Thank heaven he didn't understand the actual words we said, thought Step.

One couldn't tell from the actual words he spoke, of course.

The space must be so that she could hear the actual word and make her own guess at its meaning.

Would the girl never come to actual words and phrases?

And we certainly don't know for sure if that code can support actual words.

He was close enough to hear them, though: not the actual words, but the sound of their voices.

He was the concept, the character and often even the actual words.

The actual words you say, right down there on the paper.

Always provided, of course, you couldn't hear the actual words.

When people speak, I can't hear the actual words until several seconds later.