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I think the best bet is to go through the society columns of last year and see if any of the grooms match with the obituaries a little later. | is | {
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I think the best bet is to go through the society columns of last year and see if any of the grooms match with the obituaries a little later. | see | {
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I think the best bet is to go through the society columns of last year and see if any of the grooms match with the obituaries a little later. | match | {
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It 'll be a tedious job, but if you want to try it, the old newspaper files are in the basement here in the county supervisor 's office ''. | be | {
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It 'll be a tedious job, but if you want to try it, the old newspaper files are in the basement here in the county supervisor 's office ''. | want | {
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It 'll be a tedious job, but if you want to try it, the old newspaper files are in the basement here in the county supervisor 's office ''. | try | {
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It 'll be a tedious job, but if you want to try it, the old newspaper files are in the basement here in the county supervisor 's office ''. | are | {
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`` Maybe the society editor would remember a good-looking out-of-town bride ''. | remember | {
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`` That 's an idea. | 's | {
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Mrs. Calhoun has been society editor here for twenty-five years. | been | {
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The editor says that marriages may be made in heaven, but weddings are made in Mrs. Calhoun 's columns. | says | {
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The editor says that marriages may be made in heaven, but weddings are made in Mrs. Calhoun 's columns. | made | {
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The editor says that marriages may be made in heaven, but weddings are made in Mrs. Calhoun 's columns. | made | {
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She 's the one who decides which wedding is to get the lead space in the Sunday paper and all that ''. | 's | {
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She 's the one who decides which wedding is to get the lead space in the Sunday paper and all that ''. | decides | {
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She 's the one who decides which wedding is to get the lead space in the Sunday paper and all that ''. | get | {
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He smiled. | smiled | {
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`` Once, when the editor was just out of the hospital from a gallstone operation, Mrs. Calhoun and the mother of the bride went out to his house and fought it out beside his bed. | was | {
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`` Once, when the editor was just out of the hospital from a gallstone operation, Mrs. Calhoun and the mother of the bride went out to his house and fought it out beside his bed. | went out | {
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`` Once, when the editor was just out of the hospital from a gallstone operation, Mrs. Calhoun and the mother of the bride went out to his house and fought it out beside his bed. | fought | {
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She 'd be sure to remember any bride who was vague about background. | be | {
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She 'd be sure to remember any bride who was vague about background. | remember | {
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She 'd be sure to remember any bride who was vague about background. | was | {
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She 'd have made a great scientist dedicated to tracking down heredity and environment. | made | {
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She 'd have made a great scientist dedicated to tracking down heredity and environment. | tracking down | {
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She 'd also remember if the groom died later ''. | remember | {
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She 'd also remember if the groom died later ''. | died | {
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He stood up. | stood up | {
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`` I wish you good luck, but please do n't dig up too tough a case for me this close to election. | wish | {
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`` I wish you good luck, but please do n't dig up too tough a case for me this close to election. | dig up | {
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If you find out anything, come on back here and we 'll get started on it ''. | find out | {
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If you find out anything, come on back here and we 'll get started on it ''. | get started | {
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Tracking down Mrs. Calhoun was like trying to catch up with Paul Revere between Lexington and Concord. | Tracking down | {
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Tracking down Mrs. Calhoun was like trying to catch up with Paul Revere between Lexington and Concord. | was | {
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Tracking down Mrs. Calhoun was like trying to catch up with Paul Revere between Lexington and Concord. | trying | {
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Tracking down Mrs. Calhoun was like trying to catch up with Paul Revere between Lexington and Concord. | catch up with | {
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It turned out that she also sold real estate, cosmetics, and hospital insurance. | turned out | {
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It turned out that she also sold real estate, cosmetics, and hospital insurance. | sold | {
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The wearying trek stretched into the afternoon - from newspaper plant to insurance office to her house and back to the newspaper, where he found her at five o ' clock. | stretched | {
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The wearying trek stretched into the afternoon - from newspaper plant to insurance office to her house and back to the newspaper, where he found her at five o ' clock. | found | {
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Well, I do remember one. | remember | {
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Married a man named Vincent Black. | Married | {
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I remember her because she did n't want her picture in the paper. | remember | {
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I remember her because she did n't want her picture in the paper. | want | {
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First bride like that I 've seen in twenty-five years ''. | seen | {
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`` What reason did she give ''? | give | {
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`` Said she had a breaking-out on her face - some sort of allergy - and none of her old pictures was good enough. | had | {
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`` Said she had a breaking-out on her face - some sort of allergy - and none of her old pictures was good enough. | was | {
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I did n't see her till several days later at the wedding, and her face looked like it had never had a blemish on it. | see | {
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I did n't see her till several days later at the wedding, and her face looked like it had never had a blemish on it. | looked | {
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I did n't see her till several days later at the wedding, and her face looked like it had never had a blemish on it. | had | {
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But, of course, you could n't see too well through the veil ''. | see | {
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`` Was her name Lisa Carmody ''? | Was | {
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`` Now how in hell would I remember that ''? | remember | {
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I can look it up. | look | {
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Do they still live here ''? | live | {
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`` I think they moved away shortly after they were married. | think | {
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`` I think they moved away shortly after they were married. | moved | {
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`` I think they moved away shortly after they were married. | married | {
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"take in marriage"
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He was a salesman for something or other and must have been transferred. | was | {
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He was a salesman for something or other and must have been transferred. | transferred | {
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I 'm sure it 'll be in the files. | 'm | {
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I 'm sure it 'll be in the files. | be | {
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We usually run a social note when somebody moves away ''. | run | {
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We usually run a social note when somebody moves away ''. | moves | {
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He stood up and thanked her. | stood up | {
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He stood up and thanked her. | thanked | {
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`` Have they inherited some money or something ''? she asked with a reportorial gleam in her eye. | inherited | {
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] |
`` Have they inherited some money or something ''? she asked with a reportorial gleam in her eye. | asked | {
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He said vaguely, `` Well, it is a little legal matter, but nothing like that ''. | said | {
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He said vaguely, `` Well, it is a little legal matter, but nothing like that ''. | is | {
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He hurried across to the courthouse and caught the sheriff just as he was leaving. | hurried | {
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He hurried across to the courthouse and caught the sheriff just as he was leaving. | caught | {
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] |
He hurried across to the courthouse and caught the sheriff just as he was leaving. | leaving | {
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"leave%2:38:01::"
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`` Sounds like what you 're after '', he said when Hank had finished. | Sounds | {
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`` Sounds like what you 're after '', he said when Hank had finished. | 're | {
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`` Sounds like what you 're after '', he said when Hank had finished. | said | {
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"say%2:32:00::"
] |
`` Sounds like what you 're after '', he said when Hank had finished. | finished | {
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"come or bring to a finish or an end"
] | [
"finish%2:30:02::"
] |
`` Come on, let 's hurry down before they lock up for the day ''. | hurry | {
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"hurry%2:38:00::"
] |
`` Come on, let 's hurry down before they lock up for the day ''. | lock up | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
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]
} | [
"secure by locking"
] | [
"lock_up%2:35:01::"
] |
In the basement the sheriff took him to a small, dingy office occupied by a tall, thin man informal in rolled-up shirt sleeves. | took | {
"name": "take",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property",
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"take somebody somewhere"
] | [
"take%2:38:09::"
] |
Mr. Ferrell is a private detective, Hirey. | is | {
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Wants to look up something in the newspaper files, so do n't lock him in here ''. | Wants | {
"name": "want",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a state of extreme poverty",
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"a specific feeling of desire",
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"feel or have a desire for; want strongly"
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"want%2:37:00::"
] |
Wants to look up something in the newspaper files, so do n't lock him in here ''. | look up | {
"name": "look_up",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"seek information from"
]
} | [
"seek information from"
] | [
"look_up%2:32:00::"
] |
Wants to look up something in the newspaper files, so do n't lock him in here ''. | lock | {
"name": "lock",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed",
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"a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun",
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"fasten with a lock"
] | [
"lock%2:35:00::"
] |
`` Sure '', said Hirey. | said | {
"name": "say",
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"say%2:32:00::"
] |
`` I 'll just leave the door open. | leave | {
"name": "leave",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty",
"permission to do something",
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"go away from a place",
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"leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking"
] | [
"leave%2:30:02::"
] |
It latches when you close it, so stay as long as you like ''. | latches | {
"name": "latch",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key",
"catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove",
"fasten with a latch"
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} | [
"fasten with a latch"
] | [
"latch%2:35:00::"
] |
It latches when you close it, so stay as long as you like ''. | close | {
"name": "close",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the temporal end; the concluding time",
"the last section of a communication",
"the concluding part of any performance",
"move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut",
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"cease to operate or cause to cease operati... | [
"move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut"
] | [
"close%2:35:00::"
] |
It latches when you close it, so stay as long as you like ''. | stay | {
"name": "stay",
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"continuing or remaining in a place or state",
"the state of inactivity following an interruption",
"a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted",
"a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (... | [
"dwell"
] | [
"stay%2:42:01::"
] |
Carruthers crossed the room to a metal door with an open grillework in the top half. | crossed | {
"name": "cross",
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"a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece",
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"a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry",
"an... | [
"travel across or pass over"
] | [
"cross%2:38:00::"
] |
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