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Now it became increasingly apparent that there were to be no dogs in the picture. | became | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | certainly | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | take | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | two | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | three | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | days | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | become | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | confused | {
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You certainly could n't take them into the little apartment and if you tried to farm them out for two or three days every week they would become so confused that they would have nervous breakdowns. | have | {
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Why in the world could n't he live in one place the way everyone else seemed to? | world | {
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Why in the world could n't he live in one place the way everyone else seemed to? | way | {
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It worried him, this inability to get the simplest things done in the course of a day. | worried | {
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He would wake up in the middle of the night and fret about it. | wake up | {
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"a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose",
"food or meals in general",
"a vertical surface on which... | [
"a committee having supervisory powers"
] | [
"board%1:14:00::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | work | {
"name": "work",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"activity directed toward making or doing something",
"a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing",
"the occupation for which you are paid",
"applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject ... | [
"exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity"
] | [
"work%2:41:02::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | actively | {
"name": "actively",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"in an active manner"
]
} | [
"in an active manner"
] | [
"actively%4:02:00::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | committees | {
"name": "committee",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle",
"a self-constituted organization to promote something"
]
} | [
"a special group delegated to consider some matter; - Milton Berle"
] | [
"committee%1:14:00::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | go out | {
"name": "go_out",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"move out of or depart from",
"leave the house to go somewhere",
"take the field",
"become extinguished",
"go out of fashion; become unfashionable",
"date regularly; have a steady relationship with"
]
} | [
"leave the house to go somewhere"
] | [
"go_out%2:38:02::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | evening | {
"name": "evening",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)",
"a later concluding time period",
"the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way",
"make level or straight",
"become... | [
"the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)"
] | [
"evening%1:28:00::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | plow | {
"name": "plow",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing",
"to break and turn over earth especially with a plow",
"act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression",
"move in a way resembling that of a plow cu... | [
"act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression"
] | [
"plow%2:32:00::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | contents | {
"name": "content",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something",
"what a communication that is about something is about",
"the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.",
"the amount that can be con... | [
"everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something"
] | [
"content%1:14:00::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | bulging | {
"name": "bulging",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"swell or protrude outwards",
"bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge",
"bulge outward",
"cause to bulge or swell outwards",
"curving or bulging outward",
"curving outward"
]
} | [
"curving or bulging outward"
] | [
"bulging%3:00:06::"
] |
How in the world had he formerly found time to build up a business, raise a family, be on half a dozen boards, work actively on committees and either go out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief case? | brief case | {
"name": "briefcase",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books"
]
} | [
"a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books"
] | [
"briefcase%1:06:00::"
] |
Was it possible that as people grow older the nature of time changed? | possible | {
"name": "possible",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"something that can be done",
"an applicant who might be suitable",
"capable of happening or existing",
"existing in possibility"
]
} | [
"capable of happening or existing"
] | [
"possible%3:00:00::"
] |
Was it possible that as people grow older the nature of time changed? | people | {
"name": "people",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively",
"the body of citizens of a state or country",
"members of a family line",
"the common people generally",
"fill with people",
"furnish with people"
]
} | [
"(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively"
] | [
"people%1:14:00::"
] |
Was it possible that as people grow older the nature of time changed? | grow | {
"name": "grow",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become",
"become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain",
"increase in size by natural process",
"cause to grow or develop",
"develop and reach maturity; undergo maturati... | [
"pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become"
] | [
"grow%2:30:03::"
] |
Was it possible that as people grow older the nature of time changed? | older | {
"name": "older",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)",
"used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son",
"skilled through long experience",
"(used especially of persons) having lived for a r... | [
"advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)"
] | [
"older%5:00:00:old:02"
] |
Was it possible that as people grow older the nature of time changed? | nature | {
"name": "nature",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized",
"a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe",
"the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.",
"the complex of emotional an... | [
"the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized"
] | [
"nature%1:07:02::"
] |
Was it possible that as people grow older the nature of time changed? | time | {
"name": "time",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an instance or single occasion for some event",
"a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something",
"an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)",
"a suitable moment",
... | [
"the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past"
] | [
"time%1:03:00::"
] |
Was it possible that as people grow older the nature of time changed? | changed | {
"name": "change",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another",
"a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event",
"the action of changing something",
"the result of alteration or modificat... | [
"undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature"
] | [
"change%2:30:00::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | speeded up | {
"name": "speed_up",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"move faster",
"cause to move faster"
]
} | [
"move faster"
] | [
"speed_up%2:30:00::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | aged | {
"name": "aged",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"people who are old collectively",
"begin to seem older; get older",
"grow old or older",
"make older",
"advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)",
"at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)",
"having atta... | [
"people who are old collectively"
] | [
"aged%1:14:00::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | mysterious | {
"name": "mysterious",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"of an obscure nature; ; ; ; - Rachel Carson",
"having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding"
]
} | [
"of an obscure nature; ; ; ; - Rachel Carson"
] | [
"mysterious%5:00:00:inexplicable:00"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | way | {
"name": "way",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"how something is done or how it happens",
"how a result is obtained or an end is achieved",
"a line leading to a place or point",
"the condition of things generally",
"a course of conduct",
"any artifact consisting of a road or path affording pas... | [
"how something is done or how it happens"
] | [
"way%1:07:01::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | bored | {
"name": "bored",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"cause to be bored",
"make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool",
"tired of the world",
"uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence"
]
} | [
"uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence"
] | [
"bored%5:00:00:uninterested:00"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | universe | {
"name": "universe",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"everything that exists anywhere",
"(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn",
"everything stated or assumed in a given discussion"
]
} | [
"everything that exists anywhere"
] | [
"universe%1:17:00::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | skipping | {
"name": "skip",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a gait in which steps and hops alternate",
"a mistake resulting from neglect",
"bypass",
"intentionally fail to attend",
"jump lightly",
"leave suddenly",
"bound off one point after another",
"cause to skip over a surface"
]
} | [
"bypass"
] | [
"skip%2:31:01::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | end | {
"name": "end",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"either extremity of something that has length",
"the point in time at which something ends",
"the concluding parts of an event or occurrence",
"the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended ... | [
"a final part or section"
] | [
"end%1:09:00::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | chapter | {
"name": "chapter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled",
"any distinct period in history or in a person's life",
"a local branch of some fraternity or association",
"an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons o... | [
"any distinct period in history or in a person's life"
] | [
"chapter%1:28:00::"
] |
Could it be that it speeded up for the aged in some mysterious way, as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get it over with? | just | {
"name": "just",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; - A.Lincoln",
"fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience",
"free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules... | [
"and nothing more"
] | [
"just%4:02:00::"
] |
Or was the answer less metaphysical? | 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::"
] |
Or was the answer less metaphysical? | answer | {
"name": "answer",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation",
"a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem",
"the speech act of replying to a question",
"the principal ple... | [
"a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem"
] | [
"answer%1:10:02::"
] |
Or was the answer less metaphysical? | less | {
"name": "less",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree",
"(usually preceded by `no') lower in quality",
"(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer",
"used to form the ... | [
"used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs"
] | [
"less%4:02:00::"
] |
Or was the answer less metaphysical? | metaphysical | {
"name": "metaphysical",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics",
"without material form or substance",
"highly abstract and overly theoretical"
]
} | [
"without material form or substance"
] | [
"metaphysical%5:00:00:supernatural:00"
] |
Did older people work more slowly? | older | {
"name": "old",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')",
"(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age",
"of long duration; not new",
"(used for emphasis) very familiar",
"skilled through long experi... | [
"(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age"
] | [
"old%3:00:02::"
] |
Did older people work more slowly? | people | {
"name": "people",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively",
"the body of citizens of a state or country",
"members of a family line",
"the common people generally",
"fill with people",
"furnish with people"
]
} | [
"(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively"
] | [
"people%1:14:00::"
] |
Did older people work more slowly? | work | {
"name": "work",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"activity directed toward making or doing something",
"a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing",
"the occupation for which you are paid",
"applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject ... | [
"exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity"
] | [
"work%2:41:02::"
] |
Did older people work more slowly? | more | {
"name": "more",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state",
"(comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or ex... | [
"used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs"
] | [
"more%4:02:00::"
] |
Did older people work more slowly? | slowly | {
"name": "slowly",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')",
"in music"
]
} | [
"without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')"
] | [
"slowly%4:02:02::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | take | {
"name": "take",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property",
"the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption",
"carry out",
"require (time or space)",
"take somebody somewhere",
"get into ... | [
"require (time or space)"
] | [
"take%2:40:06::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | man | {
"name": "man",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)",
"someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force",
"the generic use of the word to refer to any human being",
"any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized b... | [
"an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)"
] | [
"man%1:18:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | longer | {
"name": "longer",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person with a strong desire for something",
"primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified",
"primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than ... | [
"for more time"
] | [
"longer%4:02:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | write | {
"name": "write",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"produce a literary work",
"communicate or express by writing",
"have (one's written work) issued for publication",
"communicate (with) in writing",
"communicate by letter",
"write music",
"mark or trace on a surface",
"record data on a ... | [
"produce a literary work"
] | [
"write%2:36:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | letter | {
"name": "letter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization",
"the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech",
"owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire",
"a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct... | [
"a written message addressed to a person or organization"
] | [
"letter%1:10:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | shave | {
"name": "shave",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the act of removing hair with a razor",
"remove body hair with a razor",
"cut closely",
"cut the price of",
"cut or remove with or as if with a plane",
"make shavings of or reduce to shavings",
"touch the surface of lightly"
]
} | [
"remove body hair with a razor"
] | [
"shave%2:29:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | clean out | {
"name": "clean_out",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"empty completely",
"force out",
"deprive completely of money or goods"
]
} | [
"empty completely"
] | [
"clean_out%2:30:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | barn | {
"name": "barn",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals",
"(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter"
]
} | [
"an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals"
] | [
"barn%1:06:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | read | {
"name": "read",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"something that is read",
"interpret something that is written or printed",
"have or contain a certain wording or form",
"look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed",
"obtain data from magnetic tapes",
"interpret th... | [
"interpret something that is written or printed"
] | [
"read%2:31:00::"
] |
Did it take a man of sixty-five longer to write a letter, shave, clean out a barn, read a newspaper, than a man of thirty? | newspaper | {
"name": "newspaper",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements",
"a business firm that publishes newspapers",
"the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher",
"cheap paper made from wood pulp and us... | [
"a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements"
] | [
"newspaper%1:10:00::"
] |
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