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Anticipated heavy traffic along the Skyline Drive failed to materialize yesterday, park rangers said, and those who made the trip got a leisurely view of the fall colors through skies swept clear of haze. | got | {
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Anticipated heavy traffic along the Skyline Drive failed to materialize yesterday, park rangers said, and those who made the trip got a leisurely view of the fall colors through skies swept clear of haze. | swept | {
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Ryan hefted his bulk up and supported it on one elbow. | hefted | {
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Ryan hefted his bulk up and supported it on one elbow. | supported | {
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He rubbed his eyes sleepily with one huge paw. | rubbed | {
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`` Nothing wrong with me that could n't be cured '', Nogol said. | cured | {
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`` Nothing wrong with me that could n't be cured '', Nogol said. | said | {
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He did n't say what would cure him ; he had been explaining all during the trip what he needed to make him feel like himself. | explaining | {
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He did n't say what would cure him ; he had been explaining all during the trip what he needed to make him feel like himself. | needed | {
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He did n't say what would cure him ; he had been explaining all during the trip what he needed to make him feel like himself. | make | {
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He did n't say what would cure him ; he had been explaining all during the trip what he needed to make him feel like himself. | feel | {
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His small black eyes darted inside the olive oval of his face. | darted | {
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Ryan insisted. | insisted | {
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`` Well, let 's take a ground-level look at the country around here ''. | let | {
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`` Well, let 's take a ground-level look at the country around here ''. | take | {
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The facsiport rolled open on the landscape. | rolled | {
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A range of bluffs hugged the horizon, the color of decaying moss. | hugged | {
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Above them, the sky was the black of space, or the almost equal black of the winter sky above Minneapolis, seen against neon-lit snow. | was | {
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Above them, the sky was the black of space, or the almost equal black of the winter sky above Minneapolis, seen against neon-lit snow. | seen | {
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That cold, empty sky was full of fire and light. | was | {
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It seemed almost a magnification of the Galaxy itself, of the Milky Way, blown up by some master photographer. | seemed | {
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It seemed almost a magnification of the Galaxy itself, of the Milky Way, blown up by some master photographer. | blown up | {
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This fiery swath was actually only a belt of minor planets, almost like the asteroid belt in the original Solar System. | was | {
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These planets were much bigger, nearly all capable of holding an atmosphere. | were | {
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These planets were much bigger, nearly all capable of holding an atmosphere. | holding | {
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This would be the fifth mapping expedition to the planetoids of Yancy-6 in three generations. | be | {
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They lay months away from the nearest Earth star by jump drive, and no one knew what they were good for, although it was felt that they would probably be good for something if it could only be discovered - much like the continent of Antarctica in ancient history. | lay | {
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They lay months away from the nearest Earth star by jump drive, and no one knew what they were good for, although it was felt that they would probably be good for something if it could only be discovered - much like the continent of Antarctica in ancient history. | knew | {
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They lay months away from the nearest Earth star by jump drive, and no one knew what they were good for, although it was felt that they would probably be good for something if it could only be discovered - much like the continent of Antarctica in ancient history. | were | {
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They lay months away from the nearest Earth star by jump drive, and no one knew what they were good for, although it was felt that they would probably be good for something if it could only be discovered - much like the continent of Antarctica in ancient history. | felt | {
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They lay months away from the nearest Earth star by jump drive, and no one knew what they were good for, although it was felt that they would probably be good for something if it could only be discovered - much like the continent of Antarctica in ancient history. | be | {
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They lay months away from the nearest Earth star by jump drive, and no one knew what they were good for, although it was felt that they would probably be good for something if it could only be discovered - much like the continent of Antarctica in ancient history. | discovered | {
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`` How can a planet with so many neighbors be so lonely ''? | be | {
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Ryan asked. | asked | {
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He was the captain, so he could ask questions like that. | was | {
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He was the captain, so he could ask questions like that. | ask | {
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`` Some can be lonely in a crowd '', Nogol said elaborately. | be | {
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`` Some can be lonely in a crowd '', Nogol said elaborately. | said | {
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`` What will we need outside, Ryan ''? | need | {
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Ekstrohm asked. | asked | {
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`` No helmets '', the captain answered. | answered | {
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`` We can breathe out there, all right. | breathe | {
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It just won n't be easy. | be | {
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This old world lost all of its helium and trace gases long ago. | lost | {
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Nitrogen and oxygen are about it ''. | are | {
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`` Ryan, look over there '', Nogol said. | look | {
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`` Ryan, look over there '', Nogol said. | said | {
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Think they 're intelligent, maybe hostile ''? | Think | {
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Think they 're intelligent, maybe hostile ''? | 're | {
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`` I think they 're dead '', Ekstrohm interjected quietly. | think | {
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`` I think they 're dead '', Ekstrohm interjected quietly. | 're | {
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`` I think they 're dead '', Ekstrohm interjected quietly. | interjected | {
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`` I get no readings from them at all. | get | {
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] |
According to these needles, they 're stone dead ''. | 're | {
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`` Ekstrohm, you and I will have a look '', Ryan said. | have a look | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
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]
} | [
"look at with attention"
] | [
"have_a_look%2:39:00::"
] |
`` Ekstrohm, you and I will have a look '', Ryan said. | said | {
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Take it easy ''. | Take it easy | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
"settle into a comfortable sitting position"
]
} | [
"settle into a comfortable sitting position"
] | [
"take_it_easy%2:29:00::"
] |
`` Easy '', Nogol confirmed. | confirmed | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
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"strengthen or make more firm",
"make more firm",
"support a person for a position",
"administer the rite of confirmation to"
]
} | [
"strengthen or make more firm"
] | [
"confirm%2:32:00::"
] |
`` I heard a story once about a rookie who got excited when the captain stepped outside and he could n't get an encephalographic reading on him. | heard | {
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"hear%2:31:00::"
] |
`` I heard a story once about a rookie who got excited when the captain stepped outside and he could n't get an encephalographic reading on him. | got | {
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"get%2:30:00::"
] |
`` I heard a story once about a rookie who got excited when the captain stepped outside and he could n't get an encephalographic reading on him. | stepped | {
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"the distance covered by a step",
"the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down",
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... | [
"shift or move by taking a step"
] | [
"step%2:38:00::"
] |
`` I heard a story once about a rookie who got excited when the captain stepped outside and he could n't get an encephalographic reading on him. | get | {
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] |
Me, I know the mind of an officer works in a strange and unfathomable manner ''. | know | {
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"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about"
] | [
"know%2:31:01::"
] |
Me, I know the mind of an officer works in a strange and unfathomable manner ''. | works | {
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"perform as expected when applied"
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"work%2:35:02::"
] |
`` I 'm not worried about you mis-reading the dials, Nogol, just about a lug like you reading them at all. | 'm | {
"name": "be",
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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::"
] |
`` I 'm not worried about you mis-reading the dials, Nogol, just about a lug like you reading them at all. | mis-reading | {
"name": "misread",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"interpret wrongly"
]
} | [
"read or interpret wrongly"
] | [
"misread%2:31:02::"
] |
`` I 'm not worried about you mis-reading the dials, Nogol, just about a lug like you reading them at all. | reading | {
"name": "read",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"have or contain a certain wording or form",
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"interpret th... | [
"indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments"
] | [
"read%2:32:02::"
] |
Remember, when the little hand is straight up that 's negative. | Remember | {
"name": "remember",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection",
"keep in mind for attention or consideration",
"recapture the past; indulge in memories",
"show appreciation to",
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"mention as by way of greeting or to ind... | [
"keep in mind for attention or consideration"
] | [
"remember%2:31:01::"
] |
Remember, when the little hand is straight up that 's negative. | is | {
"name": "be",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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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::"
] |
Positive results start when it goes towards the hand you use to make your mark ''. | start | {
"name": "start",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the beginning of anything",
"the time at which something is supposed to begin",
"a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)",
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"the act of starting something",
"a line indicating the location of the star... | [
"have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense"
] | [
"start%2:42:00::"
] |
Positive results start when it goes towards the hand you use to make your mark ''. | goes | {
"name": "go",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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] | [
"go%2:38:00::"
] |
Positive results start when it goes towards the hand you use to make your mark ''. | use | {
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"what something is used for",
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"put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose"
] | [
"use%2:34:01::"
] |
Positive results start when it goes towards the hand you use to make your mark ''. | make | {
"name": "make",
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"the act of mixing cards haphazardly",
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"make or cause to be or to become"
] | [
"make%2:36:00::"
] |
`` But I 'm ambidextrous ''. | 'm | {
"name": "be",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"be%2:42:03::"
] |
Ryan told him what he could do then. | told | {
"name": "tell",
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] | [
"tell%2:32:02::"
] |
Ryan told him what he could do then. | do | {
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"the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization",
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"give ris... | [
"engage in"
] | [
"do%2:41:01::"
] |
Ekstrohm smiled, and followed the captain through the airlock with only a glance at the lapel gauge on his coverall. | smiled | {
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} | [
"change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure"
] | [
"smile%2:29:00::"
] |
Ekstrohm smiled, and followed the captain through the airlock with only a glance at the lapel gauge on his coverall. | followed | {
"name": "follow",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"be later in time",
"come as a logical consequence; follow logically",
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... | [
"to travel behind, go after, come after"
] | [
"follow%2:38:00::"
] |
The strong negative field his suit set up would help to repel bacteria and insects. | set up | {
"name": "set_up",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"create by putting components or members together",
"construct, build, or erect",
"get ready for a particular purpose or event",
"put into a proper or systematic order",
"begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by p... | [
"create by putting components or members together"
] | [
"set_up%2:36:00::"
] |
The strong negative field his suit set up would help to repel bacteria and insects. | help | {
"name": "help",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose",
"a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose",
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"a means of serving",
"give help or assi... | [
"give help or assistance; be of service"
] | [
"help%2:41:00::"
] |
The strong negative field his suit set up would help to repel bacteria and insects. | repel | {
"name": "repel",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"cause to move back by force or influence",
"be repellent to; cause aversion in",
"force or drive back",
"reject outright and bluntly",
"fill with distaste"
]
} | [
"force or drive back"
] | [
"repel%2:33:00::"
] |
Actually, the types of infection that could attack a warm-blooded mammal were not infinite, and over the course of the last few hundred years adequate defenses had been found for all basic categories. | attack | {
"name": "attack",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"an offensive move in a sport or game",
"intense adverse criticism",
"ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation",
"the act of attacking",
"a decisive manner of begi... | [
"launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with"
] | [
"attack%2:33:00::"
] |
Actually, the types of infection that could attack a warm-blooded mammal were not infinite, and over the course of the last few hundred years adequate defenses had been found for all basic categories. | were | {
"name": "be",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"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)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
Actually, the types of infection that could attack a warm-blooded mammal were not infinite, and over the course of the last few hundred years adequate defenses had been found for all basic categories. | found | {
"name": "find",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a productive insight",
"the act of discovering something",
"come upon, as if by accident; meet with",
"discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of",
"come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost",
... | [
"make a discovery, make a new finding"
] | [
"find%2:36:00::"
] |
He was n't likely to come down with hot chills and puzzling striped fever. | 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... | [
"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
He was n't likely to come down with hot chills and puzzling striped fever. | come down | {
"name": "come_down",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way",
"be the essential element",
"fall from clouds",
"get sick",
"criticize or reprimand harshly"
]
} | [
"get sick"
] | [
"come_down%2:29:00::"
] |
They ignored the ladder down to the planet surface and, with only a glance at the seismological gauge to judge surface resistance, dropped to the ground. | ignored | {
"name": "ignore",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"refuse to acknowledge",
"bar from attention or consideration",
"fail to notice",
"give little or no attention to",
"be ignorant of or in the dark about"
]
} | [
"bar from attention or consideration"
] | [
"ignore%2:32:00::"
] |
They ignored the ladder down to the planet surface and, with only a glance at the seismological gauge to judge surface resistance, dropped to the ground. | judge | {
"name": "judge",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice",
"an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality",
"determine the result of (a competition)",
"form a critical opinion of",
"judge tentatively or form an est... | [
"judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)"
] | [
"judge%2:31:01::"
] |
They ignored the ladder down to the planet surface and, with only a glance at the seismological gauge to judge surface resistance, dropped to the ground. | dropped | {
"name": "drop",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a shape that is spherical and small",
"a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); ; ; ; --Kipling",
"a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity",
"a steep high face of rock",
"a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of... | [
"to fall vertically"
] | [
"drop%2:38:00::"
] |
It was day, but in the thin atmosphere contrasts were sharp between light and shadow. | were | {
"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)",
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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::"
] |
They walked from midnight to noon, noon to midnight, and came to the beast sprawled on its side. | walked | {
"name": "walk",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the act of traveling by foot",
"(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls",
"manner of walking",
"the act of walking somewhere",
"a path set aside for walking",
"a slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always o... | [
"use one's feet to advance; advance by steps"
] | [
"walk%2:38:00::"
] |
They walked from midnight to noon, noon to midnight, and came to the beast sprawled on its side. | came | {
"name": "come",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract",
"move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody",
"reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress",
"come to pass; arriv... | [
"reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress"
] | [
"come%2:38:04::"
] |
Ekstrohm nudged it with a boot. | nudged | {
"name": "nudge",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a slight push or shake",
"to push against gently",
"push into action by pestering or annoying gently"
]
} | [
"to push against gently"
] | [
"nudge%2:35:00::"
] |
`` Hey, this is pretty close to a wart-hog ''. | 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::"
] |
`` Uh-huh '', Ryan admitted. | admitted | {
"name": "admit",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of",
"allow to enter; grant entry to",
"allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of",
"admit into a group or communit... | [
"declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of"
] | [
"admit%2:32:00::"
] |
`` One of the best matches I 've ever found. | found | {
"name": "find",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a productive insight",
"the act of discovering something",
"come upon, as if by accident; meet with",
"discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of",
"come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost",
... | [
"discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of"
] | [
"find%2:39:02::"
] |
Well, it has to happen. | happen | {
"name": "happen",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"come to pass",
"happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; ; (Santayana)",
"chance to be or do something, without intention or causation",
"come into being; become reality",
"come upon, as if by accident; meet with"
]
} | [
"come to pass"
] | [
"happen%2:30:00::"
] |
Still, it sometimes gives you a creepy feeling to find a rabbit or a snapping turtle on some strange world. | gives | {
"name": "give",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length",
"cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense",
"be the cause or source of",
"transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody",
"conve... | [
"cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense"
] | [
"give%2:40:03::"
] |
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