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Her initial intelligence tests registered above normal and her adaptation index was unusually high. | was | {
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As long as her development within her shell lived up to expectations, and there were no side-effects from the pituitary tinkering, Helva would live a rewarding, rich and unusual life, a far cry from what she would have faced as an ordinary, `` normal '' being. | lived up to | {
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As long as her development within her shell lived up to expectations, and there were no side-effects from the pituitary tinkering, Helva would live a rewarding, rich and unusual life, a far cry from what she would have faced as an ordinary, `` normal '' being. | were | {
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As long as her development within her shell lived up to expectations, and there were no side-effects from the pituitary tinkering, Helva would live a rewarding, rich and unusual life, a far cry from what she would have faced as an ordinary, `` normal '' being. | live | {
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As long as her development within her shell lived up to expectations, and there were no side-effects from the pituitary tinkering, Helva would live a rewarding, rich and unusual life, a far cry from what she would have faced as an ordinary, `` normal '' being. | faced | {
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However, no diagram of her brain patterns, no early I. Q. tests recorded certain essential facts about Helva that Central must eventually learn. | recorded | {
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However, no diagram of her brain patterns, no early I. Q. tests recorded certain essential facts about Helva that Central must eventually learn. | learn | {
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They would have to bide their official time and see, trusting that the massive doses of shell-psychology would suffice her, too, as the necessary bulwark against her unusual confinement and the pressures of her profession. | bide | {
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They would have to bide their official time and see, trusting that the massive doses of shell-psychology would suffice her, too, as the necessary bulwark against her unusual confinement and the pressures of her profession. | see | {
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They would have to bide their official time and see, trusting that the massive doses of shell-psychology would suffice her, too, as the necessary bulwark against her unusual confinement and the pressures of her profession. | trusting | {
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They would have to bide their official time and see, trusting that the massive doses of shell-psychology would suffice her, too, as the necessary bulwark against her unusual confinement and the pressures of her profession. | suffice | {
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A ship run by a human brain could not run rogue or insane with the power and resources Central had to build into their scout ships. | run | {
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A ship run by a human brain could not run rogue or insane with the power and resources Central had to build into their scout ships. | run | {
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A ship run by a human brain could not run rogue or insane with the power and resources Central had to build into their scout ships. | build | {
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Brain ships were, of course, long past the experimental stages. | were | {
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Most babes survived the techniques of pituitary manipulation that kept their bodies small, eliminating the necessity of transfers from smaller to larger shells. | survived | {
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Most babes survived the techniques of pituitary manipulation that kept their bodies small, eliminating the necessity of transfers from smaller to larger shells. | kept | {
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Most babes survived the techniques of pituitary manipulation that kept their bodies small, eliminating the necessity of transfers from smaller to larger shells. | eliminating | {
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And very, very few were lost when the final connection was made to the control panels of ship or industrial combine. | lost | {
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And very, very few were lost when the final connection was made to the control panels of ship or industrial combine. | made | {
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Shell people resembled mature dwarfs in size whatever their natal deformities were, but the well-oriented brain would not have changed places with the most perfect body in the Universe. | resembled | {
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Shell people resembled mature dwarfs in size whatever their natal deformities were, but the well-oriented brain would not have changed places with the most perfect body in the Universe. | were | {
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Shell people resembled mature dwarfs in size whatever their natal deformities were, but the well-oriented brain would not have changed places with the most perfect body in the Universe. | changed | {
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So, for happy years, Helva scooted around in her shell with her classmates, playing such games as Stall, Power-Seek, studying her lessons in trajectory, propulsion techniques, computation, logistics, mental hygiene, basic alien psychology, philology, space history, law, traffic, codes : all the et ceteras that eventual... | scooted | {
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So, for happy years, Helva scooted around in her shell with her classmates, playing such games as Stall, Power-Seek, studying her lessons in trajectory, propulsion techniques, computation, logistics, mental hygiene, basic alien psychology, philology, space history, law, traffic, codes : all the et ceteras that eventual... | playing | {
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So, for happy years, Helva scooted around in her shell with her classmates, playing such games as Stall, Power-Seek, studying her lessons in trajectory, propulsion techniques, computation, logistics, mental hygiene, basic alien psychology, philology, space history, law, traffic, codes : all the et ceteras that eventual... | studying | {
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So, for happy years, Helva scooted around in her shell with her classmates, playing such games as Stall, Power-Seek, studying her lessons in trajectory, propulsion techniques, computation, logistics, mental hygiene, basic alien psychology, philology, space history, law, traffic, codes : all the et ceteras that eventual... | became | {
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Not so obvious to her, but of more importance to her teachers, Helva ingested the precepts of her conditioning as easily as she absorbed her nutrient fluid. | ingested | {
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Not so obvious to her, but of more importance to her teachers, Helva ingested the precepts of her conditioning as easily as she absorbed her nutrient fluid. | absorbed | {
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She would one day be grateful to the patient drone of the sub-conscious-level instruction. | be | {
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Helva 's civilization was not without busy, do-good associations, exploring possible inhumanities to terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial citizens. | was | {
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Helva 's civilization was not without busy, do-good associations, exploring possible inhumanities to terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial citizens. | exploring | {
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One such group got all incensed over shelled `` children '' when Helva was just turning fourteen. | got | {
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One such group got all incensed over shelled `` children '' when Helva was just turning fourteen. | turning | {
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When they were forced to, Central Worlds shrugged its shoulders, arranged a tour of the Laboratory Schools and set the tour off to a big start by showing the members case histories, complete with photographs. | forced | {
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When they were forced to, Central Worlds shrugged its shoulders, arranged a tour of the Laboratory Schools and set the tour off to a big start by showing the members case histories, complete with photographs. | shrugged | {
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When they were forced to, Central Worlds shrugged its shoulders, arranged a tour of the Laboratory Schools and set the tour off to a big start by showing the members case histories, complete with photographs. | set | {
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When they were forced to, Central Worlds shrugged its shoulders, arranged a tour of the Laboratory Schools and set the tour off to a big start by showing the members case histories, complete with photographs. | showing | {
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Very few committees ever looked past the first few photos. | looked | {
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Most of their original objections about `` shells '' were overridden by the relief that these hideous ( to them ) bodies were mercifully concealed. | overridden | {
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Most of their original objections about `` shells '' were overridden by the relief that these hideous ( to them ) bodies were mercifully concealed. | concealed | {
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Helva 's class was doing Fine Arts, a selective subject in her crowded program. | doing | {
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She had activated one of her microscopic tools which she would later use for minute repairs to various parts of her control panel. | activated | {
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She had activated one of her microscopic tools which she would later use for minute repairs to various parts of her control panel. | use | {
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Her subject was large - a copy of the Last Supper - and her canvas, small - the head of a tiny screw. | was | {
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She had tuned her sight to the proper degree. | tuned | {
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As she worked she absentmindedly crooned, producing a curious sound. | worked | {
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As she worked she absentmindedly crooned, producing a curious sound. | crooned | {
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As she worked she absentmindedly crooned, producing a curious sound. | producing | {
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Shell people used their own vocal cords and diaphragms but sound issued through microphones rather than mouths. | used | {
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Shell people used their own vocal cords and diaphragms but sound issued through microphones rather than mouths. | issued | {
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Helva 's hum then had a curious vibrancy, a warm, dulcet quality even in its aimless chromatic wanderings. | had | {
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`` Why, what a lovely voice you have '', said one of the female visitors. | have | {
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`` Why, what a lovely voice you have '', said one of the female visitors. | said | {
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Helva `` looked '' up and caught a fascinating panorama of regular, dirty craters on a flaky pink surface. | looked | {
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Helva `` looked '' up and caught a fascinating panorama of regular, dirty craters on a flaky pink surface. | caught | {
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] |
Her hum became a gurgle of surprise. | became | {
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She instinctively regulated her `` sight '' until the skin lost its cratered look and the pores assumed normal proportions. | regulated | {
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] |
She instinctively regulated her `` sight '' until the skin lost its cratered look and the pores assumed normal proportions. | lost | {
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She instinctively regulated her `` sight '' until the skin lost its cratered look and the pores assumed normal proportions. | assumed | {
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] |
`` Yes, we have quite a few years of voice training, madam '', remarked Helva calmly. | have | {
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`` Yes, we have quite a few years of voice training, madam '', remarked Helva calmly. | remarked | {
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`` Vocal peculiarities often become excessively irritating during prolonged intra-stellar distances and must be eliminated. | become | {
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] |
`` Vocal peculiarities often become excessively irritating during prolonged intra-stellar distances and must be eliminated. | eliminated | {
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"do away with",
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... | [
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] | [
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] |
I enjoyed my lessons ''. | enjoyed | {
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] |
Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly. | was | {
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] |
Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly. | seen | {
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Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly. | took | {
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] | [
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] |
Any other reaction would have been reported instantly. | reported | {
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"a short account of the news",
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] |
`` I meant that you have a nice singing voice, dear '', the lady amended. | meant | {
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] |
`` I meant that you have a nice singing voice, dear '', the lady amended. | have | {
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] | [
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] |
`` I meant that you have a nice singing voice, dear '', the lady amended. | amended | {
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"to make better",
"set straight or right"
]
} | [
"make amendments to"
] | [
"amend%2:32:00::"
] |
Would you like to see my work ''? | like | {
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Would you like to see my work ''? | see | {
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] |
Helva asked, politely. | asked | {
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"req... | [
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] | [
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] |
She instinctively sheered away from personal discussions but she filed the comment away for further meditation. | sheered | {
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] |
She instinctively sheered away from personal discussions but she filed the comment away for further meditation. | filed | {
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]
} | [
"place in a container for keeping records"
] | [
"file_away%2:32:00::"
] |
`` Work ''? asked the lady. | asked | {
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] |
`` I am currently reproducing the Last Supper on the head of a screw ''. | reproducing | {
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] |
Helva turned her vision back to magnification and surveyed her copy critically. | turned | {
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]
} | [
"go back to a previous state"
] | [
"turn_back%2:30:00::"
] |
Helva turned her vision back to magnification and surveyed her copy critically. | surveyed | {
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"hold a review (of troop... | [
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] | [
"survey%2:39:00::"
] |
`` Of course, some of my color values do not match the old Master 's and the perspective is faulty but I believe it to be a fair copy ''. | match | {
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] | [
"match%2:42:00::"
] |
`` Of course, some of my color values do not match the old Master 's and the perspective is faulty but I believe it to be a fair copy ''. | is | {
"name": "be",
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] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
`` Of course, some of my color values do not match the old Master 's and the perspective is faulty but I believe it to be a fair copy ''. | believe | {
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"believe%2:31:04::"
] |
`` Of course, some of my color values do not match the old Master 's and the perspective is faulty but I believe it to be a fair copy ''. | be | {
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"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
The lady 's eyes, unmagnified, bugged out. | bugged out | {
"name": "bug_out",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"bulge outward"
]
} | [
"bulge outward"
] | [
"bug_out%2:38:00::"
] |
`` Oh, I forget '', and Helva 's voice was really contrite. | forget | {
"name": "forget",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"dismiss from the mind; stop remembering",
"be unable to remember",
"forget to do something",
"leave behind unintentionally"
]
} | [
"dismiss from the mind; stop remembering"
] | [
"forget%2:31:01::"
] |
`` Oh, I forget '', and Helva 's voice was really contrite. | 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::"
] |
If she could have blushed, she would have. | blushed | {
"name": "blush",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health",
"sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)",
"turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame",
"become rosy or reddish"
]
} | [
"turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame"
] | [
"blush%2:29:00::"
] |
`` You people do n't have adjustable vision ''. | have | {
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"a person who possesses great material wealth",
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"have as a feature",
"go through (mental or physical states or experiences)",
"have ownership or possession of",
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"have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense"
] | [
"have%2:40:00::"
] |
The monitor of this discourse grinned with pride and amusement as Helva 's tone indicated pity for the unfortunate. | grinned | {
"name": "grin",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement",
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]
} | [
"to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl"
] | [
"grin%2:29:00::"
] |
The monitor of this discourse grinned with pride and amusement as Helva 's tone indicated pity for the unfortunate. | indicated | {
"name": "indicate",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"be a signal for or a symptom of",
"indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively",
"to state or express briefly",
"give evidence of",
"suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine"
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"be a signal for or a symptom of"
] | [
"indicate%2:32:01::"
] |
`` Here, this will help '', suggested Helva, substituting a magnifying device in one extension and holding it over the picture. | 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",
"a resource",
"a means of serving",
"give help or assi... | [
"give help or assistance; be of service"
] | [
"help%2:41:00::"
] |
`` Here, this will help '', suggested Helva, substituting a magnifying device in one extension and holding it over the picture. | suggested | {
"name": "suggest",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"make a proposal, declare a plan for something",
"drop a hint; intimate by a hint",
"imply as a possibility",
"suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine",
"call to mind"
]
} | [
"make a proposal, declare a plan for something"
] | [
"suggest%2:32:00::"
] |
`` Here, this will help '', suggested Helva, substituting a magnifying device in one extension and holding it over the picture. | substituting | {
"name": "substitute",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another",
"an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced",
"someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)",
"put in the place of another;... | [
"put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items"
] | [
"substitute%2:40:00::"
] |
`` Here, this will help '', suggested Helva, substituting a magnifying device in one extension and holding it over the picture. | holding | {
"name": "hold",
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"the act of grasping",
"understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something",
"power by which something or someone is affected or dominated",
"time during which some action is awaited",
"a state of being confined (usually for ... | [
"be the physical support of; carry the weight of"
] | [
"hold%2:35:01::"
] |
In a kind of shock, the ladies and gentlemen of the committee bent to observe the incredibly copied and brilliantly executed Last Supper on the head of a screw. | bent | {
"name": "bend",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a circular segment of a curve",
"movement that causes the formation of a curve",
"curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)",
"an angular or rounded shape made by folding",
"a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascad... | [
"form a curve"
] | [
"bend%2:38:00::"
] |
In a kind of shock, the ladies and gentlemen of the committee bent to observe the incredibly copied and brilliantly executed Last Supper on the head of a screw. | observe | {
"name": "observe",
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"discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of",
"make mention of",
"observe with care or pay close attention to",
"watch attentively",
"show respect towards",
"behave as expected during of holidays or rites",
"follow with the ... | [
"observe with care or pay close attention to"
] | [
"observe%2:39:01::"
] |
In a kind of shock, the ladies and gentlemen of the committee bent to observe the incredibly copied and brilliantly executed Last Supper on the head of a screw. | copied | {
"name": "copy",
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"a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)",
"a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing",
"matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials",
"material suitable for a journalistic account",
"copy down ... | [
"reproduce someone's behavior or looks"
] | [
"copy%2:36:00::"
] |
`` Well '', remarked one gentleman who had been forced to accompany his wife, `` the good Lord can eat where angels fear to tread ''. | remarked | {
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"make or write a comment on"
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} | [
"make mention of"
] | [
"remark%2:32:00::"
] |
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