BalinDoes the final sentence confirm something the man knows (or thinks he knows)?
noEarnestdid the question of B begin with: What does (word) mean?"
no or more like:"Do you think that (word) has also other meanings?"
no or "Is the meaning of (word) this?" or "Does (word) means this also for you?"
yope to yesish to these twoBy asking the meaning of the word, is B warning somehow C of something that was going on?
yes; good q After the phone call was over, is the most likely feeling C had: fear?concern?he felt relief?
mostly this happy?
with a bit of this anxious? surprised?
and this confused?
no to rest Did C want to reach B after he received the phone call?
yes!Relevant what B was doing when he called C?
yes Was him driving a car?
no Driving an airplane?
He wasn't the pilot, but yesish Was it during an important event?
no Was B at his house when calling C?
noDid B need to take an important decision?
no Was he convinced that it was the last time he called his brother?
noRelevant that he asked in a phone call?
yes Would it work also had them been face to face?
no Was it a code?
no Did the two have a different/the same opinion in religion/politics and the meaning of the word would have clarified which position they took? e.g. the meaning of a word in the "Bible"?
no I mean, was it a matter of interpretation of a word? (not an expert but there is something similar about Protestants and catholics...)
You are correct. And it's more than one word
Great round of questions.