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Then the Chinese hostler, who rode with Vernon on the box, would break open a hamper and produce filets of smoked bass or sturgeon, sandwiches, pickled eggs, and a rum sangaree to be heated over a spirit lamp. | heated | {
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In spring and in autumn the run was made for a group of botanists which included an old friend of mine. | made | {
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In spring and in autumn the run was made for a group of botanists which included an old friend of mine. | included | {
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They gathered roots, bulbs, odd ferns, leaves, and bits of resin from the rare Santa Lucia fir, which exists only on a forty-five mile strip on the westerly side of these mountains. | gathered | {
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They gathered roots, bulbs, odd ferns, leaves, and bits of resin from the rare Santa Lucia fir, which exists only on a forty-five mile strip on the westerly side of these mountains. | exists | {
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In the Spanish days Franciscan monks roamed here to collect the resin for incense. | roamed | {
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In the Spanish days Franciscan monks roamed here to collect the resin for incense. | collect | {
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It yields a fragrance as Orphic as that of the pastilles of Malabar. | yields | {
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Vernon was serviceable on the botanical field trips, but he could arrange no schedule with the cooks, and he was glad when the trips dropped off, and the botanists began to motor out by themselves. | was | {
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Vernon was serviceable on the botanical field trips, but he could arrange no schedule with the cooks, and he was glad when the trips dropped off, and the botanists began to motor out by themselves. | was | {
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Vernon was serviceable on the botanical field trips, but he could arrange no schedule with the cooks, and he was glad when the trips dropped off, and the botanists began to motor out by themselves. | dropped off | {
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Vernon was serviceable on the botanical field trips, but he could arrange no schedule with the cooks, and he was glad when the trips dropped off, and the botanists began to motor out by themselves. | began | {
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Vernon was serviceable on the botanical field trips, but he could arrange no schedule with the cooks, and he was glad when the trips dropped off, and the botanists began to motor out by themselves. | motor | {
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My friend often breakfasted with Vernon on the morning of the regular tallyho run. | breakfasted | {
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This was an honor, like dining with a captain at his private table. | was | {
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Vernon 's office adjoined the stable, and the walls were adorned with brightly colored lithographs, the folk art of the period. | adjoined | {
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Vernon 's office adjoined the stable, and the walls were adorned with brightly colored lithographs, the folk art of the period. | adorned | {
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They advertised harness polish, liniments, Ball 's Rubber Boots, Green River Whiskey, Hood 's Sarsaparilla, patent medicines, shoe blacking, and chewing tobacco. | advertised | {
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The hostler would have the table ready and a pot of coffee hissing on the stove ; then a porter from Manning 's Fish House would trot in with a tray on his head. | have | {
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The hostler would have the table ready and a pot of coffee hissing on the stove ; then a porter from Manning 's Fish House would trot in with a tray on his head. | hissing | {
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The hostler would have the table ready and a pot of coffee hissing on the stove ; then a porter from Manning 's Fish House would trot in with a tray on his head. | trot | {
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It was draped with snowy napkins that kept hot a platter of oyster salt roast and a mound of corn fritters. | draped | {
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It was draped with snowy napkins that kept hot a platter of oyster salt roast and a mound of corn fritters. | kept | {
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Vernon was consummately fond of oysters, and Manning 's had been famous for them since the Civil War. | was | {
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Vernon was consummately fond of oysters, and Manning 's had been famous for them since the Civil War. | been | {
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Oyster salt roast - oysters on the half shell, cooked on a bed of coarse salt that kept them hot when served - was a standby at Manning 's. | cooked | {
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Oyster salt roast - oysters on the half shell, cooked on a bed of coarse salt that kept them hot when served - was a standby at Manning 's. | kept | {
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Oyster salt roast - oysters on the half shell, cooked on a bed of coarse salt that kept them hot when served - was a standby at Manning 's. | served | {
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Oyster salt roast - oysters on the half shell, cooked on a bed of coarse salt that kept them hot when served - was a standby at Manning 's. | was | {
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Its early morning patrons were coachmen, who fortified themselves for the day with that delicacy. | were | {
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In the 1890 's the Palace Hotel began serving an oyster dish named after its manager, John C. Kirkpatrick. | began | {
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In the 1890 's the Palace Hotel began serving an oyster dish named after its manager, John C. Kirkpatrick. | serving | {
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In the 1890 's the Palace Hotel began serving an oyster dish named after its manager, John C. Kirkpatrick. | named | {
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This dish much resembles the oysters Rockefeller made famous by Antoine 's in New Orleans, though the Palace chef announced it as a variant of Manning 's roast oysters. | resembles | {
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This dish much resembles the oysters Rockefeller made famous by Antoine 's in New Orleans, though the Palace chef announced it as a variant of Manning 's roast oysters. | made | {
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( Gastronomes have long argued about which came first, the Palace 's or Antoine 's. | argued | {
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( Gastronomes have long argued about which came first, the Palace 's or Antoine 's. | came | {
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Antoine 's held as mandatory a splash of absinthe or Pernod on the parsley or spinach which was used for the underbedding. | held | {
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Antoine 's held as mandatory a splash of absinthe or Pernod on the parsley or spinach which was used for the underbedding. | used | {
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The Kirkpatrick version holds liqueur as optional. ) | holds | {
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Vernon, however, held out for plain oyster roast, and plenty of it, unadorned by herbs or any seasoning but salt, though he did fancy a bit of lemon. | held out | {
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Vernon, however, held out for plain oyster roast, and plenty of it, unadorned by herbs or any seasoning but salt, though he did fancy a bit of lemon. | fancy | {
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After the meal, he and his guests went out to inspect the rig ; this was merely a ritual, to please all hands concerned. | went out | {
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The tallyho had cost Vernon $ 2300. | cost | {
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A replica of two coaches made in England for the Belmont Club in the East, and matchless west of the Rockies, it was the despair of whips on the Santa Cruz run. | made | {
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One could shave in the reflection of its French-polished panels, and its axles were greased like those of roulette wheels. | shave | {
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"cut the price of",
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One could shave in the reflection of its French-polished panels, and its axles were greased like those of roulette wheels. | were | {
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One could shave in the reflection of its French-polished panels, and its axles were greased like those of roulette wheels. | greased | {
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The horses were groomed to a high gloss ; departing, they stepped solemnly with knees lifted to the jaw, for they had been trained to drag at important funerals. | groomed | {
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The horses were groomed to a high gloss ; departing, they stepped solemnly with knees lifted to the jaw, for they had been trained to drag at important funerals. | departing | {
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The horses were groomed to a high gloss ; departing, they stepped solemnly with knees lifted to the jaw, for they had been trained to drag at important funerals. | stepped | {
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The horses were groomed to a high gloss ; departing, they stepped solemnly with knees lifted to the jaw, for they had been trained to drag at important funerals. | lifted | {
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The horses were groomed to a high gloss ; departing, they stepped solemnly with knees lifted to the jaw, for they had been trained to drag at important funerals. | trained | {
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The horses were groomed to a high gloss ; departing, they stepped solemnly with knees lifted to the jaw, for they had been trained to drag at important funerals. | drag | {
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But for the start of the Santa Cruz run, the whip fell. | fell | {
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The clients boarded the tallyho at the Palace promptly at seven. | boarded | {
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They had been fed a hunting breakfast, so called because a kedgeree, the dish identified with fox hunting, was on the bill. | fed | {
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"provide as food",
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"feed into; supply",
"introduce continuously",
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They had been fed a hunting breakfast, so called because a kedgeree, the dish identified with fox hunting, was on the bill. | identified | {
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They had been fed a hunting breakfast, so called because a kedgeree, the dish identified with fox hunting, was on the bill. | was | {
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There are many ways of making a kedgeree, every one of which is right. | are | {
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There are many ways of making a kedgeree, every one of which is right. | making | {
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There are many ways of making a kedgeree, every one of which is right. | is | {
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Here is an original kedgeree recipe from the Family Club 's kitchen. | is | {
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Flake ( for three ) a cupful of cold boiled haddock, mix with a cupful of cooked rice, two minced hard-boiled eggs, some buttery white sauce done with cream, cayenne, pepper, salt, a pinch of curry, a tablespoonful of minced onion fried, and a bit of anchovy. | Flake | {
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"a person with an unusual or odd personality",
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Heat and serve hot on toast. | Heat | {
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"the presence of heat",
"the sensation caused by heat energy",
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Heat and serve hot on toast. | serve | {
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The omelet named for Ernest Arbogast, the Palace 's chef, was even more in demand. | named | {
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"a person's reputation",
"family based on male descent",
"a well-known or notable person",
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] | [
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] |
The omelet named for Ernest Arbogast, the Palace 's chef, was even more in demand. | was | {
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For decades it was the most popular dish served in the Ladies ' Grill at breakfast, and it is one of the few old Palace dishes that still survive. | was | {
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For decades it was the most popular dish served in the Ladies ' Grill at breakfast, and it is one of the few old Palace dishes that still survive. | served | {
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For decades it was the most popular dish served in the Ladies ' Grill at breakfast, and it is one of the few old Palace dishes that still survive. | is | {
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For decades it was the most popular dish served in the Ladies ' Grill at breakfast, and it is one of the few old Palace dishes that still survive. | survive | {
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] |
The original formula goes thus. | goes | {
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] |
Fry in butter a small minced onion, rub with a tablespoonful of flour, add half a cup of cream, six beaten eggs, pepper, celery salt, a teaspoonful of minced chives, a dash of cayenne, and a pinch of nutmeg. | Fry | {
"name": "fry",
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"English painter and art critic (1866-1934)",
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"kill by electrocution, as in the electric cha... | [
"cook on a hot surface using fat"
] | [
"fry%2:30:00::"
] |
Fry in butter a small minced onion, rub with a tablespoonful of flour, add half a cup of cream, six beaten eggs, pepper, celery salt, a teaspoonful of minced chives, a dash of cayenne, and a pinch of nutmeg. | rub | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
"an unforeseen obstacle",
"the act of rubbing or wiping",
"move over something with pressure",
"cause friction",
"scrape or rub as if to relieve itching"
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} | [
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] | [
"rub%2:35:00::"
] |
Fry in butter a small minced onion, rub with a tablespoonful of flour, add half a cup of cream, six beaten eggs, pepper, celery salt, a teaspoonful of minced chives, a dash of cayenne, and a pinch of nutmeg. | add | {
"name": "add",
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"add%2:30:00::"
] |
A jigger of dry Sherry follows, and as the mixture stiffens, in go a hundred of the little oysters. | follows | {
"name": "follow",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"to travel behind, go after, come after",
"be later in time",
"come as a logical consequence; follow logically",
"travel along a certain course",
"act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes",
"come after in time, as a result",
... | [
"be later in time"
] | [
"follow%2:42:00::"
] |
A jigger of dry Sherry follows, and as the mixture stiffens, in go a hundred of the little oysters. | stiffens | {
"name": "stiffen",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"become stiff or stiffer",
"make stiff or stiffer",
"restrict"
]
} | [
"become stiff or stiffer"
] | [
"stiffen%2:30:00::"
] |
A jigger of dry Sherry follows, and as the mixture stiffens, in go a hundred of the little oysters. | go | {
"name": "go",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)",
"street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine",
"a usually brief attempt",
"a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the o... | [
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] | [
"go%2:38:00::"
] |
Louis Sherry once stayed a fortnight at the Palace, and he was so pleased with omelet Arbogast that he introduced it at his restaurant in New York. | stayed | {
"name": "stay_at",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"reside temporarily"
]
} | [
"reside temporarily"
] | [
"stay_at%2:42:01::"
] |
Louis Sherry once stayed a fortnight at the Palace, and he was so pleased with omelet Arbogast that he introduced it at his restaurant in New York. | was | {
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"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
Louis Sherry once stayed a fortnight at the Palace, and he was so pleased with omelet Arbogast that he introduced it at his restaurant in New York. | introduced | {
"name": "introduce",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"cause to come to know personally",
"bring something new to an environment",
"introduce",
"bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment",
"bring in or establish in a new place or environment",
"put or introduce into something"... | [
"bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment"
] | [
"introduce%2:38:00::"
] |
J. Pierpont Morgan had come in his private train to San Francisco, to attend an Episcopal convention, and brought the restaurateur with him. | come in | {
"name": "come_in",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"to come or go into",
"be received",
"come into fashion; become fashionable",
"to insert between other elements",
"take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal"
]
} | [
"to come or go into"
] | [
"come_in%2:38:02::"
] |
J. Pierpont Morgan had come in his private train to San Francisco, to attend an Episcopal convention, and brought the restaurateur with him. | attend | {
"name": "attend",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.",
"take charge of or deal with",
"to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result",
"work for or be a servant to",
"give heed (to)"
]
} | [
"be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc."
] | [
"attend%2:42:00::"
] |
J. Pierpont Morgan had come in his private train to San Francisco, to attend an Episcopal convention, and brought the restaurateur with him. | brought | {
"name": "bring",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"take something or somebody with oneself somewhere",
"cause to come into a particular state or condition",
"cause to happen or to occur as a consequence",
"go or come after and bring or take back",
"bring into a different state",
"be accompanied... | [
"take something or somebody with oneself somewhere"
] | [
"bring%2:38:00::"
] |
As things happened, Morgan was installed in the Nob Hill residence of a magnate friend, whose kitchen swarmed with cooks of approved talent. | happened | {
"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::"
] |
As things happened, Morgan was installed in the Nob Hill residence of a magnate friend, whose kitchen swarmed with cooks of approved talent. | swarmed | {
"name": "swarm",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a moving crowd",
"a group of many things in the air or on the ground",
"be teeming, be abuzz",
"move in large numbers"
]
} | [
"be teeming, be abuzz"
] | [
"swarm%2:42:00::"
] |
Sherry remained in his hotel suite, where he amused himself as best he could. | remained | {
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"stay the same; remain in a certain state",
"continue in a place, position, or situation",
"be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.",
"stay behind"
]
} | [
"continue in a place, position, or situation"
] | [
"remain%2:42:03::"
] |
Sherry remained in his hotel suite, where he amused himself as best he could. | amused | {
"name": "amuse",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion",
"make (somebody) laugh"
]
} | [
"occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion"
] | [
"amuse%2:41:00::"
] |
Twice he left everything to his entourage, and fled to make the Santa Cruz tour under Vernon 's guidance. | left | {
"name": "leave",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty",
"permission to do something",
"the act of departing politely",
"go away from a place",
"go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness",
"act or be so ... | [
"put into the care or protection of someone"
] | [
"leave%2:40:06::"
] |
Twice he left everything to his entourage, and fled to make the Santa Cruz tour under Vernon 's guidance. | fled | {
"name": "flee",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"run away quickly"
]
} | [
"run away quickly"
] | [
"flee%2:38:00::"
] |
In the grand court of the Palace, notable for its tiers of Moorish galleries that looked down on the maelstrom of vehicles below, Vernon 's station was at the entrance. | looked | {
"name": "look",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the feelings expressed on a person's face",
"the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually",
"physical appearance",
"the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people",
"perceive with att... | [
"be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to"
] | [
"look%2:42:00::"
] |
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