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I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important. | grab | {
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I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important. | beg | {
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I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important. | wait | {
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I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important. | consider | {
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I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important. | know | {
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I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important. | is | {
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I wanted to grab her by the arm and beg her to wait, to consider, to know for certain because life is so long and marriage is so important. | is | {
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But if she were just having a normal case of pre-nuptial jitters such a question might frighten her out of a really good marriage. | having | {
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But if she were just having a normal case of pre-nuptial jitters such a question might frighten her out of a really good marriage. | frighten | {
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Besides, in all honesty, I do n't know how you can be sure. | know | {
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Besides, in all honesty, I do n't know how you can be sure. | be | {
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I do n't know any secret recipe for certainty. | know | {
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In the fevered, intoxicating, breathless state of being in love the usual signposts that guide you to lasting and satisfying relationships are sometimes obscured. | being | {
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In the fevered, intoxicating, breathless state of being in love the usual signposts that guide you to lasting and satisfying relationships are sometimes obscured. | guide | {
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In the fevered, intoxicating, breathless state of being in love the usual signposts that guide you to lasting and satisfying relationships are sometimes obscured. | obscured | {
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I knew of but one test and I threw it out to her for what it was worth. | knew | {
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I knew of but one test and I threw it out to her for what it was worth. | threw | {
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I knew of but one test and I threw it out to her for what it was worth. | was | {
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`` Does he ever bore you ''? | bore | {
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I asked. | asked | {
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`` Bore me ''? she was shocked. | Bore | {
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`` Bore me ''? she was shocked. | was | {
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Why, he 's so darling and & & & ``. | 's | {
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`` I mean '', I went on ruthlessly, `` when he 's not talking about you or himself or the wonders of love, is he interesting? | mean | {
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`` I mean '', I went on ruthlessly, `` when he 's not talking about you or himself or the wonders of love, is he interesting? | went on | {
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`` I mean '', I went on ruthlessly, `` when he 's not talking about you or himself or the wonders of love, is he interesting? | talking about | {
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`` I mean '', I went on ruthlessly, `` when he 's not talking about you or himself or the wonders of love, is he interesting? | is | {
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Does he care about things that matter to you? | care | {
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Does he care about things that matter to you? | matter to | {
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Can you visualize being stranded with him on a desert island for years and years and still find him fascinating? | visualize | {
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Can you visualize being stranded with him on a desert island for years and years and still find him fascinating? | being | {
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Can you visualize being stranded with him on a desert island for years and years and still find him fascinating? | find | {
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Because, honey, I thought silently, there are plenty of desert islands in every marriage - long periods when you 're hopelessly stranded, together. | thought | {
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Because, honey, I thought silently, there are plenty of desert islands in every marriage - long periods when you 're hopelessly stranded, together. | are | {
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Because, honey, I thought silently, there are plenty of desert islands in every marriage - long periods when you 're hopelessly stranded, together. | 're | {
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And if you bore each other then, heaven help you. | bore | {
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And if you bore each other then, heaven help you. | help | {
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She came back the other day to reassure me. | reassure | {
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She has studied and observed and she is convinced that her young man is going to be endlessly enchanting. | studied | {
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She has studied and observed and she is convinced that her young man is going to be endlessly enchanting. | is | {
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She asked if I had other advice and, heady with success, I rushed it in, I hope not too late. | asked | {
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She asked if I had other advice and, heady with success, I rushed it in, I hope not too late. | had | {
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She asked if I had other advice and, heady with success, I rushed it in, I hope not too late. | rushed | {
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She asked if I had other advice and, heady with success, I rushed it in, I hope not too late. | hope | {
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Be friends with your mother-in-law. | Be | {
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Jokes, cartoons and cynics to the contrary, mothers-in-law make good friends. | make | {
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I do not know Dr. Wilson Sneed well. | know | {
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But I was deeply moved by his letter of resignation as rector of St. Luke 's Church in Atlanta. | was | {
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It was the cry of not just one heart ; it spoke for many in the clergy, I suspect. | was | {
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It was the cry of not just one heart ; it spoke for many in the clergy, I suspect. | spoke for | {
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The pulpit is a lonely place. | is | {
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Who stops to think of that? | stops | {
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Who stops to think of that? | think of | {
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Imagine the searching and the prayer that lay behind the letter the rector wrote after almost a decade of service to this majestic church. | Imagine | {
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Imagine the searching and the prayer that lay behind the letter the rector wrote after almost a decade of service to this majestic church. | lay | {
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Imagine the searching and the prayer that lay behind the letter the rector wrote after almost a decade of service to this majestic church. | wrote | {
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`` Such a church needs vigor and vitality in its rector and one man has only so much of these endowments '', he told his members. | needs | {
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`` Such a church needs vigor and vitality in its rector and one man has only so much of these endowments '', he told his members. | has | {
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`` Such a church needs vigor and vitality in its rector and one man has only so much of these endowments '', he told his members. | told | {
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A minister should not stay `` beyond the time that his leadership should benefit '' his church, he wrote, `` for he becomes ordinary ''. | stay | {
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A minister should not stay `` beyond the time that his leadership should benefit '' his church, he wrote, `` for he becomes ordinary ''. | benefit | {
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A minister should not stay `` beyond the time that his leadership should benefit '' his church, he wrote, `` for he becomes ordinary ''. | wrote | {
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A minister should not stay `` beyond the time that his leadership should benefit '' his church, he wrote, `` for he becomes ordinary ''. | becomes | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | resigned | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | go | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | study | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | pray | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | passed | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | told | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | gain | {
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And so the young minister resigned, to go and study and pray, having never passed a day, he told his parishioners, when `` I did not gain from you far more than I ever gave to you ''. | gave | {
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His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said : `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way : and it is unworthy to think of self. | called up | {
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His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said : `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way : and it is unworthy to think of self. | had | {
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His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said : `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way : and it is unworthy to think of self. | said | {
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His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said : `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way : and it is unworthy to think of self. | feel | {
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His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said : `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way : and it is unworthy to think of self. | give | {
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His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said : `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way : and it is unworthy to think of self. | is | {
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His very honest act called up the recent talk I had with another minister, a modest Methodist, who said : `` I feel so deeply blessed by God when I can give a message of love and comfort to other men, and I would have it no other way : and it is unworthy to think of self. | think of | {
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A man who gives himself to God and to the believers of his church takes upon himself a life of giving. | gives | {
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A man who gives himself to God and to the believers of his church takes upon himself a life of giving. | takes | {
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He does not expect to get great riches or he would not have chosen to answer the call to preach. | expect | {
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He does not expect to get great riches or he would not have chosen to answer the call to preach. | get | {
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He does not expect to get great riches or he would not have chosen to answer the call to preach. | chosen | {
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"see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way"
] | [
"choose%2:31:01::"
] |
He does not expect to get great riches or he would not have chosen to answer the call to preach. | answer | {
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He does not expect to get great riches or he would not have chosen to answer the call to preach. | preach | {
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The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity. | are | {
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The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity. | seek | {
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"try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of",
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The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity. | are | {
"name": "be",
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The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity. | covet | {
"name": "covet",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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]
} | [
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] | [
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The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity. | led | {
"name": "lead",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"lead%2:38:01::"
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The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity. | offer | {
"name": "offer",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"something offered (as a proposal or bid)",
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"make available or accessible, provide or furnish",
"present for acceptance or rejection",
"agree freely",
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] | [
"offer%2:40:02::"
] |
The good ones are not motivated to seek vainly, nor are they disposed to covet comfort, or they would have been led to fields that offer comfort and feed vanity. | feed | {
"name": "feed",
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"provide as food",
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"support or promote"
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"feed%2:41:00::"
] |
Theirs is a sacrificial life by earthly standards. | is | {
"name": "be",
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Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him - we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul. | lean | {
"name": "lean",
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"cause to lean or incline",
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"... | [
"rely on for support"
] | [
"lean%2:31:10::"
] |
Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him - we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul. | draw | {
"name": "draw",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"get or derive"
] | [
"draw%2:40:00::"
] |
Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him - we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul. | expect | {
"name": "expect",
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"consider reasonable or due",
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] | [
"expect%2:32:00::"
] |
Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him - we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul. | accept | {
"name": "accept",
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"receive willingly something given or offered"
] | [
"accept%2:40:00::"
] |
Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him - we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul. | are | {
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