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`` Rarely in American history has there [TARGET] been [/TARGET] a political campaign that discussed issues less or clarified them less '' , says Mr. White . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 6 | {"id": "br-c11:63:7", "sense_key": "be%2:42:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` Rarely in American history has there been a political campaign that [TARGET] discussed [/TARGET] issues less or clarified them less '' , says Mr. White . | [
"speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; \"We discussed our household budget\"",
"to consider or examine in speech or writing; \"The article covered all the different aspects of this question\"; \"The class discussed Dante's 'Inferno'\""
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:63:11", "sense_key": "discuss%2:32:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` Rarely in American history has there been a political campaign that discussed issues less or [TARGET] clarified [/TARGET] them less '' , says Mr. White . | [
"make clear or clearer; \"Clarify your ideas, please\"",
"clear by heating; of fats; \"clarify the butter\"",
"make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: \"Could you clarify these remarks?\"; \"Clear up the question of who is at fault\"",
"shed light on"
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`` Rarely in American history has there been a political campaign that discussed issues less or clarified them less '' , [TARGET] says [/TARGET] Mr. White . | [
"express an idea, etc. in words; \"He said that he wanted to marry her\"; \"tell me what is bothering you\"; \"state your opinion\"",
"report or maintain; \"He alleged that he was the victim of a crime\"; \"He said it was too late to intervene in the war\"; \"The registrar says that I owe the school money\"",
"... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:63:20", "sense_key": "say%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Nixon , he [TARGET] believes [/TARGET] , has no particular political philosophy and mismanaged his own campaign . | [
"accept as true; take to be true; \"I believed his report\"; \"We didn't believe his stories from the War\"; \"She believes in spirits\"",
"follow a credo; have a religious faith; be a believer; \"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too\"",
"credit with veracity: \"You cannot believe this ma... | 4 | {"id": "br-c11:64:3", "sense_key": "believe%2:31:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Nixon , he believes , [TARGET] has [/TARGET] no particular political philosophy and mismanaged his own campaign . | [
"give birth (to a newborn); \"My wife had twins yesterday!\"",
"suffer from; be ill with; \"She has arthritis\"",
"of injuries and illnesses: \"She suffered a fracture in the accident\"; \"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars\"; \"She got a bruise on her leg\"; \"He got his arm broken in the sc... | 10 | {"id": "br-c11:64:5", "sense_key": "have%2:40:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Although a skillful politician and a courageous and honest man , Mr. Nixon , Mr. White [TARGET] believes [/TARGET] , ignored his own top-level planners , wasted time and effort in the wrong regions , missed opportunities through indecision and damaged his chances on television . | [
"accept as true; take to be true; \"I believed his report\"; \"We didn't believe his stories from the War\"; \"She believes in spirits\"",
"follow a credo; have a religious faith; be a believer; \"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too\"",
"credit with veracity: \"You cannot believe this ma... | 4 | {"id": "br-c11:65:14", "sense_key": "believe%2:31:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Although a skillful politician and a courageous and honest man , Mr. Nixon , Mr. White believes , [TARGET] ignored [/TARGET] his own top-level planners , wasted time and effort in the wrong regions , missed opportunities through indecision and damaged his chances on television . | [
"be ignorant of or in the dark about",
"give little attention or respect to",
"bar from attention or consideration; \"She dismissed his advances\"",
"refuse to acknowledge; \"She cut him dead at the meeting\"",
"fail to notice"
] | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:65:16", "sense_key": "ignore%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 16, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Although a skillful politician and a courageous and honest man , Mr. Nixon , Mr. White believes , ignored his own top-level planners , [TARGET] wasted [/TARGET] time and effort in the wrong regions , missed opportunities through indecision and damaged his chances on television . | [
"waste away; \"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world\"",
"devastate or ravage; \"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion\"",
"cause to grow thin or weak; \"The treatment emaciated him\"",
"lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; \"After her husband d... | 8 | {"id": "br-c11:65:22", "sense_key": "waste%2:40:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 22, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Although a skillful politician and a courageous and honest man , Mr. Nixon , Mr. White believes , ignored his own top-level planners , wasted time and effort in the wrong regions , [TARGET] missed [/TARGET] opportunities through indecision and damaged his chances on television . | [
"leave undone or leave out; \"How could I miss that typo?\"; \"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten\"",
"fail to experience; \"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane\"",
"fail to hit the intended target",
"fail to reach; \"The arrow missed the target\"",
"feel or suffer from the lack of: \"He m... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:65:31", "sense_key": "miss%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 31, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Nixon [TARGET] is [/TARGET] `` a broody , moody man , given to long stretches of introspection ; he trusts only himself and his wife . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:66:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Nixon is `` a broody , moody man , given to long stretches of introspection ; he [TARGET] trusts [/TARGET] only himself and his wife . | [
"have confidence or faith in; \"We can trust in God\"; \"Rely on your friends\"; \"bank on your good education\"",
"be confident about something; \"I believe that he will come back from the war\"",
"expect with desire; \"I trust you will behave better from now on\"; \"I hope she understands that she cannot exep... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:66:16", "sense_key": "trust%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 16, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He [TARGET] is [/TARGET] a man of major talent - but a man of solitary , uncertain impulses . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:67:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He [TARGET] was [/TARGET] above all a friend seeker , almost pathetic in his eagerness to be liked . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:68:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He was above all a friend seeker , almost pathetic in his eagerness to be [TARGET] liked [/TARGET] . | [
"feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; \"How did you like the President's speech last night?\"",
"prefer or wish to do something; \"Do you care to try this dish?\" \"Would you like to come along to the movies?\"",
"be fond of; \"I like my nephews\"",
"find enjoyable or agreeable; \"I like jogg... | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:68:14", "sense_key": "like%2:37:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He [TARGET] wanted [/TARGET] to identify with people and have a connection with them ; the least inspiring candidate since Alfred M. Landon '' . | [
"wish or demand the presence of; \"I want you here at noon!\"",
"have need of: \"This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner\"",
"hunt or look for; want for a particular reason: \"Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI\"; \"Uncle Sam wants you\"",
"feel or have a desire for; want strongly; \"I want... | 3 | {"id": "br-c11:69:1", "sense_key": "want%2:37:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He wanted to [TARGET] identify [/TARGET] with people and have a connection with them ; the least inspiring candidate since Alfred M. Landon '' . | [
"recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; \"She identified the man on the \"wanted\" poster\"",
"as in in botany or biology, for example",
"consider to be equal or the same",
"\"Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus\"",
"consider (oneself) as similar to somebody... | 4 | {"id": "br-c11:69:3", "sense_key": "identify%2:31:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He wanted to identify with people and [TARGET] have [/TARGET] a connection with them ; the least inspiring candidate since Alfred M. Landon '' . | [
"give birth (to a newborn); \"My wife had twins yesterday!\"",
"suffer from; be ill with; \"She has arthritis\"",
"of injuries and illnesses: \"She suffered a fracture in the accident\"; \"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars\"; \"She got a bruise on her leg\"; \"He got his arm broken in the sc... | 9 | {"id": "br-c11:69:7", "sense_key": "have%2:39:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Kennedy , Mr. White [TARGET] believes [/TARGET] , `` had mastered politics on so many different levels that no other American could match him '' . | [
"accept as true; take to be true; \"I believed his report\"; \"We didn't believe his stories from the War\"; \"She believes in spirits\"",
"follow a credo; have a religious faith; be a believer; \"When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too\"",
"credit with veracity: \"You cannot believe this ma... | 4 | {"id": "br-c11:70:3", "sense_key": "believe%2:31:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Kennedy , Mr. White believes , `` had [TARGET] mastered [/TARGET] politics on so many different levels that no other American could match him '' . | [
"have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; \"Do you control these data?\"",
"be or become completely proficient or skilled in; \"She mastered Japanese in less than two years\"",
"get on top of; deal with successfully; \"He overcame his shyness\"",
"have dominance over"
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:70:7", "sense_key": "master%2:31:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Kennedy , Mr. White believes , `` had mastered politics on so many different levels that no other American could [TARGET] match [/TARGET] him '' . | [
"be equal or harmonize; \"The two pieces match\"",
"make match or correspond or harmonize; \"Match my sweater\"",
"set into opposition or rivalry",
"bring two objects, ideas, or people together; \"This fact is coupled to the other one\"",
"provide funds complementary to; \"The company matched the employees'... | 7 | {"id": "br-c11:70:19", "sense_key": "match%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 19, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Calm , dignified , composed , `` superbly eloquent '' , Mr. Kennedy always [TARGET] knew [/TARGET] everything about everybody . | [
"be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; \"She doesn't know this composer\"; \"Do you know my sister?\" \"We know this movie\"",
"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; \"I know that the President lied to the people\"; \"I want to ... | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:71:13", "sense_key": "know%2:31:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 13, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He [TARGET] enlisted [/TARGET] a staff of loyal experts and of many zealous volunteers . | [
"join the military",
"engage somebody to enter the army",
"as of aid, help, services, or support"
] | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:72:1", "sense_key": "enlist%2:40:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Every decision was [TARGET] made [/TARGET] quickly on sound grounds . | [
"have a bowel movement; \"The dog had made in the flower beds\"",
"eliminate urine; \"Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug\"",
"behave in a certain way; \"make merry\"",
"act in a certain way so as to acquire; \"make friends\"; \"make enemies\"",
"give certain properties to something; \"get someone ... | 37 | {"id": "br-c11:73:3", "sense_key": "make%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Efficiency was [TARGET] enforced [/TARGET] and nothing was left to chance . | [
"ensure observance of laws and rules; \"Apply the rules to everyone\";",
"compel or impose; \"Social relations impose courtesy\""
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:74:2", "sense_key": "enforce%2:41:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Efficiency was enforced and nothing was [TARGET] left [/TARGET] to chance . | [
"let be; leave alone or undisturbed; \"leave the door open!\"",
"leave unchanged or unaltered; \"leave it as is\"",
"be survived by after one's death: \"He left six children\"",
"leave behind; \"I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant\"",
"leave behind; \"She left a mess when she moved out\"; \"His good luck... | 14 | {"id": "br-c11:74:6", "sense_key": "leave%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 6, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Kennedy did not [TARGET] neglect [/TARGET] to cultivate the personal friendship of reporters . | [
"leave undone or leave out; \"How could I miss that typo?\"; \"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten\"",
"give little attention or respect to",
"fail to attend to; \"he neglects his children\"",
"fail to do something; leave something undone; \"She failed to notice that her child was no longer i... | 3 | {"id": "br-c11:75:3", "sense_key": "neglect%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Kennedy did not neglect to [TARGET] cultivate [/TARGET] the personal friendship of reporters . | [
"adapt to the environment; \"domesticate plants\"",
"foster the growth of",
"prepare for crops, of soil",
"train to be discriminative; as of taste or judgment; \"Cultivate your musical taste\"; \"Train your tastebuds\"; \"She is well schooled in poetry\""
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:75:5", "sense_key": "cultivate%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. White [TARGET] admires [/TARGET] him profoundly and leaves no doubt that he is a Democrat himself who expects Mr. Kennedy to be a fine President . | [
"feel admiration for",
"look at with admiration"
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:76:1", "sense_key": "admire%2:37:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. White admires him profoundly and [TARGET] leaves [/TARGET] no doubt that he is a Democrat himself who expects Mr. Kennedy to be a fine President . | [
"let be; leave alone or undisturbed; \"leave the door open!\"",
"leave unchanged or unaltered; \"leave it as is\"",
"be survived by after one's death: \"He left six children\"",
"leave behind; \"I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant\"",
"leave behind; \"She left a mess when she moved out\"; \"His good luck... | 14 | {"id": "br-c11:76:5", "sense_key": "leave%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. White admires him profoundly and leaves no doubt that he [TARGET] is [/TARGET] a Democrat himself who expects Mr. Kennedy to be a fine President . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:76:9", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. White admires him profoundly and leaves no doubt that he is a Democrat himself who [TARGET] expects [/TARGET] Mr. Kennedy to be a fine President . | [
"be pregnant with; \"She is bearing his child\"; \"The are expecting another child in January\"",
"look forward to the birth of a child; \"She is expecting in March\"",
"regard something as probable or likely; \"The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow\"",
"look forward to the probably occurrence of... | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:76:14", "sense_key": "expect%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. White admires him profoundly and leaves no doubt that he is a Democrat himself who expects Mr. Kennedy to [TARGET] be [/TARGET] a fine President . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:76:17", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 17, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Throughout `` The Making of a President '' Mr. White [TARGET] shows [/TARGET] wonderfully well how the pressures pile up on candidates , how decisions have constantly to be made , how fatigue and illness and nervous strain wear candidates down , how subordinates play key roles . | [
"establish the validity of something; \"This behavior shows his true nature\"",
"provide evidence for; \"The blood test showed that he was the father\"; \"Her behavior testified to her incompetence\"",
"indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; \"I showed the customer the ... | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:77:5", "sense_key": "show%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Throughout `` The Making of a President '' Mr. White shows wonderfully well how the pressures [TARGET] pile up [/TARGET] on candidates , how decisions have constantly to be made , how fatigue and illness and nervous strain wear candidates down , how subordinates play key roles . | [
"collect or gather; \"Journals are accumulating in my office\"",
"arrange into piles or stacks; \"She piled up her books in my living room\"",
"get together"
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:77:11", "sense_key": "pile_up%2:30:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Throughout `` The Making of a President '' Mr. White shows wonderfully well how the pressures pile up on candidates , how decisions have constantly to be made , how fatigue and illness and nervous strain wear candidates down , how subordinates [TARGET] play [/TARGET] key roles . | [
"engage in an activity as if it were a game: \"They played games on their opponents\"",
"pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; \"He acted the idiot\"; \"She plays deaf when the news are bad\"",
"exhaust (a hooked fish) by allowing it to pull on the line",
"consider not very seriously; \"He is tr... | 26 | {"id": "br-c11:77:35", "sense_key": "play%2:41:12::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 35, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Here [TARGET] are [/TARGET] several : | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 6 | {"id": "br-c11:79:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` The root question in American politics [TARGET] is [/TARGET] always : | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 8 | {"id": "br-c11:80:7", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Who 's the Man to [TARGET] See [/TARGET] ? | [
"consider or deem to be; regard; \"She views this quite differently from me\"; \"I consider her to be shallow\"",
"perceive mentally, as of an idea; \"Now I see!\"; \"I just can't see your point\"",
"get to know or become aware of; \"I learned that she has two grown-up children\"; \"I see that you have been pro... | 7 | {"id": "br-c11:81:5", "sense_key": "see%2:35:09::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To [TARGET] understand [/TARGET] American politics is , simply , to know people , to know the relative weight of names - who are heroes , who are straw men , who controls , who does not . | [
"know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; \"She did not understand her husband\"; \"I understand what she means\"",
"perceive mentally, as of an idea; \"Now I see!\"; \"I just can't see your point\"",
"believe to be the case; \"I understand you have no previous experience?\"",
"make sense of a language; ... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:82:1", "sense_key": "understand%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To understand American politics [TARGET] is [/TARGET] , simply , to know people , to know the relative weight of names - who are heroes , who are straw men , who controls , who does not . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 8 | {"id": "br-c11:82:4", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 4, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To understand American politics is , simply , to [TARGET] know [/TARGET] people , to know the relative weight of names - who are heroes , who are straw men , who controls , who does not . | [
"be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; \"She doesn't know this composer\"; \"Do you know my sister?\" \"We know this movie\"",
"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; \"I know that the President lied to the people\"; \"I want to ... | 3 | {"id": "br-c11:82:9", "sense_key": "know%2:31:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To understand American politics is , simply , to know people , to [TARGET] know [/TARGET] the relative weight of names - who are heroes , who are straw men , who controls , who does not . | [
"be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; \"She doesn't know this composer\"; \"Do you know my sister?\" \"We know this movie\"",
"be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; \"I know that the President lied to the people\"; \"I want to ... | 3 | {"id": "br-c11:82:13", "sense_key": "know%2:31:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 13, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To understand American politics is , simply , to know people , to know the relative weight of names - who [TARGET] are [/TARGET] heroes , who are straw men , who controls , who does not . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:82:21", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 21, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To understand American politics is , simply , to know people , to know the relative weight of names - who are heroes , who [TARGET] are [/TARGET] straw men , who controls , who does not . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:82:25", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 25, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To understand American politics is , simply , to know people , to know the relative weight of names - who are heroes , who are straw men , who [TARGET] controls [/TARGET] , who does not . | [
"have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; \"Do you control these data?\"",
"be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; \"He verified that the valves were closed\"; \"See that the curtains are closed\"; \"control the quality of the product\"",
"verify by using a duplicate r... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:82:29", "sense_key": "control%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 29, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But to [TARGET] operate [/TARGET] in American politics one must go a step further - one must build a bridge to such names , establish a warmth , a personal connection '' . | [
"perform surgery on; \"The doctors operated ont he patient but failed to save his life\"",
"ferment; \"What is working in the minds of the people?\"",
"perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense",
"handle and cause to function; \"do not operate machine... | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:83:2", "sense_key": "operate%2:33:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But to operate in American politics one must [TARGET] go [/TARGET] a step further - one must build a bridge to such names , establish a warmth , a personal connection '' . | [
"pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; \"She died from cancer\"; \"They children perished in the fire\"; \"The patient went peacefully\"",
"follow a certain course; \"The inauguration went well\"; \"how did your interview go?\"",
"progress by being c... | 16 | {"id": "br-c11:83:8", "sense_key": "go%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 8, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But to operate in American politics one must go a step further - one must [TARGET] build [/TARGET] a bridge to such names , establish a warmth , a personal connection '' . | [
"form steadily; \"Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly\"",
"improve the cleansing action of; build detergents\"",
"increase or strengthen gradually; \"This investment is building interest\"; \"We worked up courage\"",
"develop and grow; \"Suspense was building right from the beginning of the oper... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:83:15", "sense_key": "build%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 15, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But to operate in American politics one must go a step further - one must build a bridge to such names , [TARGET] establish [/TARGET] a warmth , a personal connection '' . | [
"establish the validity of something; \"This behavior shows his true nature\"",
"institute, enact, or establish; \"make laws\"",
"use as a basis for; found on; \"base a claim on some observation\"",
"place; \"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz\"",
"set up or lay the groundwork for; \"establish a new dep... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:83:22", "sense_key": "establish%2:36:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 22, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` In the hard life of politics it [TARGET] is [/TARGET] well known that no platform nor any program advanced by either major American party has any purpose beyond expressing emotion '' . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:84:8", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 8, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` In the hard life of politics it is well known that no platform nor any program [TARGET] advanced [/TARGET] by either major American party has any purpose beyond expressing emotion '' . | [
"make progress; \"He progressed well in school\"",
"rise in rate or price; \"The stock market gained 24 points today\"",
"increase or raise; \"boost the voltage in an electrical circuit\"",
"develop further; \"We are advancing technology every day\"",
"bring forward for consideration or acceptance; \"advanc... | 4 | {"id": "br-c11:84:17", "sense_key": "advance%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 17, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` In the hard life of politics it is well known that no platform nor any program advanced by either major American party [TARGET] has [/TARGET] any purpose beyond expressing emotion '' . | [
"give birth (to a newborn); \"My wife had twins yesterday!\"",
"suffer from; be ill with; \"She has arthritis\"",
"of injuries and illnesses: \"She suffered a fracture in the accident\"; \"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars\"; \"She got a bruise on her leg\"; \"He got his arm broken in the sc... | 10 | {"id": "br-c11:84:22", "sense_key": "have%2:40:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 22, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` All platforms [TARGET] are [/TARGET] meaningless : the program of either party is what lies in the vision and conscience of the candidate the party chooses to lead it '' . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:85:3", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` All platforms are meaningless : the program of either party [TARGET] is [/TARGET] what lies in the vision and conscience of the candidate the party chooses to lead it '' . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 8 | {"id": "br-c11:85:11", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` All platforms are meaningless : the program of either party is what lies in the vision and conscience of the candidate the party [TARGET] chooses [/TARGET] to lead it '' . | [
"pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; \"Take any one of these cards\"; \"Choose a good husband for your daughter\"; \"She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her\"",
"see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; \"She chose not ... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:85:23", "sense_key": "choose%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 23, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` All platforms are meaningless : the program of either party is what lies in the vision and conscience of the candidate the party chooses to [TARGET] lead [/TARGET] it '' . | [
"cause to undertake a certain action; \"Her greed led her to forge the checks\"",
"preside over; \"John moderated the discussion\"",
"lead; \"conduct an orchestra\"",
"travel in front of; go in advance of others: \"The procession was headed by John\"",
"take somebody somewhere; \"We lead him to our chief\";... | 6 | {"id": "br-c11:85:25", "sense_key": "lead%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 25, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Nostalgia Week at Lewisohn Stadium , which had [TARGET] begun [/TARGET] with the appearance of the 70 - year-old Mischa Elman on Tuesday night , continued last night as Lily Pons led the list of celebrities in an evening of French operatic excerpts . | [
"take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: \"We began working at dawn\"; \"Who will start?\" \"Get working as soon as the sun rises!\"",
"set in motion, cause to start; \"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East\"; \"The Iraquis began hostilities\"; \"begin a new chapter in your life\"",
"begin t... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:86:7", "sense_key": "begin%2:30:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Nostalgia Week at Lewisohn Stadium , which had begun with the appearance of the 70 - year-old Mischa Elman on Tuesday night , [TARGET] continued [/TARGET] last night as Lily Pons led the list of celebrities in an evening of French operatic excerpts . | [
"exist over a prolonged period of time; \"The bad weather continued for two more weeks\"",
"continue to speak: \"I know it's hard,\" he continued, \"but there is no choice.\"",
"move ahead; travel onward; \"We proceeded towards Washington\"; \"She continued in the direction of the hills\"; can also be used in t... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:86:21", "sense_key": "continue%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 21, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Nostalgia Week at Lewisohn Stadium , which had begun with the appearance of the 70 - year-old Mischa Elman on Tuesday night , continued last night as Lily Pons [TARGET] led [/TARGET] the list of celebrities in an evening of French operatic excerpts . | [
"cause to undertake a certain action; \"Her greed led her to forge the checks\"",
"preside over; \"John moderated the discussion\"",
"lead; \"conduct an orchestra\"",
"travel in front of; go in advance of others: \"The procession was headed by John\"",
"take somebody somewhere; \"We lead him to our chief\";... | 9 | {"id": "br-c11:86:26", "sense_key": "lead%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 26, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Miss Pons [TARGET] is [/TARGET] certainly not 70 - no singer ever is - and yet the rewards of the evening again lay more in paying tribute to a great figure of times gone by than in present accomplishments . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:87:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Miss Pons is certainly not 70 - no singer ever [TARGET] is [/TARGET] - and yet the rewards of the evening again lay more in paying tribute to a great figure of times gone by than in present accomplishments . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:87:9", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Miss Pons is certainly not 70 - no singer ever is - and yet the rewards of the evening again [TARGET] lay [/TARGET] more in paying tribute to a great figure of times gone by than in present accomplishments . | [
"tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; \"Don't lie to your parents\"; \"She lied when she told me she was only 29\"",
"be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; \"The sick man lay in bed all day\"l \"the books are lying on the shelf\"",
"assume a resting position, as on a flat surface",
... | 5 | {"id": "br-c11:87:19", "sense_key": "lie%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 19, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Miss Pons is certainly not 70 - no singer ever is - and yet the rewards of the evening again lay more in [TARGET] paying [/TARGET] tribute to a great figure of times gone by than in present accomplishments . | [
"as in the expressions \"give thought to\"; \"give priority to\", etc.",
"bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; \"You'll pay for this!\"; \"She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly\"; \"You'll pay for this opinion later\"",
"convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; best... | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:87:22", "sense_key": "pay%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 22, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Miss Pons is certainly not 70 - no singer ever is - and yet the rewards of the evening again lay more in paying tribute to a great figure of times [TARGET] gone by [/TARGET] than in present accomplishments . | [
"be or act in accordance with; \"Go by this rule and you'll be safe\"",
"be called; go by a certain name; \"She goes by her maiden name again\"",
"pass by, as of time",
"pass by; \"A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window\"; \"He passed his professor in the hall\"; \"One line of soldiers sur... | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:87:30", "sense_key": "go_by%2:38:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 30, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The better part of gallantry might [TARGET] be [/TARGET] , perhaps , to honor her perennial good looks and her gorgeous rainbow-hued gown , and to chide the orchestra for not playing in the same keys in which she had chosen to sing . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 8 | {"id": "br-c11:88:6", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 6, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The better part of gallantry might be , perhaps , to [TARGET] honor [/TARGET] her perennial good looks and her gorgeous rainbow-hued gown , and to chide the orchestra for not playing in the same keys in which she had chosen to sing . | [
"confer honor on",
"accept as pay; \"we honor checks and drafts\"",
"bestow honor upon; \"Today we honor our soldiers\"",
"show respect towards; \"honor your parents!\""
] | 3 | {"id": "br-c11:88:11", "sense_key": "honor%2:41:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The better part of gallantry might be , perhaps , to honor her perennial good looks and her gorgeous rainbow-hued gown , and to chide the orchestra for not [TARGET] playing [/TARGET] in the same keys in which she had chosen to sing . | [
"engage in an activity as if it were a game: \"They played games on their opponents\"",
"pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; \"He acted the idiot\"; \"She plays deaf when the news are bad\"",
"exhaust (a hooked fish) by allowing it to pull on the line",
"consider not very seriously; \"He is tr... | 20 | {"id": "br-c11:88:28", "sense_key": "play%2:36:12::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 28, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The better part of gallantry might be , perhaps , to honor her perennial good looks and her gorgeous rainbow-hued gown , and to chide the orchestra for not playing in the same keys in which she had [TARGET] chosen [/TARGET] to sing . | [
"pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; \"Take any one of these cards\"; \"Choose a good husband for your daughter\"; \"She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her\"",
"see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; \"She chose not ... | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:88:36", "sense_key": "choose%2:31:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 36, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The better part of gallantry might be , perhaps , to honor her perennial good looks and her gorgeous rainbow-hued gown , and to chide the orchestra for not playing in the same keys in which she had chosen to [TARGET] sing [/TARGET] . | [
"make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; \"the kettle was singing\"; \"the bullet sang past his ear\"",
"divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; \"Be careful--his secretary talks\"",
"to make melodious sounds; \"The nightingale was singing\"",
"produce musical tones with the voice; \"She was sin... | 3 | {"id": "br-c11:88:38", "sense_key": "sing%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 38, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
No orchestra , however , could be [TARGET] expected [/TARGET] to follow a singer through quite as many adventures with pitch as Miss Pons encountered last night . | [
"be pregnant with; \"She is bearing his child\"; \"The are expecting another child in January\"",
"look forward to the birth of a child; \"She is expecting in March\"",
"regard something as probable or likely; \"The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow\"",
"look forward to the probably occurrence of... | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:89:7", "sense_key": "expect%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
No orchestra , however , could be expected to [TARGET] follow [/TARGET] a singer through quite as many adventures with pitch as Miss Pons encountered last night . | [
"behave in accordance or in agreement with; \"Follow a pattern\"; \"Follow my example\"",
"keep informed; \"He kept up on his country's foreign policies\"",
"keep to: \"Stick to your principles\"; \"stick to the diet\"",
"follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; \"We must follow ... | 6 | {"id": "br-c11:89:9", "sense_key": "follow%2:36:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
No orchestra , however , could be expected to follow a singer through quite as many adventures with pitch as Miss Pons [TARGET] encountered [/TARGET] last night . | [
"contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; \"Princeton plays Yale this weekend\"; \"Charlie likes to play Mary\"",
"meet; \"I'll probably see you at the meeting\"; \"How nice to see you again!\"",
"come upon, as if by accident; meet with; \"We find this idea in Plato\"; \"I happened upon the most... | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:89:20", "sense_key": "encounter%2:38:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
In all fairness , there [TARGET] were [/TARGET] flashes of the great stylist of yesteryear , flashes even of the old consummate vocalism . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 6 | {"id": "br-c11:90:4", "sense_key": "be%2:42:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 4, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
One such moment [TARGET] came [/TARGET] in the breathtaking way Miss Pons sang the cadenza to Meyerbeer 's `` Shadow Song '' . | [
"come to pass; arrive, as in due course; \"The first success came three days later\"; \"It came as a shock\"; \"Dawn comes early in June\"",
"be found or available; \"These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled\"",
"reach a state, relation, or condition; \"The water came to a boil\"; \"We ... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:91:3", "sense_key": "come%2:30:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
One such moment came in the breathtaking way Miss Pons [TARGET] sang [/TARGET] the cadenza to Meyerbeer 's `` Shadow Song '' . | [
"make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; \"the kettle was singing\"; \"the bullet sang past his ear\"",
"divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; \"Be careful--his secretary talks\"",
"to make melodious sounds; \"The nightingale was singing\"",
"produce musical tones with the voice; \"She was sin... | 4 | {"id": "br-c11:91:9", "sense_key": "sing%2:36:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The years suddenly [TARGET] fell away [/TARGET] at this point . | [
"get worse; \"My grades are slipping\"",
"diminish in size or intensity"
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:92:3", "sense_key": "fall_away%2:30:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
On the whole , however , one must [TARGET] wonder [/TARGET] at just what it is that forces a beloved artist to besmirch her own reputation as time marches inexorably on . | [
"have a wish or desire to know something; \"He wondered who had built this beautiful church\"",
"place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; \"I wonder whether this was the right thing to do\"; \"she wondered whether it would snow tonight\"",
"be amazed at; \"We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilitie... | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:93:6", "sense_key": "wonder%2:32:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 6, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
On the whole , however , one must wonder at just what it [TARGET] is [/TARGET] that forces a beloved artist to besmirch her own reputation as time marches inexorably on . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 8 | {"id": "br-c11:93:11", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
On the whole , however , one must wonder at just what it is that [TARGET] forces [/TARGET] a beloved artist to besmirch her own reputation as time marches inexorably on . | [
"impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; \"She forced her diet fads on him\"",
"squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; \"I squeezed myself into the corner\"",
"cause to move along the ground by pulling; \"draw a wagon\"; \"pull a sled\"",
"physical or metaphorical, as in \"She rammed her mi... | 6 | {"id": "br-c11:93:13", "sense_key": "force%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 13, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
On the whole , however , one must wonder at just what it is that forces a beloved artist to [TARGET] besmirch [/TARGET] her own reputation as time marches inexorably on . | [
"charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; \"The journalists have defamed me!\" The article in the paper sullied my reputation\"",
"smear so as to make dirty or stained"
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:93:18", "sense_key": "besmirch%2:35:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 18, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
[TARGET] Sharing [/TARGET] the program was the young French-Canadian tenor Richard Verreau , making his stadium debut on this occasion . | [
"communicate; \"I'd like to share this idea with you\"",
"give out as one's portion or share",
"have, give, or receive a share of: \"We shared the cake\"",
"use jointly or in common",
"share in common; \"Our children share a love of music\""
] | 3 | {"id": "br-c11:94:0", "sense_key": "share%2:40:02::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 0, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Verreau [TARGET] began [/TARGET] shakily , with a voice that tended toward an unpleasant whiteness when pushed beyond middle volume . | [
"take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: \"We began working at dawn\"; \"Who will start?\" \"Get working as soon as the sun rises!\"",
"set in motion, cause to start; \"The U.S. started a war in the Middle East\"; \"The Iraquis began hostilities\"; \"begin a new chapter in your life\"",
"begin t... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:95:1", "sense_key": "begin%2:30:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Verreau began shakily , with a voice that [TARGET] tended [/TARGET] toward an unpleasant whiteness when pushed beyond middle volume . | [
"tend to something or somebody",
"keep watch on; \"tend a fire\"",
"exhibit an inclination or tendency",
"have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; \"She tends to be nervous before her lectures\""
] | 2 | {"id": "br-c11:95:8", "sense_key": "tend%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 8, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Mr. Verreau began shakily , with a voice that tended toward an unpleasant whiteness when [TARGET] pushed [/TARGET] beyond middle volume . | [
"make publicity for; try to sell",
"press, drive, or impel to action; \"He pushed her to finish her doctorate\"",
"exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end; \"The liberal party pushed for reforms\"",
"move with force, \"He pushed the table into a corner\"; \"She pushed her chin ou... | 1 | {"id": "br-c11:95:14", "sense_key": "push%2:32:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Later on this problem [TARGET] vanished [/TARGET] , and the `` Flower Song '' from Bizet 's `` Carmen '' was beautifully and intelligently projected . | [
"get lost, esp. without warning or explanation; \"He disappeared without a trace\"",
"decrease rapidly, as of money",
"cease to exist; \"An entire civilization vanished\"",
"pass away rapidly; \"Time flies like an arrow\"; \"Time fleeing beneath him\"",
"become invisible or unnoticeable; \"The effect vanish... | 0 | {"id": "br-c11:96:3", "sense_key": "vanish%2:30:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Later on this problem vanished , and the `` Flower Song '' from Bizet 's `` Carmen '' was beautifully and intelligently [TARGET] projected [/TARGET] . | [
"present for consideration",
"regard as objective; in psychology",
"communicate vividly; \"He projected his feelings\"",
"throw, send, or cast forward; \"project a missile\"",
"transfer from one domain into another, as of ideas and principles",
"imagine; see in one's mind; \"I can't see him on horseback!\... | 9 | {"id": "br-c11:96:20", "sense_key": "project%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c11", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
For a second month in a row , Multnomah County may [TARGET] be [/TARGET] short of general assistance money in its budget to handle an unusually high summer month 's need , the state public welfare commission was told Friday . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-a23:1:10", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 10, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
For a second month in a row , Multnomah County may be short of general assistance money in its budget to [TARGET] handle [/TARGET] an unusually high summer month 's need , the state public welfare commission was told Friday . | [
"deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; \"This book deals with incest\"; \"The course covered all of Western Civilization\"",
"touch, lift, or hold with the hands",
"handle effectively; \"The burglar wielded an axe\"",
"hold and move repeatedly",
"be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; ... | 4 | {"id": "br-a23:1:20", "sense_key": "handle%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
For a second month in a row , Multnomah County may be short of general assistance money in its budget to handle an unusually high summer month 's need , the state public welfare commission [TARGET] was [/TARGET] told Friday . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-a23:1:34", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 34, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
For a second month in a row , Multnomah County may be short of general assistance money in its budget to handle an unusually high summer month 's need , the state public welfare commission was [TARGET] told [/TARGET] Friday . | [
"discern or comprehend; \"He could tell that she was unhappy\"",
"mark as different; \"We distinguish several kinds of maple\"",
"let something be known; \"Tell them that you will be late\"",
"narrate or give a detailed account of; \"Tell what happened\"; \"The father told a story to his child\"",
"tell som... | 3 | {"id": "br-a23:1:35", "sense_key": "tell%2:32:01::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 35, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
It [TARGET] is [/TARGET] the only county in the state so far this month reporting a possible shortage in GA category , for which emergency allotment can be given by the state if necessary . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-a23:2:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
It is the only county in the state so far this month [TARGET] reporting [/TARGET] a possible shortage in GA category , for which emergency allotment can be given by the state if necessary . | [
"to give an account or representation of in words: \"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental.\"",
"make known to the authorities; \"One student reported the other to the principal\"",
"complain about; make a charge against; \"I reported her to the superviser\"",
"announce one's ... | 0 | {"id": "br-a23:2:11", "sense_key": "report%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
It is the only county in the state so far this month reporting a possible shortage in GA category , for which emergency allotment can be [TARGET] given [/TARGET] by the state if necessary . | [
"proffer, as of a body part; \"She gave her hand to her little sister\"",
"consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; \"She gave herself to many men\"",
"occur; \"what gives?\" (slang)",
"estimate the duration or outcome of something; \"He gave the patient three months to live\"; \"I gave him a very ... | 35 | {"id": "br-a23:2:25", "sense_key": "give%2:40:08::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 25, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
William Smythe , director of field service , [TARGET] told [/TARGET] the commissioners that Multnomah , as of Aug. 22 , had spent $ 58918 out of its budgeted $ 66000 in the category , leaving only $ 7082 for the rest of the month . | [
"discern or comprehend; \"He could tell that she was unhappy\"",
"mark as different; \"We distinguish several kinds of maple\"",
"let something be known; \"Tell them that you will be late\"",
"narrate or give a detailed account of; \"Tell what happened\"; \"The father told a story to his child\"",
"tell som... | 3 | {"id": "br-a23:3:7", "sense_key": "tell%2:32:01::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
William Smythe , director of field service , told the commissioners that Multnomah , as of Aug. 22 , had [TARGET] spent [/TARGET] $ 58918 out of its budgeted $ 66000 in the category , leaving only $ 7082 for the rest of the month . | [
"pay out; \"spend money\"",
"spend completely; \"I spend my pocket money in two days\"",
"pass in a specific way; as of time"
] | 0 | {"id": "br-a23:3:19", "sense_key": "spend%2:40:00::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 19, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
William Smythe , director of field service , told the commissioners that Multnomah , as of Aug. 22 , had spent $ 58918 out of its budgeted $ 66000 in the category , [TARGET] leaving [/TARGET] only $ 7082 for the rest of the month . | [
"let be; leave alone or undisturbed; \"leave the door open!\"",
"leave unchanged or unaltered; \"leave it as is\"",
"be survived by after one's death: \"He left six children\"",
"leave behind; \"I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant\"",
"leave behind; \"She left a mess when she moved out\"; \"His good luck... | 14 | {"id": "br-a23:3:32", "sense_key": "leave%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 32, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
At the rate of need [TARGET] indicated [/TARGET] in the early weeks of the month , this could mean a shortage of as high as $ 17000 . | [
"to state or express briefly: \"indicated his wishes in a letter.\"",
"be a signal for or a symptom of; \"These symptoms indicate a serious illness\"",
"give evidence of; \"The evidence argues for your claim\"; \"The results indicate the need for more work\"",
"indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; e... | 3 | {"id": "br-a23:4:5", "sense_key": "indicate%2:32:03::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
At the rate of need indicated in the early weeks of the month , this could [TARGET] mean [/TARGET] a shortage of as high as $ 17000 . | [
"have in mind as a purpose; \"I mean no harm\"; \"I only meant to help you\"; \"She didn't think to harm me\"; \"We thought to return early that night\"",
"\"I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France\"; \"Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!\"",
"destine or designate for a certai... | 5 | {"id": "br-a23:4:16", "sense_key": "mean%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 16, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But it probably will [TARGET] be [/TARGET] less because of a usual slackening during the last weeks of each month , Smythe said . | [
"spend or use time: \"I may be an hour\"",
"work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; \"He is a herpetologist; \"She is our resident philosopher\"; \"She works as a waitress to put herself through law school\"",
"have an existence, be extant; \"Is there a God?\"",
"have lif... | 5 | {"id": "br-a23:5:4", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-a23", "token_index": 4, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
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