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She had black eyes, long and intriguingly tilted, and the way she walked was melody.
was
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She had been in Japan just one week.
been
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It was an alien land, and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting in rebellious requests for duty at San Diego, Bremerton, the Great Lakes, Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted.
was
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It was an alien land, and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting in rebellious requests for duty at San Diego, Bremerton, the Great Lakes, Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted.
hated
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[ "dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards" ]
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It was an alien land, and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting in rebellious requests for duty at San Diego, Bremerton, the Great Lakes, Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted.
considering
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It was an alien land, and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting in rebellious requests for duty at San Diego, Bremerton, the Great Lakes, Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted.
putting in
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[ "make an application as for a job or funding" ]
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It was an alien land, and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting in rebellious requests for duty at San Diego, Bremerton, the Great Lakes, Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted.
had
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It was an alien land, and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting in rebellious requests for duty at San Diego, Bremerton, the Great Lakes, Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted.
resign
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It was an alien land, and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting in rebellious requests for duty at San Diego, Bremerton, the Great Lakes, Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted.
granted
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Anywhere would be better than the land of her ancestors.
be
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Tommy had been assigned to the psychopathic ward.
assigned
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There were no depressingly serious cases : the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor - sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage - but mental health as a rule was very high.
were
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[ "be%2:42:04::" ]
There were no depressingly serious cases : the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor - sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage - but mental health as a rule was very high.
teamed up
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There were no depressingly serious cases : the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor - sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage - but mental health as a rule was very high.
serve
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There were no depressingly serious cases : the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor - sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage - but mental health as a rule was very high.
sent
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[ "send%2:38:01::" ]
There were no depressingly serious cases : the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor - sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage - but mental health as a rule was very high.
preserve
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There were no depressingly serious cases : the ward doctor sometimes teamed up with the chaplain to serve as a marriage counselor - sometimes the Navy sent people back to the States to preserve a marriage - but mental health as a rule was very high.
was
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At present the doctor 's main concern was in seeing to it that Japanese salvage firms were not permitted to operate on the hulks of warships sunk too close inshore, because the work involved setting off nerve-shattering blasts at all hours.
was
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At present the doctor 's main concern was in seeing to it that Japanese salvage firms were not permitted to operate on the hulks of warships sunk too close inshore, because the work involved setting off nerve-shattering blasts at all hours.
seeing to it
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At present the doctor 's main concern was in seeing to it that Japanese salvage firms were not permitted to operate on the hulks of warships sunk too close inshore, because the work involved setting off nerve-shattering blasts at all hours.
permitted
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At present the doctor 's main concern was in seeing to it that Japanese salvage firms were not permitted to operate on the hulks of warships sunk too close inshore, because the work involved setting off nerve-shattering blasts at all hours.
operate
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At present the doctor 's main concern was in seeing to it that Japanese salvage firms were not permitted to operate on the hulks of warships sunk too close inshore, because the work involved setting off nerve-shattering blasts at all hours.
sunk
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At present the doctor 's main concern was in seeing to it that Japanese salvage firms were not permitted to operate on the hulks of warships sunk too close inshore, because the work involved setting off nerve-shattering blasts at all hours.
involved
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At present the doctor 's main concern was in seeing to it that Japanese salvage firms were not permitted to operate on the hulks of warships sunk too close inshore, because the work involved setting off nerve-shattering blasts at all hours.
setting off
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Tommy was interested in psychiatry, because there was much an understanding nurse could do to help the patients.
was
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Tommy was interested in psychiatry, because there was much an understanding nurse could do to help the patients.
help
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[ "help%2:29:00::" ]
But she suffered in her off-duty hours.
suffered
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Such as now, when she sat at a table in the coffee shop at the Officers ' Club, having coffee and a hamburger to sustain her until dinnertime.
sat
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Such as now, when she sat at a table in the coffee shop at the Officers ' Club, having coffee and a hamburger to sustain her until dinnertime.
having
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Such as now, when she sat at a table in the coffee shop at the Officers ' Club, having coffee and a hamburger to sustain her until dinnertime.
sustain
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[ "sustain%2:42:01::" ]
She had changed into a cocktail dress, and the whole evening should have been before her, but already she was beginning to get a tight feeling at the back of her neck.
changed
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She had changed into a cocktail dress, and the whole evening should have been before her, but already she was beginning to get a tight feeling at the back of her neck.
been
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She had changed into a cocktail dress, and the whole evening should have been before her, but already she was beginning to get a tight feeling at the back of her neck.
beginning
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She had changed into a cocktail dress, and the whole evening should have been before her, but already she was beginning to get a tight feeling at the back of her neck.
get
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[ "get%2:39:00::" ]
This was one of the Navy 's crossroads - you find them all around the world.
was
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This was one of the Navy 's crossroads - you find them all around the world.
find
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Ships from the West Coast rotated on six-month tours of duty with the Seventh Fleet, and Yokosuka was the Seventh Fleet 's principal port for maintenance, upkeep and shore liberty.
rotated
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Ships from the West Coast rotated on six-month tours of duty with the Seventh Fleet, and Yokosuka was the Seventh Fleet 's principal port for maintenance, upkeep and shore liberty.
was
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Sooner or later, all the gray Navy ships came in here ; if Tommy sat long enough, she would be sure to see all the young officers she had met in San Diego and Long Beach.
came in
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[ "to come or go into" ]
[ "come_in%2:38:02::" ]
Sooner or later, all the gray Navy ships came in here ; if Tommy sat long enough, she would be sure to see all the young officers she had met in San Diego and Long Beach.
sat
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[ "sit%2:35:00::" ]
Sooner or later, all the gray Navy ships came in here ; if Tommy sat long enough, she would be sure to see all the young officers she had met in San Diego and Long Beach.
be
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Sooner or later, all the gray Navy ships came in here ; if Tommy sat long enough, she would be sure to see all the young officers she had met in San Diego and Long Beach.
see
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Sooner or later, all the gray Navy ships came in here ; if Tommy sat long enough, she would be sure to see all the young officers she had met in San Diego and Long Beach.
met
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And she wanted desperately to see someone she had known back there.
wanted
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And she wanted desperately to see someone she had known back there.
see
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And she wanted desperately to see someone she had known back there.
known
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She felt, rather than saw, the approach of the good-looking young man.
felt
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She felt, rather than saw, the approach of the good-looking young man.
saw
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He came through from the Fleet Bar, which was stag, with the ice cubes tinkling in a glass he carried.
came through
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He came through from the Fleet Bar, which was stag, with the ice cubes tinkling in a glass he carried.
was
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He came through from the Fleet Bar, which was stag, with the ice cubes tinkling in a glass he carried.
tinkling
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He came through from the Fleet Bar, which was stag, with the ice cubes tinkling in a glass he carried.
carried
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When he saw Tommy sitting alone, the tinkling sound stopped.
saw
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When he saw Tommy sitting alone, the tinkling sound stopped.
sitting
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When he saw Tommy sitting alone, the tinkling sound stopped.
stopped
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He was perhaps a trifle tipsy, having been long at sea where drinking is not permitted, and consequently out of practice ; he wore a brown tweed sports jacket obviously tailored in Hong Kong, and he was of an age that marked him as a lieutenant.
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He was perhaps a trifle tipsy, having been long at sea where drinking is not permitted, and consequently out of practice ; he wore a brown tweed sports jacket obviously tailored in Hong Kong, and he was of an age that marked him as a lieutenant.
been
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[ "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere" ]
[ "be%2:42:05::" ]
He was perhaps a trifle tipsy, having been long at sea where drinking is not permitted, and consequently out of practice ; he wore a brown tweed sports jacket obviously tailored in Hong Kong, and he was of an age that marked him as a lieutenant.
permitted
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[ "consent to, give permission" ]
[ "permit%2:32:00::" ]
He was perhaps a trifle tipsy, having been long at sea where drinking is not permitted, and consequently out of practice ; he wore a brown tweed sports jacket obviously tailored in Hong Kong, and he was of an age that marked him as a lieutenant.
wore
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[ "be dressed in" ]
[ "wear%2:29:00::" ]
He was perhaps a trifle tipsy, having been long at sea where drinking is not permitted, and consequently out of practice ; he wore a brown tweed sports jacket obviously tailored in Hong Kong, and he was of an age that marked him as a lieutenant.
tailored
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[ "style and tailor in a certain fashion" ]
[ "tailor%2:36:01::" ]
He was perhaps a trifle tipsy, having been long at sea where drinking is not permitted, and consequently out of practice ; he wore a brown tweed sports jacket obviously tailored in Hong Kong, and he was of an age that marked him as a lieutenant.
was
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
He was perhaps a trifle tipsy, having been long at sea where drinking is not permitted, and consequently out of practice ; he wore a brown tweed sports jacket obviously tailored in Hong Kong, and he was of an age that marked him as a lieutenant.
marked
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[ "be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense" ]
[ "mark%2:31:09::" ]
There was a fifty-fifty chance, perhaps, that he would be unmarried, and an even more slender chance that his approach would be different.
was
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[ "be identical or equivalent to" ]
[ "be%2:42:07::" ]
There was a fifty-fifty chance, perhaps, that he would be unmarried, and an even more slender chance that his approach would be different.
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)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
There was a fifty-fifty chance, perhaps, that he would be unmarried, and an even more slender chance that his approach would be different.
be
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Japan did something to a man - and it was n't just Japan, either, because the same thing applied anywhere overseas.
did
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[ "give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally" ]
[ "do%2:36:02::" ]
Japan did something to a man - and it was n't just Japan, either, because the same thing applied anywhere overseas.
was
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[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
Japan did something to a man - and it was n't just Japan, either, because the same thing applied anywhere overseas.
applied
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[ "be pertinent or relevant or applicable" ]
[ "apply%2:42:00::" ]
It was as if foreign duty implied and excused license ; it intimated that the folks at home would never know about it, and, therefore, why not?
was
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[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
It was as if foreign duty implied and excused license ; it intimated that the folks at home would never know about it, and, therefore, why not?
implied
{ "name": "imply", "sense_definitions_list": [ "express or state indirectly", "suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic", "have as a logical consequence", "suggest that someone is guilty", "have as a necessary feature" ] }
[ "suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic" ]
[ "imply%2:32:01::" ]
It was as if foreign duty implied and excused license ; it intimated that the folks at home would never know about it, and, therefore, why not?
excused
{ "name": "excuse", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.", "a note explaining an absence", "a poor example", "accept an excuse for", "grant exemption or release to", "serve as a reason or cause or justification of", "def...
[ "serve as a reason or cause or justification of" ]
[ "excuse%2:32:03::" ]
It was as if foreign duty implied and excused license ; it intimated that the folks at home would never know about it, and, therefore, why not?
intimated
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[ "imply as a possibility" ]
[ "intimate%2:32:01::" ]
It was as if foreign duty implied and excused license ; it intimated that the folks at home would never know about it, and, therefore, why not?
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::" ]
Then the young man in the brown sports jacket spoke, and it was no different.
spoke
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[ "express in speech" ]
[ "speak%2:32:00::" ]
Then the young man in the brown sports jacket spoke, and it was no different.
was
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
`` Harro, girl-san ''! he said, turning on what was meant to be charm.
said
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[ "express in words" ]
[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
`` Harro, girl-san ''! he said, turning on what was meant to be charm.
turning on
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[ "produce suddenly or automatically" ]
[ "turn_on%2:39:00::" ]
`` Harro, girl-san ''! he said, turning on what was meant to be charm.
meant
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[ "have in mind as a purpose" ]
[ "mean%2:31:00::" ]
`` Harro, girl-san ''! he said, turning on what was meant to be charm.
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...
[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
Maybe you likee date with me ''?
likee
{ "name": "like", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a similar kind;,", "a kind of person", "prefer or wish to do something", "find enjoyable or agreeable", "be fond of", "feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard", "want to have", "resembling or similar; having the same or some...
[ "find enjoyable or agreeable" ]
[ "like%2:37:05::" ]
Tommy said out of her cold rage.
said
{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...
[ "express in words" ]
[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
`` I do n't believe I know you, and I can n't understand your quaint brand of English - it was meant to be English, was n't it ''?
believe
{ "name": "believe", "sense_definitions_list": [ "accept as true; take to be true", "judge or regard; look upon; judge", "be confident about something", "follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer", "credit with veracity" ] }
[ "judge or regard; look upon; judge" ]
[ "believe%2:31:04::" ]
`` I do n't believe I know you, and I can n't understand your quaint brand of English - it was meant to be English, was n't it ''?
know
{ "name": "know", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people", "be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about", "know how to do or perform something", "be aware of the truth of something...
[ "be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about" ]
[ "know%2:31:01::" ]
`` I do n't believe I know you, and I can n't understand your quaint brand of English - it was meant to be English, was n't it ''?
understand
{ "name": "understand", "sense_definitions_list": [ "know and comprehend the nature or meaning of", "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "make sense of a language", "believe to be the case", "be understanding of" ] }
[ "know and comprehend the nature or meaning of" ]
[ "understand%2:31:00::" ]
`` I do n't believe I know you, and I can n't understand your quaint brand of English - it was meant to be English, was n't it ''?
meant
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[ "have in mind as a purpose" ]
[ "mean%2:31:00::" ]
`` I do n't believe I know you, and I can n't understand your quaint brand of English - it was meant to be English, was n't it ''?
be
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[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
The nice-looking young officer fell back on his heels, open-mouthed and blushing.
fell back
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[ "fall backwards and down" ]
[ "fall_back%2:38:01::" ]
At least, he had the decency to blush, she thought.
had
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[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
At least, he had the decency to blush, she thought.
blush
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[ "turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame" ]
[ "blush%2:29:00::" ]
At least, he had the decency to blush, she thought.
thought
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[ "judge or regard; look upon; judge" ]
[ "think%2:31:01::" ]
`` Oh - I 'm sorry!
'm
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
You see, I thought - I mean I really had no idea '' -
see
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[ "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally" ]
[ "see%2:31:01::" ]
You see, I thought - I mean I really had no idea '' -
thought
{ "name": "think", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an instance of deliberate thinking", "judge or regard; look upon; judge", "expect, believe, or suppose", "use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments", "recall knowl...
[ "judge or regard; look upon; judge" ]
[ "think%2:31:01::" ]
You see, I thought - I mean I really had no idea '' -
mean
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[ "mean or intend to express or convey" ]
[ "mean%2:32:01::" ]
You see, I thought - I mean I really had no idea '' -
had
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[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
`` Oh, yes - you had ideas ''!
had
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[ "have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense" ]
[ "have%2:40:00::" ]
Tommy interrupted furiously.
interrupted
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[ "destroy the peace or tranquility of" ]
[ "interrupt%2:30:03::" ]
Then she jerked her thumb toward the door in a very American gesture, and dropped into Navy slang.
jerked
{ "name": "jerk", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a dull stupid fatuous person", "an abrupt spasmodic movement", "(mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration", "meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun", "raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening t...
[ "pull, or move with a sudden movement" ]
[ "jerk%2:35:01::" ]
Then she jerked her thumb toward the door in a very American gesture, and dropped into Navy slang.
dropped
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[ "utter with seeming casualness; ; drop names\"" ]
[ "drop%2:32:00::" ]
`` Take off, fly-boy ''!
Take off
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[ "leave" ]
[ "take_off%2:38:00::" ]