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Coping with them demands stern discipline - of yourself as well as of your family, neighbors, friends and anyone you ever talked to on a transoceanic jet. | talked | {
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Eight years ago while we were going through the mud-sweat-and-tears construction period, we were each solaced by the vision of early morning dips and evening home-comings to a cool family collected around the pool with a buffet table laid out nearby for the lord and master 's delectation. | going through | {
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Eight years ago while we were going through the mud-sweat-and-tears construction period, we were each solaced by the vision of early morning dips and evening home-comings to a cool family collected around the pool with a buffet table laid out nearby for the lord and master 's delectation. | solaced | {
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Eight years ago while we were going through the mud-sweat-and-tears construction period, we were each solaced by the vision of early morning dips and evening home-comings to a cool family collected around the pool with a buffet table laid out nearby for the lord and master 's delectation. | collected | {
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Eight years ago while we were going through the mud-sweat-and-tears construction period, we were each solaced by the vision of early morning dips and evening home-comings to a cool family collected around the pool with a buffet table laid out nearby for the lord and master 's delectation. | laid out | {
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But not even our first pool-side gatherings came anywhere near those rosy fantasies. | came | {
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We seemed to be witnessing the population explosion right in our own backyards. | seemed | {
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We seemed to be witnessing the population explosion right in our own backyards. | witnessing | {
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Our respective families looked as if they had quadrupled. | looked | {
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Our respective families looked as if they had quadrupled. | quadrupled | {
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Had we taken a lien on a state park? | taken | {
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We had merely been discovered by the pool sharks. | discovered | {
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From proud pool-owners to perpetual hosts and handymen was a short step - no more than the change from city clothes to trunks. | was | {
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Nai ^ ve of us, maybe, but the results of our impulsive invitations to `` come over next summer and swim in our new pool '' were both unexpected and unsettling. | come | {
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Nai ^ ve of us, maybe, but the results of our impulsive invitations to `` come over next summer and swim in our new pool '' were both unexpected and unsettling. | swim | {
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Nai ^ ve of us, maybe, but the results of our impulsive invitations to `` come over next summer and swim in our new pool '' were both unexpected and unsettling. | were | {
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After the first few weeks, it was obvious that rules had to be made, laid down and obeyed - even if our popularity ratings became subnormal as a result. | was | {
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After the first few weeks, it was obvious that rules had to be made, laid down and obeyed - even if our popularity ratings became subnormal as a result. | made | {
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After the first few weeks, it was obvious that rules had to be made, laid down and obeyed - even if our popularity ratings became subnormal as a result. | laid down | {
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After the first few weeks, it was obvious that rules had to be made, laid down and obeyed - even if our popularity ratings became subnormal as a result. | became | {
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So rules we made, in unabashed collusion. | made | {
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Since our viewpoints in this respect coincided precisely, we present the fruits of our efforts herewith as a single social code for pool owners. | coincided | {
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Since our viewpoints in this respect coincided precisely, we present the fruits of our efforts herewith as a single social code for pool owners. | present | {
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First and foremost : No one - no, not anyone - in the family is allowed to issue blanket invitations to his or her own circle. | allowed | {
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Just short of forty lashes we finally managed to coerce our children to this view. | coerce | {
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Their friends and ours are welcome to share the pool, but on our terms and at our times. | are | {
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Their friends and ours are welcome to share the pool, but on our terms and at our times. | share | {
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No friends are to arrive without an invitation or without at least telephoning beforehand. | arrive | {
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No friends are to arrive without an invitation or without at least telephoning beforehand. | telephoning | {
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No ringers, either - even if they are trailing legitimate invitees. | trailing | {
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We want to know when the Potlatches telephone exactly how many they are planning to bring, so that we won n't end up with a splashing mob that looks like Coney Island in August. | know | {
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We want to know when the Potlatches telephone exactly how many they are planning to bring, so that we won n't end up with a splashing mob that looks like Coney Island in August. | bring | {
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We want to know when the Potlatches telephone exactly how many they are planning to bring, so that we won n't end up with a splashing mob that looks like Coney Island in August. | end up | {
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We want to know when the Potlatches telephone exactly how many they are planning to bring, so that we won n't end up with a splashing mob that looks like Coney Island in August. | looks like | {
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No young children may come without adults except for a specific, organized, chaperoned party. | come | {
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And accompanying adults are urged to keep an alert and sensible eye on their responsibilities. | urged | {
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And accompanying adults are urged to keep an alert and sensible eye on their responsibilities. | keep | {
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A gaggle of gabbling mothers, backs to the pool, is no safeguard. | is | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | tolerated | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | being | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | come | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | swim | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | sink | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | protesting | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | dunk | {
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No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run. | run | {
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( Sanity, solvency and relations with our wine merchant took a beating that first summer as we inadvertently became the neighborhood free-drink stop. ) | took | {
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( Sanity, solvency and relations with our wine merchant took a beating that first summer as we inadvertently became the neighborhood free-drink stop. ) | became | {
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We designated one day a week as the time when neighborhood teen-agers might swim at definite hours. | designated | {
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We designated one day a week as the time when neighborhood teen-agers might swim at definite hours. | swim | {
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This has saved us from constant requests seven days a week and made us feel less brutal to the young `` less fortunate '' than ours. | saved | {
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This has saved us from constant requests seven days a week and made us feel less brutal to the young `` less fortunate '' than ours. | made | {
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This has saved us from constant requests seven days a week and made us feel less brutal to the young `` less fortunate '' than ours. | feel | {
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We also worked out logistics for Sunday afternoon swimmers who arrive two hours early with their weekend guests while we are still enjoying an alfresco lunch en famille. | worked out | {
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We also worked out logistics for Sunday afternoon swimmers who arrive two hours early with their weekend guests while we are still enjoying an alfresco lunch en famille. | arrive | {
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We also worked out logistics for Sunday afternoon swimmers who arrive two hours early with their weekend guests while we are still enjoying an alfresco lunch en famille. | enjoying | {
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We gently usher them to an island of tables and chairs strategically placed on the far side of the pool where they can amuse each other until we get ready to merge sides. | usher | {
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We gently usher them to an island of tables and chairs strategically placed on the far side of the pool where they can amuse each other until we get ready to merge sides. | placed | {
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We gently usher them to an island of tables and chairs strategically placed on the far side of the pool where they can amuse each other until we get ready to merge sides. | amuse | {
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We gently usher them to an island of tables and chairs strategically placed on the far side of the pool where they can amuse each other until we get ready to merge sides. | get | {
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We gently usher them to an island of tables and chairs strategically placed on the far side of the pool where they can amuse each other until we get ready to merge sides. | merge | {
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All dressing ( undressing to be more exact ) must be done in our small bath house or at the swimmers ' homes. | be | {
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All dressing ( undressing to be more exact ) must be done in our small bath house or at the swimmers ' homes. | done | {
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( To avoid any possible excuse for a dripping parade through your house, it is a good idea to have a telephone extension near the pool as well as a direct outdoor route between the pool and the parking area. ) | avoid | {
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( To avoid any possible excuse for a dripping parade through your house, it is a good idea to have a telephone extension near the pool as well as a direct outdoor route between the pool and the parking area. ) | is | {
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( To avoid any possible excuse for a dripping parade through your house, it is a good idea to have a telephone extension near the pool as well as a direct outdoor route between the pool and the parking area. ) | have | {
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We do, however, provide a limited number of extra suits, mainly for children, and we stock extra towels and a few inexpensive bathing conveniences. | provide | {
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We do, however, provide a limited number of extra suits, mainly for children, and we stock extra towels and a few inexpensive bathing conveniences. | stock | {
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Life-preservers, the buckle-on kapok-filled kind, are held in readiness, too, for the very young. | held | {
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Safety rules, of course, are more important than all the others put together. | are | {
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Safety rules, of course, are more important than all the others put together. | put together | {
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In many localities, now, the law requires all pools to be fenced, usually to a minimum height of 5 feet. | requires | {
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In many localities, now, the law requires all pools to be fenced, usually to a minimum height of 5 feet. | fenced | {
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But fenced or unfenced, no pool-side is the place for running or horseplay. | is | {
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We allow no underwater endurance contests, either, or inexpert versions of water polo. | allow | {
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Diving boards must have non-skid surfaces ( coco matting takes an awful beating from chlorine and rots quickly, but grit-impregnated paints are excellent ). | have | {
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Diving boards must have non-skid surfaces ( coco matting takes an awful beating from chlorine and rots quickly, but grit-impregnated paints are excellent ). | takes | {
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Diving boards must have non-skid surfaces ( coco matting takes an awful beating from chlorine and rots quickly, but grit-impregnated paints are excellent ). | rots | {
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Diving boards must have non-skid surfaces ( coco matting takes an awful beating from chlorine and rots quickly, but grit-impregnated paints are excellent ). | are | {
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And divers must be enjoined to look before they leap, either on top of someone else or onto a pool edge. | enjoined | {
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And divers must be enjoined to look before they leap, either on top of someone else or onto a pool edge. | look | {
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And divers must be enjoined to look before they leap, either on top of someone else or onto a pool edge. | leap | {
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Our pools also have wide, shallow steps - for the benefit of the littlest swimmers who can thus be introduced to the water with far greater safety than a ladder affords. | have | {
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Our pools also have wide, shallow steps - for the benefit of the littlest swimmers who can thus be introduced to the water with far greater safety than a ladder affords. | introduced | {
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Our pools also have wide, shallow steps - for the benefit of the littlest swimmers who can thus be introduced to the water with far greater safety than a ladder affords. | affords | {
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All bottles must be kept a safe distance away from the pool and drinking glasses are banned in favor of plastic or metal cups. | kept | {
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All bottles must be kept a safe distance away from the pool and drinking glasses are banned in favor of plastic or metal cups. | banned | {
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When you first acquire a pool, we earnestly recommend - for your own mental health - a good long chat with your insurance agent. | acquire | {
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When you first acquire a pool, we earnestly recommend - for your own mental health - a good long chat with your insurance agent. | recommend | {
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You should be prepared to cope with any pitfall such as plunges into empty pools or shallow ends and all manner of winter as well as summer lawsuits. | be | {
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"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
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You should be prepared to cope with any pitfall such as plunges into empty pools or shallow ends and all manner of winter as well as summer lawsuits. | cope with | {
"name": "cope_with",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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]
} | [
"satisfy or fulfill"
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Soignee pools, alas, do not just happen. | happen | {
"name": "happen",
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"come into being; become reality",
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They are the result of a constant and careful contest with the elements. | are | {
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Unless you want to make your wife a pool widow and to spend a great many of your leisure hours nursing your pool 's pristine purity, its care and feeding - from pH content to filtering and vacuuming - is best left to a weekly or bi-monthly professional service. | make | {
"name": "make",
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"the act of mixing cards haphazardly",
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"make%2:30:00::"
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Unless you want to make your wife a pool widow and to spend a great many of your leisure hours nursing your pool 's pristine purity, its care and feeding - from pH content to filtering and vacuuming - is best left to a weekly or bi-monthly professional service. | spend | {
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"pass time in a specific way"
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Unless you want to make your wife a pool widow and to spend a great many of your leisure hours nursing your pool 's pristine purity, its care and feeding - from pH content to filtering and vacuuming - is best left to a weekly or bi-monthly professional service. | nursing | {
"name": "nurse",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)",
"a woman who is the custodian of children",
"try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury",
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"treat carefully"
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"nurse%2:41:03::"
] |
Unless you want to make your wife a pool widow and to spend a great many of your leisure hours nursing your pool 's pristine purity, its care and feeding - from pH content to filtering and vacuuming - is best left to a weekly or bi-monthly professional service. | filtering | {
"name": "filter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"run or flow slowly, as in drops or in a... | [
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"filter%2:35:00::"
] |
Unless you want to make your wife a pool widow and to spend a great many of your leisure hours nursing your pool 's pristine purity, its care and feeding - from pH content to filtering and vacuuming - is best left to a weekly or bi-monthly professional service. | vacuuming | {
"name": "vacuum",
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"vacuum%2:35:00::"
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Unless you want to make your wife a pool widow and to spend a great many of your leisure hours nursing your pool 's pristine purity, its care and feeding - from pH content to filtering and vacuuming - is best left to a weekly or bi-monthly professional service. | left | {
"name": "leave",
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"the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty",
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"put into the care or protection of someone"
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