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Thomas de Torquemada, Inquisitor-General of the Spanish Inquisition, put many persons to death. | persons | {
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His name became synonymous with cold-blooded cruelty. | name | {
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"family based on male descent",
"a well-known or notable person",
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"a language unit by which a person or thing is known"
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His name became synonymous with cold-blooded cruelty. | became | {
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"enhance the appearance of"
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"enter or assume a certain state or condition"
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His name became synonymous with cold-blooded cruelty. | synonymous | {
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"(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same"
]
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"(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same"
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His name became synonymous with cold-blooded cruelty. | cold-blooded | {
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"without compunction or human feeling",
"having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)"
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"without compunction or human feeling"
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His name became synonymous with cold-blooded cruelty. | cruelty | {
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"a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering",
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | gain | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | keeping | {
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"a cell in a jail or prison",
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | alive | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | memory | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | besmirching | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | today | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | Roman Catholics | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | saying | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | had | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | Catholic | {
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Would we gain by keeping alive his memory and besmirching today 's Roman Catholics by saying he had a Catholic heart? | heart | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | bones | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | memory | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | rest | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | fifteenth | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | century | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | belong | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | is | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | out of place | {
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Let his bones and his memory rest in the fifteenth century where they belong ; he is out of place in our times. | times | {
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Shakespeare 's Shylock, too, is of dubious value in the modern world. | Shakespeare | {
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Shakespeare 's Shylock, too, is of dubious value in the modern world. | Shylock | {
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Shakespeare 's Shylock, too, is of dubious value in the modern world. | too | {
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"in addition"
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Shakespeare 's Shylock, too, is of dubious value in the modern world. | is | {
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Shakespeare 's Shylock, too, is of dubious value in the modern world. | dubious | {
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Shakespeare 's Shylock, too, is of dubious value in the modern world. | value | {
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Shakespeare 's Shylock, too, is of dubious value in the modern world. | modern world | {
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"the circumstances and ideas of the present age"
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Ideas, in and of themselves, are not necessarily the greatest good. | Ideas | {
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Ideas, in and of themselves, are not necessarily the greatest good. | are | {
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Ideas, in and of themselves, are not necessarily the greatest good. | not | {
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Ideas, in and of themselves, are not necessarily the greatest good. | necessarily | {
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Ideas, in and of themselves, are not necessarily the greatest good. | good | {
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | successful | {
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"successful%3:00:00::"
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | businessman | {
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | prefaced | {
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | address | {
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | group | {
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | economists | {
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | sent | {
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | theories | {
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"rot%2:30:00::"
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A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together. | together | {
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Will his words come to be treasured and quoted through the years? | words | {
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Will his words come to be treasured and quoted through the years? | come | {
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... | [
"hold dear"
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Will his words come to be treasured and quoted through the years? | quoted | {
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} | [
"repeat a passage from"
] | [
"quote%2:32:00::"
] |
Will his words come to be treasured and quoted through the years? | years | {
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"a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days",
"a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity",
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"a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days"
] | [
"year%1:28:01::"
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Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | Frequently | {
"name": "frequently",
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"many times at short intervals"
]
} | [
"many times at short intervals"
] | [
"frequently%4:02:00::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | given | {
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"conve... | [
"convey or reveal information"
] | [
"give%2:40:07::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | assurance | {
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] | [
"assurance%1:10:01::"
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Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | automatically | {
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"in a reflex manner",
"in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism"
]
} | [
"in a reflex manner"
] | [
"automatically%4:02:00::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | ideas | {
"name": "idea",
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"a personal view",
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"(music) melodic subject of a musical composition"
]
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] | [
"idea%1:09:00::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | sifted | {
"name": "sift",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"distinguish and separate out"
]
} | [
"separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements"
] | [
"sift%2:35:00::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | resifted | {
"name": "resift",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"sift anew"
]
} | [
"sift anew"
] | [
"resift%2:35:00::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | in the end | {
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"after a very lengthy period of time",
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]
} | [
"as the end result of a succession or process"
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"in_the_end%4:02:00::"
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Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | only | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
"being the only one; single and isolated from others",
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... | [
"without any others being included or involved"
] | [
"only%4:02:01::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | good | {
"name": "good",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"benefit",
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"having the normally expected amount... | [
"having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified"
] | [
"good%3:00:01::"
] |
Frequently we are given assurance that automatically all ideas will be sifted and resifted and in the end only the good ones will survive. | survive | {
"name": "survive",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"continue to live through hardship or adversity",
"continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)",
"support oneself",
"live longer than"
]
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"continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)"
] | [
"survive%2:42:02::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | is | {
"name": "be",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
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"have an ex... | [
"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | not | {
"name": "not",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"negation of a word or group of words"
]
} | [
"negation of a word or group of words"
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"not%4:02:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | chemistry laboratory | {
"name": "chemistry_laboratory",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a laboratory for research in chemistry"
]
} | [
"a laboratory for research in chemistry"
] | [
"chemistry_laboratory%1:06:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | blindly | {
"name": "blindly",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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]
} | [
"without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis"
] | [
"blindly%4:02:01::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | pouring out | {
"name": "pour_out",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"express without restraint",
"pour out",
"be disgorged",
"pour out"
]
} | [
"pour out"
] | [
"pour_out%2:38:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | liquids | {
"name": "liquid",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure",
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"fluid matter having no fixed shape bu... | [
"fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume"
] | [
"liquid%1:27:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | powders | {
"name": "powder",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized",
"a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks",
"any of various cosmetic or medical p... | [
"a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized"
] | [
"powder%1:27:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | array | {
"name": "array",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"an impressive display",
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"an orderly arrangement"
] | [
"array%1:14:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | bottles | {
"name": "bottle",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"the quantity contained in a bottle",
"a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with mi... | [
"a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped"
] | [
"bottle%1:06:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | then | {
"name": "then",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"that time; that moment",
"at a specific prior time",
"subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)",
"in that case or as a consequence",
"at that time"
]
} | [
"subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)"
] | [
"then%4:02:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | stirring | {
"name": "stir",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event",
"emotional agitation and excitement",
"a rapid active commotion",
"move an implement through",
"move very slightly",
"stir feelings in",
"stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of",
... | [
"move an implement through"
] | [
"stir%2:38:01::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | expecting | {
"name": "expect",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"regard something as probable or likely",
"consider obligatory; request and expect",
"look forward to the probable occurrence of",
"consider reasonable or due",
"look forward to the birth of a child",
"be pregnant with"
]
} | [
"regard something as probable or likely"
] | [
"expect%2:31:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | new | {
"name": "new",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered",
"original and of a kind not seen before",
"lacking training or experience",
"having no previous example or precedent or parallel",
"ot... | [
"not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered"
] | [
"new%3:00:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | inevitably | {
"name": "inevitably",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"in such a manner as could not be otherwise",
"by necessity"
]
} | [
"in such a manner as could not be otherwise"
] | [
"inevitably%4:02:00::"
] |
But is that not like going to a chemistry laboratory and blindly pouring out liquids and powders from an array of bottles and then, after stirring, expecting a new wonder drug inevitably to result? | result | {
"name": "result",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon",
"a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem",
"something that results",
"the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the... | [
"issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end"
] | [
"result%2:42:00::"
] |
What of the efficiency of this natural instrument of free discussion? | efficiency | {
"name": "efficiency",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the ratio of the output to the input of any system",
"skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort"
]
} | [
"the ratio of the output to the input of any system"
] | [
"efficiency%1:24:00::"
] |
What of the efficiency of this natural instrument of free discussion? | natural | {
"name": "natural",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"someone regarded as certain to succeed",
"a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat",
"(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake",
"in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature",
"existing in or produced ... | [
"existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation"
] | [
"natural%3:00:02::"
] |
What of the efficiency of this natural instrument of free discussion? | instrument | {
"name": "instrument",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a device that requires skill for proper use",
"the means whereby some act is accomplished",
"a person used by another to gain an end",
"(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right",
"the semantic role of the... | [
"the means whereby some act is accomplished"
] | [
"instrument%1:04:00::"
] |
What of the efficiency of this natural instrument of free discussion? | free | {
"name": "free",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"people who are free",
"grant freedom to; free from confinement",
"relieve from",
"remove or force out from a position",
"grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to",
"make (information) available for publication",
"free from ... | [
"able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint"
] | [
"free%3:00:00::"
] |
What of the efficiency of this natural instrument of free discussion? | discussion | {
"name": "discussion",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic",
"an exchange of views on some topic"
]
} | [
"an exchange of views on some topic"
] | [
"discussion%1:10:00::"
] |
Is there some magic in it that assures results? | Is | {
"name": "be",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)",
"be identical to; be someone or something",
"occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere",
"have an ex... | [
"have an existence, be extant"
] | [
"be%2:42:00::"
] |
Is there some magic in it that assures results? | magic | {
"name": "magic",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"any art that invokes supernatural powers",
"an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers",
"possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; ; ; ; - Shakespeare"
]
} | [
"any art that invokes supernatural powers"
] | [
"magic%1:09:00::"
] |
Is there some magic in it that assures results? | assures | {
"name": "assure",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"make certain of",
"inform positively and with certainty and confidence",
"assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence",
"be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something",
"cause t... | [
"make certain of"
] | [
"assure%2:32:03::"
] |
Is there some magic in it that assures results? | results | {
"name": "result",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon",
"a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem",
"something that results",
"the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the... | [
"a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon"
] | [
"result%1:19:00::"
] |
When Peter B. Kyne ( Pride of Palomar, 43 ) informed us in 1921 that we had an instinctive dislike for the Japanese, did the heated debates of the Californians settle the truth or falsity of the proposition? | Peter B. Kyne | {
"name": "person",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a human being",
"a human body (usually including the clothing)",
"a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party"
]
} | [
"a human being"
] | [
"person%1:03:00::"
] |
When Peter B. Kyne ( Pride of Palomar, 43 ) informed us in 1921 that we had an instinctive dislike for the Japanese, did the heated debates of the Californians settle the truth or falsity of the proposition? | informed | {
"name": "inform",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to",
"give character or essence to",
"act as an informer"
]
} | [
"impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to"
] | [
"inform%2:32:00::"
] |
When Peter B. Kyne ( Pride of Palomar, 43 ) informed us in 1921 that we had an instinctive dislike for the Japanese, did the heated debates of the Californians settle the truth or falsity of the proposition? | had | {
"name": "have",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person who possesses great material wealth",
"have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense",
"have as a feature",
"go through (mental or physical states or experiences)",
"have ownership or possession of",
"cause to move; cause t... | [
"have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense"
] | [
"have%2:40:00::"
] |
When Peter B. Kyne ( Pride of Palomar, 43 ) informed us in 1921 that we had an instinctive dislike for the Japanese, did the heated debates of the Californians settle the truth or falsity of the proposition? | dislike | {
"name": "dislike",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group",
"a feeling of aversion or antipathy",
"have or feel a dislike or distaste for"
]
} | [
"a feeling of aversion or antipathy"
] | [
"dislike%1:12:00::"
] |
When Peter B. Kyne ( Pride of Palomar, 43 ) informed us in 1921 that we had an instinctive dislike for the Japanese, did the heated debates of the Californians settle the truth or falsity of the proposition? | Japanese | {
"name": "japanese",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a native or inhabitant of Japan",
"the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese",
"of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language"
]
} | [
"a native or inhabitant of Japan"
] | [
"japanese%1:18:00::"
] |
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