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For so long as death was not violent, it was natural and to be welcomed, making a funeral a feast.
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For so long as death was not violent, it was natural and to be welcomed, making a funeral a feast.
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For so long as death was not violent, it was natural and to be welcomed, making a funeral a feast.
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For so long as death was not violent, it was natural and to be welcomed, making a funeral a feast.
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For so long as death was not violent, it was natural and to be welcomed, making a funeral a feast.
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For so long as death was not violent, it was natural and to be welcomed, making a funeral a feast.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
Laos
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
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To many a Frenchman - they came 95 years ago, colonized, and stayed until Laos became independent in 1953 - the land had been even more delightfully tranquil than Tahiti.
Tahiti
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
Laos
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
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Yet Laos was now one of the most explosive headaches of statesmen around the globe.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
Pathet Lao
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Pathet Lao, stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet Nam, were supplied by Soviet aircraft.
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The Royal Lao Army, on the other hand, was paid and equipped with American funds.
Royal Lao Army
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The Royal Lao Army, on the other hand, was paid and equipped with American funds.
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The Royal Lao Army, on the other hand, was paid and equipped with American funds.
hand
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The Royal Lao Army, on the other hand, was paid and equipped with American funds.
paid
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The Royal Lao Army, on the other hand, was paid and equipped with American funds.
equipped
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The Royal Lao Army, on the other hand, was paid and equipped with American funds.
American
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The Royal Lao Army, on the other hand, was paid and equipped with American funds.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
six
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
U. S.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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In six years, U. S. aid had amounted to more than $ 1.60 for each American - a total of three hundred million dollars.
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We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
were
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We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
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We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
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We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
Laos
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We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
threatened
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[ "pose a threat to; present a danger to" ]
[ "threaten%2:42:00::" ]
We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
ignite
{ "name": "ignite", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat", "start to burn or burst into flames", "arouse or excite feelings and passions" ] }
[ "arouse or excite feelings and passions" ]
[ "ignite%2:37:00::" ]
We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
war
{ "name": "war", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the waging of armed conflict against an enemy", "a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply", "an active struggle between competing entities", "a concerted campaign to...
[ "the waging of armed conflict against an enemy" ]
[ "war%1:04:00::" ]
We were there at a moment when the situation in Laos threatened to ignite another war among the world 's giants.
giants
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[ "an unusually large enterprise" ]
[ "giant%1:14:00::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
Even
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[ "used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected" ]
[ "even%4:02:00::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
not
{ "name": "not", "sense_definitions_list": [ "negation of a word or group of words" ] }
[ "negation of a word or group of words" ]
[ "not%4:02:00::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
little
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[ "limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent" ]
[ "little%3:00:01::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
world
{ "name": "world", "sense_definitions_list": [ "everything that exists anywhere", "people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest", "all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you", "the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on", "peo...
[ "people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest" ]
[ "world%1:14:01::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
gentle
{ "name": "gentle", "sense_definitions_list": [ "cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of", "give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility", "stroke soothingly", "soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe", "having or showing a kindly or tender nature", "...
[ "having or showing a kindly or tender nature" ]
[ "gentle%5:00:01:kind:00" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
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::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
cope
{ "name": "cope", "sense_definitions_list": [ "brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall", "a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions", "come to terms with" ] }
[ "come to terms with" ]
[ "cope%2:41:00::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
new
{ "name": "new", "sense_definitions_list": [ "not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered", "original and of a kind not seen before", "lacking training or experience", "having no previous example or precedent or parallel", "ot...
[ "not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered" ]
[ "new%3:00:00::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
reality
{ "name": "reality", "sense_definitions_list": [ "all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you", "the state of being actual or real", "the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be", "the quality possessed by something that is real" ] }
[ "the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be" ]
[ "reality%1:26:02::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
grenades
{ "name": "grenade", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile" ] }
[ "a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile" ]
[ "grenade%1:06:00::" ]
Even if it did not, how would this little world of gentle people cope with its new reality of grenades and submachine guns?
submachine guns
{ "name": "submachine_gun", "sense_definitions_list": [ "machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm" ] }
[ "machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm" ]
[ "submachine_gun%1:06:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
find out
{ "name": "find_out", "sense_definitions_list": [ "establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study", "get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally", "find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort", "trap; especially in a...
[ "find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort" ]
[ "find_out%2:32:01::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
traveled
{ "name": "travel", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of going from one place to another", "a movement through space that changes the location of something", "self-propelled movement", "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically", "undertake a journey or trip", "make a...
[ "travel upon or across" ]
[ "travel%2:38:02::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
part
{ "name": "part", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something determined in relation to something that includes it", "something less than the whole of a human artifact", "a portion of a natural object", "that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation", "the extended spatia...
[ "the extended spatial location of something" ]
[ "part%1:15:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Laos
{ "name": "laos", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949", "a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais", "the...
[ "a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949" ]
[ "laos%1:15:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
still
{ "name": "still", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)", "(poetic) tranquil silence", "an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser wher...
[ "with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation" ]
[ "still%4:02:01::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
nominally
{ "name": "nominally", "sense_definitions_list": [ "in name only" ] }
[ "in name only" ]
[ "nominally%4:02:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
controlled
{ "name": "control", "sense_definitions_list": [ "power to direct or determine", "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", "a standard against which other conditions can be compared ...
[ "exercise authoritative control or power over" ]
[ "control%2:41:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
daytime
{ "name": "daytime", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside" ] }
[ "the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside" ]
[ "daytime%1:28:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
at least
{ "name": "at_least", "sense_definitions_list": [ "if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)", "not less than" ] }
[ "if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)" ]
[ "at_least%4:02:01::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Royal Lao Army
{ "name": "group", "sense_definitions_list": [ "any number of entities (members) considered as a unit", "(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule", "a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse", "arra...
[ "any number of entities (members) considered as a unit" ]
[ "group%1:03:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Attopeu
{ "name": "location", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a point or extent in space", "the act of putting something in a certain place", "a determination of the place where something is", "a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made" ] }
[ "a point or extent in space" ]
[ "location%1:03:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
City
{ "name": "city", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts", "an incorporated administrative district established by state charter", "people living in a large densely populated municipality" ] }
[ "a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts" ]
[ "city%1:15:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Buffalo
{ "name": "buffalo", "sense_definitions_list": [ "large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains", "a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)", "meat from an American bison", "any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo",...
[ "large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains" ]
[ "buffalo%1:05:02::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Dung
{ "name": "dung", "sense_definitions_list": [ "fecal matter of animals", "fertilize or dress with dung", "defecate; used of animals" ] }
[ "fecal matter of animals" ]
[ "dung%1:27:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
southeast
{ "name": "southeast", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees", "the southeastern region of the United States", "the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point", "a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city",...
[ "the southeastern region of the United States" ]
[ "southeast%1:15:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Muong Sing
{ "name": "location", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a point or extent in space", "the act of putting something in a certain place", "a determination of the place where something is", "a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made" ] }
[ "a point or extent in space" ]
[ "location%1:03:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
City
{ "name": "city", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts", "an incorporated administrative district established by state charter", "people living in a large densely populated municipality" ] }
[ "a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts" ]
[ "city%1:15:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Lions
{ "name": "lion", "sense_definitions_list": [ "large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male", "a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)", "(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo", "the fifth sign of the zodiac; the ...
[ "large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male" ]
[ "lion%1:05:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
northwest
{ "name": "northwest", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the northwestern region of the United States", "the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point", "the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees", "a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city",...
[ "the northwestern region of the United States" ]
[ "northwest%1:15:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
close
{ "name": "close", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the temporal end; the concluding time", "the last section of a communication", "the concluding part of any performance", "move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut", "become closed", "cease to operate or cause to cease operati...
[ "near in time or place or relationship" ]
[ "close%4:02:01::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
Communist China
{ "name": "communist_china", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world" ] }
[ "a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world" ]
[ "communist_china%1:15:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
map
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[ "a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it)" ]
[ "map%1:06:00::" ]
To find out, we traveled throughout that part of Laos still nominally controlled, in the daytime at least, by the Royal Lao Army : from Attopeu, the City of Buffalo Dung in the southeast, to Muong Sing, the City of Lions in the northwest, close to Communist China ( map, page 250 ).
page
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[ "one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains" ]
[ "page%1:10:00::" ]