another natural way I can say the following (red)?

Quote:
I read the book and then went off to sleep.

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Expression : ' I went off to sleep.' Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:50 am  Expression : ' I went off to sleep.'
 

Hi Tom

Do you mean the actions (read and sleep) to be two very clearly separated actions, or did sleep interrupt your reading?

For the second scenario, you could say these:

I nodded off/fell asleep/dozed off (while I was) reading my book.
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