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`` Well '', remarked one gentleman who had been forced to accompany his wife, `` the good Lord can eat where angels fear to tread ''. | forced | {
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`` Well '', remarked one gentleman who had been forced to accompany his wife, `` the good Lord can eat where angels fear to tread ''. | accompany | {
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`` Well '', remarked one gentleman who had been forced to accompany his wife, `` the good Lord can eat where angels fear to tread ''. | eat | {
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`` Well '', remarked one gentleman who had been forced to accompany his wife, `` the good Lord can eat where angels fear to tread ''. | tread | {
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`` Are you referring, sir '', asked Helva politely, `` to the Dark Age discussions of the number of angels who could stand on the head of a pin ''? | referring | {
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`` Are you referring, sir '', asked Helva politely, `` to the Dark Age discussions of the number of angels who could stand on the head of a pin ''? | asked | {
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`` Are you referring, sir '', asked Helva politely, `` to the Dark Age discussions of the number of angels who could stand on the head of a pin ''? | stand | {
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`` I had that in mind ''. | had | {
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`` If you substitute ' atom ' for ' angel ', the problem is not insoluble, given the metallic content of the pin in question ''. | substitute | {
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`` If you substitute ' atom ' for ' angel ', the problem is not insoluble, given the metallic content of the pin in question ''. | is | {
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`` If you substitute ' atom ' for ' angel ', the problem is not insoluble, given the metallic content of the pin in question ''. | given | {
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`` Which you are programed to compute ''? | programed | {
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`` Which you are programed to compute ''? | compute | {
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`` Did they remember to program a sense of humor, as well, young lady ''? | remember | {
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`` Did they remember to program a sense of humor, as well, young lady ''? | program | {
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`` We are directed to develop a sense of proportion, sir, which contributes the same effect ''. | directed | {
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`` We are directed to develop a sense of proportion, sir, which contributes the same effect ''. | develop | {
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`` We are directed to develop a sense of proportion, sir, which contributes the same effect ''. | contributes | {
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The good man chortled appreciatively and decided the trip was worth his time. | chortled | {
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The good man chortled appreciatively and decided the trip was worth his time. | decided | {
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The good man chortled appreciatively and decided the trip was worth his time. | was | {
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If the investigation committee spent months digesting the thoughtful food served them at the Laboratory School, they left Helva with a morsel as well. | spent | {
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If the investigation committee spent months digesting the thoughtful food served them at the Laboratory School, they left Helva with a morsel as well. | digesting | {
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If the investigation committee spent months digesting the thoughtful food served them at the Laboratory School, they left Helva with a morsel as well. | served | {
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If the investigation committee spent months digesting the thoughtful food served them at the Laboratory School, they left Helva with a morsel as well. | left | {
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`` Singing '' as applicable to herself required research. | required | {
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She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmi... | exposed | {
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She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmi... | enjoyed | {
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She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmi... | included | {
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But `` singing '' for any shell person posed considerable technical difficulties to be overcome. | posed | {
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But `` singing '' for any shell person posed considerable technical difficulties to be overcome. | overcome | {
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Shell people were schooled to examine every aspect of a problem or situation before making a prognosis. | schooled | {
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Shell people were schooled to examine every aspect of a problem or situation before making a prognosis. | examine | {
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Shell people were schooled to examine every aspect of a problem or situation before making a prognosis. | making | {
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Balanced properly between optimism and practicality, the nondefeatist attitude of the shell people led them to extricate themselves, their ships and personnel, from bizarre situations. | Balanced | {
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Balanced properly between optimism and practicality, the nondefeatist attitude of the shell people led them to extricate themselves, their ships and personnel, from bizarre situations. | led | {
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Balanced properly between optimism and practicality, the nondefeatist attitude of the shell people led them to extricate themselves, their ships and personnel, from bizarre situations. | extricate | {
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Therefore to Helva, the problem that she could n't open her mouth to sing, among other restrictions, did not bother her. | open | {
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Therefore to Helva, the problem that she could n't open her mouth to sing, among other restrictions, did not bother her. | sing | {
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Therefore to Helva, the problem that she could n't open her mouth to sing, among other restrictions, did not bother her. | bother | {
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She would work out a method, by-passing her limitations, whereby she could sing. | work out | {
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She would work out a method, by-passing her limitations, whereby she could sing. | by-passing | {
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She would work out a method, by-passing her limitations, whereby she could sing. | sing | {
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She approached the problem by investigating the methods of sound reproduction through the centuries, human and instrumental. | approached | {
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She approached the problem by investigating the methods of sound reproduction through the centuries, human and instrumental. | investigating | {
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Her own sound production equipment was essentially more instrumental than vocal. | was | {
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Breath control and the proper enunciation of vowel sounds within the oral cavity appeared to require the most development and practice. | appeared | {
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Breath control and the proper enunciation of vowel sounds within the oral cavity appeared to require the most development and practice. | require | {
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Shell people did not, strictly speaking, breathe. | breathe | {
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For their purposes, oxygen and other gases were not drawn from the surrounding atmosphere through the medium of lungs but sustained artificially by solution in their shells. | drawn | {
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For their purposes, oxygen and other gases were not drawn from the surrounding atmosphere through the medium of lungs but sustained artificially by solution in their shells. | sustained | {
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After experimentation, Helva discovered that she could manipulate her diaphragmic unit to sustain tone. | discovered | {
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After experimentation, Helva discovered that she could manipulate her diaphragmic unit to sustain tone. | manipulate | {
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After experimentation, Helva discovered that she could manipulate her diaphragmic unit to sustain tone. | sustain | {
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By relaxing the throat muscles and expanding the oral cavity well into the frontal sinuses, she could direct the vowel sounds into the most felicitous position for proper reproduction through her throat microphone. | relaxing | {
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By relaxing the throat muscles and expanding the oral cavity well into the frontal sinuses, she could direct the vowel sounds into the most felicitous position for proper reproduction through her throat microphone. | expanding | {
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By relaxing the throat muscles and expanding the oral cavity well into the frontal sinuses, she could direct the vowel sounds into the most felicitous position for proper reproduction through her throat microphone. | direct | {
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She compared the results with tape recordings of modern singers and was not unpleased although her own tapes had a peculiar quality about them, not at all unharmonious, merely unique. | compared | {
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She compared the results with tape recordings of modern singers and was not unpleased although her own tapes had a peculiar quality about them, not at all unharmonious, merely unique. | was | {
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She compared the results with tape recordings of modern singers and was not unpleased although her own tapes had a peculiar quality about them, not at all unharmonious, merely unique. | had | {
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Acquiring a repertoire from the Laboratory library was no problem to one trained to perfect recall. | was | {
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Acquiring a repertoire from the Laboratory library was no problem to one trained to perfect recall. | trained | {
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She found herself able to sing any role and any song which struck her fancy. | found | {
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She found herself able to sing any role and any song which struck her fancy. | sing | {
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She found herself able to sing any role and any song which struck her fancy. | struck | {
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It would not have occurred to her that it was curious for a female to sing bass, baritone, tenor, alto, mezzo, soprano and coloratura as she pleased. | occurred | {
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It would not have occurred to her that it was curious for a female to sing bass, baritone, tenor, alto, mezzo, soprano and coloratura as she pleased. | was | {
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It would not have occurred to her that it was curious for a female to sing bass, baritone, tenor, alto, mezzo, soprano and coloratura as she pleased. | sing | {
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It would not have occurred to her that it was curious for a female to sing bass, baritone, tenor, alto, mezzo, soprano and coloratura as she pleased. | pleased | {
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It was, to Helva, only a matter of the correct reproduction and diaphragmic control required by the music attempted. | was | {
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It was, to Helva, only a matter of the correct reproduction and diaphragmic control required by the music attempted. | required | {
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It was, to Helva, only a matter of the correct reproduction and diaphragmic control required by the music attempted. | attempted | {
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If the authorities remarked on her curious avocation, they did so among themselves. | remarked | {
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Shell people were encouraged to develop a hobby so long as they maintained proficiency in their technical work. | encouraged | {
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Shell people were encouraged to develop a hobby so long as they maintained proficiency in their technical work. | develop | {
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Shell people were encouraged to develop a hobby so long as they maintained proficiency in their technical work. | maintained | {
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On the anniversary of her sixteenth year in her shell, Helva was unconditionally graduated and installed in her ship, the XH-834. | graduated | {
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On the anniversary of her sixteenth year in her shell, Helva was unconditionally graduated and installed in her ship, the XH-834. | installed | {
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"install%2:35:00::"
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Her permanent titanium shell was recessed behind an even more indestructible barrier in the central shaft of the scout ship. | recessed | {
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The neural, audio, visual and sensory connections were made and sealed. | made | {
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The neural, audio, visual and sensory connections were made and sealed. | sealed | {
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Her extendibles were diverted, connected or augmented and the final, delicate-beyond-description brain taps were completed while Helva remained anesthetically unaware of the proceedings. | diverted | {
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] |
Her extendibles were diverted, connected or augmented and the final, delicate-beyond-description brain taps were completed while Helva remained anesthetically unaware of the proceedings. | connected | {
"name": "connect",
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"connect%2:35:00::"
] |
Her extendibles were diverted, connected or augmented and the final, delicate-beyond-description brain taps were completed while Helva remained anesthetically unaware of the proceedings. | augmented | {
"name": "augment",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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]
} | [
"enlarge or increase"
] | [
"augment%2:30:01::"
] |
Her extendibles were diverted, connected or augmented and the final, delicate-beyond-description brain taps were completed while Helva remained anesthetically unaware of the proceedings. | completed | {
"name": "complete",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"complete or carry out",
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"come or bring to a finish or an end"
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"complete%2:30:02::"
] |
Her extendibles were diverted, connected or augmented and the final, delicate-beyond-description brain taps were completed while Helva remained anesthetically unaware of the proceedings. | remained | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
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"continue in a place, position, or situation",
"be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.",
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]
} | [
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] | [
"remain%2:30:00::"
] |
When she awoke, she was the ship. | awoke | {
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"sense_definitions_list": [
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"not in a state of sleep; completely conscious",
"mentally perceptive and responsive"
]
} | [
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] | [
"awake%2:29:00::"
] |
When she awoke, she was the ship. | was | {
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Her brain and intelligence controlled every function from navigation to such loading as a scout ship of her class needed. | controlled | {
"name": "control",
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"a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another",
"(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc",
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] | [
"control%2:35:00::"
] |
Her brain and intelligence controlled every function from navigation to such loading as a scout ship of her class needed. | needed | {
"name": "need",
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"anything that is necessary but lacking",
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] | [
"need%2:42:00::"
] |
She could take care of herself and her ambulatory half, in any situation already recorded in the annals of Central Worlds and any situation its most fertile minds could imagine. | take care | {
"name": "take_care",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"be careful, prudent, or watchful",
"be in charge of or deal with",
"take charge of or deal with"
]
} | [
"be in charge of or deal with"
] | [
"take_care%2:41:12::"
] |
She could take care of herself and her ambulatory half, in any situation already recorded in the annals of Central Worlds and any situation its most fertile minds could imagine. | recorded | {
"name": "record",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events",
"sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph need... | [
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] | [
"record%2:32:00::"
] |
She could take care of herself and her ambulatory half, in any situation already recorded in the annals of Central Worlds and any situation its most fertile minds could imagine. | imagine | {
"name": "imagine",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case",
"expect, believe, or suppose"
]
} | [
"form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case"
] | [
"imagine%2:36:00::"
] |
Her first actual flight, for she and her kind had made mock flights on dummy panels since she was eight, showed her complete mastery of the techniques of her profession. | made | {
"name": "make",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a recognizable kind",
"the act of mixing cards haphazardly",
"engage in",
"give certain properties to something",
"make or cause to be or to become",
"cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner",
"give rise to; cause to happen or occur,... | [
"engage in"
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"make%2:41:00::"
] |
Her first actual flight, for she and her kind had made mock flights on dummy panels since she was eight, showed her complete mastery of the techniques of her profession. | was | {
"name": "be",
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"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
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"be%2:42:03::"
] |
Her first actual flight, for she and her kind had made mock flights on dummy panels since she was eight, showed her complete mastery of the techniques of her profession. | showed | {
"name": "show",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining",
"something intended to communicate a particular impression",
"a social event involving a public performance or entertainment",
"pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression",
... | [
"establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment"
] | [
"show%2:31:00::"
] |
She was ready for her great adventures and the arrival of her mobile partner. | was | {
"name": "be",
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"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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] | [
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There were nine qualified scouts sitting around collecting base pay the day Helva was commissioned. | were | {
"name": "be",
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"be%2:42:04::"
] |
There were nine qualified scouts sitting around collecting base pay the day Helva was commissioned. | sitting | {
"name": "sit",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"be around, often idly or without specific purpose",
"take a seat",
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"be located or situat... | [
"be around, often idly or without specific purpose"
] | [
"sit%2:42:00::"
] |
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