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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | Madden | {
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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | reflected | {
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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | was | {
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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | so | {
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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | prized | {
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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | found | {
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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | enough | {
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The lawyer did n't know him very well although he saw him occasionally at some dinner party - Thayer, like himself, Madden reflected, was the extra man so prized by hostesses - and found him easy enough to talk to. | talk | {
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But he did n't play golf, did n't seem to belong to any local clubs - his work took him away a lot, of course - which probably accounted for his tendency to keep to himself. | play | {
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But he did n't play golf, did n't seem to belong to any local clubs - his work took him away a lot, of course - which probably accounted for his tendency to keep to himself. | golf | {
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But he did n't play golf, did n't seem to belong to any local clubs - his work took him away a lot, of course - which probably accounted for his tendency to keep to himself. | tendency | {
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But he did n't play golf, did n't seem to belong to any local clubs - his work took him away a lot, of course - which probably accounted for his tendency to keep to himself. | keep to himself | {
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Garth 's glance began to flicker to his watch. | Garth | {
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Garth 's glance began to flicker to his watch. | glance | {
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Garth 's glance began to flicker to his watch. | began | {
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Garth 's glance began to flicker to his watch. | watch | {
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He said that he had already told the police chief that he did n't know what insurance man had recommended Johnston to Mrs. Meeker. | said | {
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He said that he had already told the police chief that he did n't know what insurance man had recommended Johnston to Mrs. Meeker. | already | {
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He said that he had already told the police chief that he did n't know what insurance man had recommended Johnston to Mrs. Meeker. | insurance | {
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He said that he had already told the police chief that he did n't know what insurance man had recommended Johnston to Mrs. Meeker. | recommended | {
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He said that he had already told the police chief that he did n't know what insurance man had recommended Johnston to Mrs. Meeker. | Johnston | {
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He said that he had already told the police chief that he did n't know what insurance man had recommended Johnston to Mrs. Meeker. | Mrs. Meeker | {
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He would offer no theory to account for her murder. | offer | {
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The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | manner | {
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The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | conveyed | {
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The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | was | {
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The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | outside | {
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"found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant"
]
} | [
"an unvarying or habitual method or procedure"
] | [
"routine%1:04:00::"
] |
The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | Hohlbein | {
"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::"
] |
The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | Garth | {
"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::"
] |
The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | practically | {
"name": "practically",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"almost; nearly",
"in a practical manner",
"(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely"
]
} | [
"almost; nearly"
] | [
"practically%4:02:00::"
] |
The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | demanded | {
"name": "demand",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an urgent or peremptory request",
"the ability and desire to purchase goods and services",
"required activity",
"the act of demanding",
"a condition requiring relief",
"request urgently and forcefully",
"require as useful, just, or proper"... | [
"require as useful, just, or proper"
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"demand%2:42:00::"
] |
The whole thing, his manner conveyed, was so far outside the normal routine of Hohlbein and Garth that it practically demanded being swept under the rug. | swept under the rug | {
"name": "sweep_under_the_rug",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others"
]
} | [
"to conceal something in the hopes it won't be discovered by others"
] | [
"sweep_under_the_rug%2:41:00::"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | No doubt | {
"name": "no_doubt",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"admittedly"
]
} | [
"admittedly"
] | [
"no_doubt%4:02:00::"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | Mrs. Meeker | {
"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::"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | snubbed | {
"name": "snub",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an instance of driving away or warding off",
"a refusal to recognize someone you know",
"refuse to acknowledge",
"reject outright and bluntly",
"unusually short"
]
} | [
"reject outright and bluntly"
] | [
"snub%2:32:00::"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | many a | {
"name": "many_a",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"each of a large indefinite number"
]
} | [
"each of a large indefinite number"
] | [
"many_a%5:00:00:many:00"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | time | {
"name": "time",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an instance or single occasion for some event",
"a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something",
"an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)",
"a suitable moment",
... | [
"an instance or single occasion for some event"
] | [
"time%1:11:00::"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | felt | {
"name": "feel",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an intuitive awareness; or",
"the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people",
"a property perceived by touch",
"manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure",
"undergo an emotional sensation or be... | [
"undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind"
] | [
"feel%2:37:00::"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | grief | {
"name": "grief",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)",
"something that causes great unhappiness"
]
} | [
"intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)"
] | [
"grief%1:12:00::"
] |
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing. | passing | {
"name": "passing",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate",
"euphemistic expressions for death",
"the motion of one object relative to another",
"the end of something",
"a bodily reaction of changing from one place or st... | [
"euphemistic expressions for death"
] | [
"passing%1:11:00::"
] |
Even so, Madden 's dislike of the suave, correct lawyer deepened. | Even so | {
"name": "even_so",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)"
]
} | [
"despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)"
] | [
"even_so%4:02:00::"
] |
Even so, Madden 's dislike of the suave, correct lawyer deepened. | Madden | {
"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::"
] |
Even so, Madden 's dislike of the suave, correct lawyer deepened. | 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::"
] |
Even so, Madden 's dislike of the suave, correct lawyer deepened. | suave | {
"name": "suave",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"having a sophisticated charm",
"smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication"
]
} | [
"smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication"
] | [
"suave%5:00:00:diplomatic:00"
] |
Even so, Madden 's dislike of the suave, correct lawyer deepened. | correct | {
"name": "correct",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"make right or correct",
"make reparations or amends for",
"censure severely",
"adjust for",
"punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience",
"go down in value",
"alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard"... | [
"socially right or correct"
] | [
"correct%5:00:00:proper:00"
] |
Even so, Madden 's dislike of the suave, correct lawyer deepened. | lawyer | {
"name": "lawyer",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice"
]
} | [
"a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice"
] | [
"lawyer%1:18:00::"
] |
Even so, Madden 's dislike of the suave, correct lawyer deepened. | deepened | {
"name": "deepen",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"make more intense, stronger, or more marked;,",
"become more intense",
"make deeper",
"become deeper in tone"
]
} | [
"become more intense"
] | [
"deepen%2:30:00::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | be | {
"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 the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
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] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | all right | {
"name": "all_right",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence",
"without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion)",
"in a satisfactory or adequate manner; ; ; (`alright' is a nonstanda... | [
"being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition"
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] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | decided | {
"name": "decide",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"reach, make, or come to a decision about something",
"bring to an end; settle conclusively",
"cause to decide",
"influence or determine"
]
} | [
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"decide%2:31:00::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | investigation | {
"name": "investigation",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities",
"the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically"
]
} | [
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"investigation%1:09:00::",
"investigation%1:04:00::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | fraud | {
"name": "fraud",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"intentional deception resulting in injury to another person",
"a person who makes deceitful pretenses",
"something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage"
]
} | [
"intentional deception resulting in injury to another person"
] | [
"fraud%1:04:00::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | probable | {
"name": "probable",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an applicant likely to be chosen",
"likely but not certain to be or become true or real",
"apparently destined"
]
} | [
"likely but not certain to be or become true or real"
] | [
"probable%3:00:00::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | by-product | {
"name": "by-product",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence",
"a product made during the manufacture of something else"
]
} | [
"a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence"
] | [
"by-product%1:19:00::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | murder | {
"name": "murder",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being",
"kill intentionally and with premeditation",
"alter so as to make unrecognizable"
]
} | [
"unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being"
] | [
"murder%1:04:00::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | led | {
"name": "lead",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an advantage held by a competitor in a race",
"a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey",
"evidence pointing to a possible solution",
"a position of leadership (especially in the phr... | [
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] | [
"lead%2:38:01::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | Garth | {
"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::"
] |
It would be all right with him, he decided, if his investigation of the fraud, with its probable by-product of murder, led to Garth 's door. | door | {
"name": "door",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close",
"anything providing a means of access (o... | [
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] | [
"door%1:06:01::"
] |
Motive? | Motive | {
"name": "motive",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior",
"a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music",
"a design or figure that cons... | [
"the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior"
] | [
"motive%1:03:00::"
] |
Ten-thousand-dollar bequest. | bequest | {
"name": "bequest",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(law) a gift of personal property by will"
]
} | [
"(law) a gift of personal property by will"
] | [
"bequest%1:21:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | At first glance | {
"name": "at_first_glance",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"immediately"
]
} | [
"immediately"
] | [
"at_first_glance%4:02:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | not | {
"name": "not",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"negation of a word or group of words"
]
} | [
"negation of a word or group of words"
] | [
"not%4:02:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | much | {
"name": "much",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a great amount or extent",
"(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent",
"to a great degree or extent",
"very",
"to a very great degree or extent",
"(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purpose... | [
"a great amount or extent"
] | [
"much%1:23:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | motive | {
"name": "motive",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior",
"a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music",
"a design or figure that cons... | [
"the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior"
] | [
"motive%1:03:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | man | {
"name": "man",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)",
"someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force",
"the generic use of the word to refer to any human being",
"any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized b... | [
"an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)"
] | [
"man%1:18:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | standing | {
"name": "standing",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"social or financial or professional status or reputation",
"an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event",
"the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position"... | [
"social or financial or professional status or reputation"
] | [
"standing%1:26:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | affluence | {
"name": "affluence",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"abundant wealth"
]
} | [
"abundant wealth"
] | [
"affluence%1:26:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | tell | {
"name": "tell",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)",
"exp... | [
"discern or comprehend"
] | [
"tell%2:31:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | private | {
"name": "private",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines",
"confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy",
"concerning things deeply private and personal",
"concerning one person exclusively",
"not expressed"
]
} | [
"confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy"
] | [
"private%3:00:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | financial | {
"name": "financial",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"involving financial matters"
]
} | [
"involving financial matters"
] | [
"financial%3:01:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | picture | {
"name": "picture",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface",
"graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface",
"a clear and telling mental image",
"a situation treated as an ... | [
"a situation treated as an observable object"
] | [
"picture%1:26:00::"
] |
At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; but for all his air of affluence, who could tell what his private financial picture was? | was | {
"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... | [
"be identical to; be someone or something"
] | [
"be%2:42:06::"
] |
The inspector knew as he left that this was wishful thinking. | inspector | {
"name": "inspector",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a high ranking police officer",
"an investigator who observes carefully"
]
} | [
"a high ranking police officer"
] | [
"inspector%1:18:01::"
] |
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