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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | sturdy | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | legs | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | heavy | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | top | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | so | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | wobble | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | newborn | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | calf | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | ultimately | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | collapse | {
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A workbench had a heavy top and sturdy legs, but how did you attach sturdy legs to a heavy top so that the whole thing did n't wobble like a newborn calf and ultimately collapse when you leaned on it? | leaned on | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | Mr. Mills | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | done | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | figuring | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | scrap | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | paper | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | given | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | various | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | kinds | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | boards | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | two-by-fours | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | properly | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | handled | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | assured | {
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Mr. Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which, properly handled, would, he had assured him, turn into a workbench. | workbench | {
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They lay on the cellar floor in a disorderly pile. | lay | {
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They lay on the cellar floor in a disorderly pile. | cellar | {
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They lay on the cellar floor in a disorderly pile. | floor | {
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They lay on the cellar floor in a disorderly pile. | disorderly | {
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Mr. Crombie poked at it gingerly with his foot. | Mr. Crombie | {
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Mr. Crombie poked at it gingerly with his foot. | poked at | {
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Mr. Crombie poked at it gingerly with his foot. | gingerly | {
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Mr. Crombie poked at it gingerly with his foot. | foot | {
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How could anyone know what to do with an assortment like that? | know | {
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How could anyone know what to do with an assortment like that? | do | {
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How could anyone know what to do with an assortment like that? | assortment | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | Perhaps | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | have | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | help | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | put up | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | pegboard | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | build | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | workbench | {
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Perhaps he had better have someone help him put up the pegboard and build the workbench - someone who knew what he was about. | knew | {
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Then at least he would have a place to hang his tools and something to work on. | Then | {
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Then at least he would have a place to hang his tools and something to work on. | hang | {
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Then at least he would have a place to hang his tools and something to work on. | tools | {
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Then at least he would have a place to hang his tools and something to work on. | work | {
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After that everything should be simpler. | be | {
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He went upstairs to phone Crumb. | went | {
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He went upstairs to phone Crumb. | upstairs | {
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"on or of upper floors of a building",
"on a floor above",
"with respect to the mind"
]
} | [
"on a floor above"
] | [
"upstairs%4:02:00::"
] |
He went upstairs to phone Crumb. | phone | {
"name": "phone",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds",
"(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme o... | [
"get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone"
] | [
"phone%2:32:00::"
] |
He went upstairs to phone Crumb. | Crumb | {
"name": "person",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a human being",
"a human body (usually including the clothing)",
"a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party"
]
} | [
"a human being"
] | [
"person%1:03:00::"
] |
To his amazement he reached him. | amazement | {
"name": "amazement",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising"
]
} | [
"the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising"
] | [
"amazement%1:12:00::"
] |
To his amazement he reached him. | reached | {
"name": "reach",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the limits within which something can be effective",
"an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:",
"the act of physically reaching or thrusting out",
"the limit of capability",
"reach a destination, either real or abstract... | [
"be in or establish communication with"
] | [
"reach%2:32:00::"
] |
Mr. Crumb was laid up with a bad cold. | Mr. Crumb | {
"name": "person",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a human being",
"a human body (usually including the clothing)",
"a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party"
]
} | [
"a human being"
] | [
"person%1:03:00::"
] |
Mr. Crumb was laid up with a bad cold. | 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::"
] |
Mr. Crumb was laid up with a bad cold. | laid up | {
"name": "laid_up",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"ill and usually confined"
]
} | [
"ill and usually confined"
] | [
"laid_up%5:00:00:ill:01"
] |
Mr. Crumb was laid up with a bad cold. | bad | {
"name": "bad",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency",
"having undesirable or negative qualities",
"very intense",
"feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')",
"(of foodstuffs) not in an... | [
"having undesirable or negative qualities"
] | [
"bad%3:00:00::"
] |
Mr. Crumb was laid up with a bad cold. | cold | {
"name": "cold",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)",
"the absence of heat",
"the sensation produced by low temperatures",
"having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made ... | [
"a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)"
] | [
"cold%1:26:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | seem | {
"name": "seem",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect",
"seem to be true, probable, or apparent",
"appear to exist",
"appear to one's own mind or opinion"
]
} | [
"give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect"
] | [
"seem%2:39:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | think | {
"name": "think",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an instance of deliberate thinking",
"judge or regard; look upon; judge",
"expect, believe, or suppose",
"use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments",
"recall knowl... | [
"judge or regard; look upon; judge"
] | [
"think%2:31:01::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | attaching | {
"name": "attach",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"cause to be attached",
"be attached; be in contact with",
"become attached",
"create social or emotional ties",
"take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority"
]
} | [
"cause to be attached"
] | [
"attach%2:35:01::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | pegboard | {
"name": "pegboard",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted"
]
} | [
"a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted"
] | [
"pegboard%1:06:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | stone | {
"name": "stone",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter",
"building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose",
"material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust",
"a crystal... | [
"building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose"
] | [
"stone%1:06:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | wall | {
"name": "wall",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure",
"anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect",
"(anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane)... | [
"an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure"
] | [
"wall%1:06:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | 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::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | much | {
"name": "much",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a great amount or extent",
"(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent",
"to a great degree or extent",
"very",
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"to a great degree or extent"
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"much%4:02:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | problem | {
"name": "problem",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved",
"a question raised for consideration or solution",
"a source of difficulty"
]
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"a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved"
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"problem%1:26:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | building | {
"name": "building",
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"a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place",
"the act of constructing something",
"the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones",
"the occupants of a building",
... | [
"the act of constructing something"
] | [
"building%1:04:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | worktable | {
"name": "worktable",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a table designed for a particular task"
]
} | [
"a table designed for a particular task"
] | [
"worktable%1:06:00::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | equally | {
"name": "equally",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"to the same degree (often followed by `as')",
"in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way"
]
} | [
"to the same degree (often followed by `as')"
] | [
"equally%4:02:01::"
] |
He did n't seem to think that attaching a pegboard to a stone wall was much of a problem and he tossed off the building of the worktable equally lightly. | lightly | {
"name": "lightly",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"without good reason",
"with few burdens",
"with little weight or force",
"indulging with temperance",
"with indifference or without dejection",
"in a small quantity or extent",
"to a slight degree"
]
} | [
"with indifference or without dejection"
] | [
"lightly%4:02:04::"
] |
The only trouble was that he himself was tied up on the school job. | trouble | {
"name": "trouble",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a source of difficulty",
"an angry disturbance",
"an event causing distress or pain",
"an effort that is inconvenient",
"a strong feeling of anxiety",
"an unwanted pregnancy",
"move deeply",
"to cause inconvenience or discomfort to",
... | [
"a source of difficulty"
] | [
"trouble%1:09:00::"
] |
The only trouble was that he himself was tied up on the school job. | 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)",
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"have an ex... | [
"be identical to; be someone or something"
] | [
"be%2:42:06::"
] |
The only trouble was that he himself was tied up on the school job. | 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)",
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"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::"
] |
The only trouble was that he himself was tied up on the school job. | tied up | {
"name": "tied_up",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"kept occupied or engaged"
]
} | [
"kept occupied or engaged"
] | [
"tied_up%5:00:00:busy:00"
] |
The only trouble was that he himself was tied up on the school job. | school | {
"name": "school",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an educational institution",
"a building where young people receive education",
"the process of being formally educated at a school",
"a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers",
"the period... | [
"an educational institution"
] | [
"school%1:14:00::"
] |
The only trouble was that he himself was tied up on the school job. | job | {
"name": "job",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money",
"a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee",
"a workplace; as in the expression",
"an object worked on; a result produced by working",
"the responsibil... | [
"a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee"
] | [
"job%1:04:01::"
] |
That was why he had n't been able to finish the porch. | 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::"
] |
That was why he had n't been able to finish the porch. | been | {
"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::"
] |
That was why he had n't been able to finish the porch. | able | {
"name": "able",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something",
"have the skills and qualifications to do things well",
"having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity",
"having a strong healthy body"
... | [
"(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something"
] | [
"able%3:00:00::"
] |
That was why he had n't been able to finish the porch. | finish | {
"name": "finish",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)",
"the temporal end; the concluding time",
"a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; ; ; --Joseph Conrad",
"the pl... | [
"come or bring to a finish or an end"
] | [
"finish%2:30:02::"
] |
That was why he had n't been able to finish the porch. | porch | {
"name": "porch",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance"
]
} | [
"a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance"
] | [
"porch%1:06:00::"
] |
No, he did n't know of any handyman carpenter. | know | {
"name": "know",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people",
"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about",
"know how to do or perform something",
"be aware of the truth of something... | [
"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about"
] | [
"know%2:31:01::"
] |
No, he did n't know of any handyman carpenter. | handyman | {
"name": "handyman",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks"
]
} | [
"a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks"
] | [
"handyman%1:18:00::"
] |
No, he did n't know of any handyman carpenter. | carpenter | {
"name": "carpenter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects",
"work as a carpenter"
]
} | [
"a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects"
] | [
"carpenter%1:18:00::"
] |
There was n't any such thing any more. | thing | {
"name": "thing",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a special situation",
"an action",
"a special abstraction",
"an artifact",
"an event",
"a vaguely specified concern",
"a statement regarded as an object",
"an entity that is not named specifically",
"any attribute or quality conside... | [
"an entity that is not named specifically"
] | [
"thing%1:06:01::"
] |
There was n't any such thing any more. | any more | {
"name": "anymore",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative"
]
} | [
"at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative"
] | [
"anymore%4:02:01::"
] |
Carpenters all wanted steady work and at the moment every mother's son for twenty miles around that could hammer nails for twenty-five dollars a day was working on the school job. | Carpenters | {
"name": "carpenter",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects",
"work as a carpenter"
]
} | [
"a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects"
] | [
"carpenter%1:18:00::"
] |
Carpenters all wanted steady work and at the moment every mother's son for twenty miles around that could hammer nails for twenty-five dollars a day was working on the school job. | wanted | {
"name": "want",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a state of extreme poverty",
"the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable",
"anything that is necessary but lacking",
"a specific feeling of desire",
"feel or have a desire for; want strongly",
"have need of",
"hunt or look ... | [
"have need of"
] | [
"want%2:34:00::"
] |
Carpenters all wanted steady work and at the moment every mother's son for twenty miles around that could hammer nails for twenty-five dollars a day was working on the school job. | steady | {
"name": "steady",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a person loved by another person",
"make steady",
"support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace",
"not subject to change or variation especially in behavior",
"not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall",
"securely ... | [
"not subject to change or variation especially in behavior"
] | [
"steady%3:00:00::"
] |
Carpenters all wanted steady work and at the moment every mother's son for twenty miles around that could hammer nails for twenty-five dollars a day was working on the school job. | 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 ... | [
"the occupation for which you are paid"
] | [
"work%1:04:01::"
] |
Carpenters all wanted steady work and at the moment every mother's son for twenty miles around that could hammer nails for twenty-five dollars a day was working on the school job. | moment | {
"name": "moment",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a particular point in time",
"an indefinitely short time",
"at this time",
"having important effects or influence",
"a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)",
"the n-th moment of a distribution i... | [
"a particular point in time"
] | [
"moment%1:28:00::"
] |
Carpenters all wanted steady work and at the moment every mother's son for twenty miles around that could hammer nails for twenty-five dollars a day was working on the school job. | twenty | {
"name": "twenty",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one",
"a United States bill worth 20 dollars",
"denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units"
]
} | [
"denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units"
] | [
"twenty%5:00:00:cardinal:00"
] |
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