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The `` belaboring '' is of course jocular , yet James was not lacking in fundamental seriousness - unless we measure him by that ultimate seriousness of the great religious leader or thinker who [TARGET] stakes [/TARGET] all on his vision of God . | [
"place a bet on; \"Which horse are you backing?\" \"I'm betting on the new horse\"",
"mark with a stake; \"stake out the path\"",
"tie or fasten to a stake; \"stake your goat\"",
"kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; \"the enemies were impaled and left to die\"",
"put at risk; \"I will stake my good... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:18:32", "sense_key": "stake%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 32, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
To James this vision never quite [TARGET] came [/TARGET] , despite his appreciation of it in others . | [
"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-c05:19:6", "sense_key": "come%2:30:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 6, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But there [TARGET] is [/TARGET] a dignity and even a hint of the inspired prophet in his words to one correspondent : `` You ask what I am going to ' reply ' to Bradley . | [
"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-c05:20:2", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But there is a dignity and even a hint of the inspired prophet in his words to one correspondent : `` You [TARGET] ask [/TARGET] what I am going to ' reply ' to Bradley . | [
"inquire about; \"I asked about their special today\"; \"He had to ask directions several times\"",
"make a request or demand for something to somebody; \"She asked him for a loan\"",
"direct or put; seek an answer to: \"ask a question\"; \"pose a problem to one's students\"",
"address a question to and expec... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:20:22", "sense_key": "ask%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 22, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But why [TARGET] need [/TARGET] one reply to everything and everybody ? | [
"have need of: \"This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner\"",
"have or feel a need for: \"always wanting for friends and money\"",
"be in want of",
"require as useful, just, or proper; \"It takes nerve to do what she did\"; \"success usually requires hard work\"; \"This job asks a lot of patience a... | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:21:2", "sense_key": "need%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
I [TARGET] think [/TARGET] that readers generally hate minute polemics and recriminations . | [
"bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; \"She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam\"",
"use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; \"I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere\"",
"judge ... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:22:1", "sense_key": "think%2:31:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
All polemic of ours should , I [TARGET] believe [/TARGET] , be either very broad statements of contrast , or fine points treated singly , and as far as possible impersonally . | [
"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-c05:23:7", "sense_key": "believe%2:31:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
All polemic of ours should , I believe , [TARGET] be [/TARGET] either very broad statements of contrast , or fine points treated singly , and as far as possible impersonally . | [
"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-c05:23:9", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
All polemic of ours should , I believe , be either very broad statements of contrast , or fine points [TARGET] treated [/TARGET] singly , and as far as possible impersonally . | [
"provide treatment for; \"The doctor treated my broken leg\"",
"subject to a process or treatment, often with the aim of readying for some purpose; \"process cheese\"; \"process hair\"; \"process water\"",
"deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; \"This book deals with incest\"; \"The course ... | 5 | {"id": "br-c05:23:20", "sense_key": "treat%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
As far as the rising generation goes , why not simply [TARGET] express [/TARGET] ourselves positively , and trust that the truer view quietly will displace the other . | [
"articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; \"She expressed her anger\"; \"He uttered a curse\"",
"give expression to; \"She showed her disappointment\"",
"serve as a means for expressing something: \"The painting of Mary carries motherly love\"; \"His voice carried a lot af anger\"",
"indica... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:24:11", "sense_key": "express%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
As far as the rising generation goes , why not simply express ourselves positively , and [TARGET] trust [/TARGET] that the truer view quietly will displace the other . | [
"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... | 5 | {"id": "br-c05:24:16", "sense_key": "trust%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 16, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
As far as the rising generation goes , why not simply express ourselves positively , and trust that the truer view quietly will [TARGET] displace [/TARGET] the other . | [
"put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; \"The colonists displaced the natives\"",
"remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; \"The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space\"",
"force to move; \"the refugees were displaced by the war\"",
"take the place ... | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:24:23", "sense_key": "displace%2:38:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 23, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Here again ' God will [TARGET] know [/TARGET] his own '' ' . | [
"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 ... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:25:5", "sense_key": "know%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The collected works of James Thurber , now [TARGET] numbering [/TARGET] 25 volumes ( including the present exhibit ) represent a high standard of literary excellence , as every schoolboy knows . | [
"place a limit on the number of",
"determine the number or amount of; \"Can you count the books on your shelf?\"; \"Count your change\"",
"enumerate; \"We must number the names of the great mathematicians\"",
"give numbers to; \"You should number the pages of the thesis\"",
"add up in number or quantity; \"... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:26:7", "sense_key": "number%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The collected works of James Thurber , now numbering 25 volumes ( [TARGET] including [/TARGET] the present exhibit ) represent a high standard of literary excellence , as every schoolboy knows . | [
"add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; \"We must include this chemical element in the group\"",
"consider as part of something; \"I include you in the list of culprits\"",
"allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and resp... | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:26:11", "sense_key": "include%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The collected works of James Thurber , now numbering 25 volumes ( including the present exhibit ) [TARGET] represent [/TARGET] a high standard of literary excellence , as every schoolboy knows . | [
"to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)",
"serve as a means of expressing something",
"express indirectly; be a symbol of; \"What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?\"",
"create an image or likeness of",
"play a role or part; \"Gielgud played Hamlet\"; \"She wants to act Lady Macbeth, b... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:26:16", "sense_key": "represent%2:32:02::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 16, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The collected works of James Thurber , now numbering 25 volumes ( including the present exhibit ) represent a high standard of literary excellence , as every schoolboy [TARGET] knows [/TARGET] . | [
"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-c05:26:27", "sense_key": "know%2:31:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 27, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The primitive-eclogue quality of his drawings , akin to that of graffiti [TARGET] scratched [/TARGET] on a cave wall , is equally well known . | [
"cut the surface of; wear away the surface of",
"cause friction",
"scrape or rub as if to relieve itching"
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:27:11", "sense_key": "scratch%2:35:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The primitive-eclogue quality of his drawings , akin to that of graffiti scratched on a cave wall , [TARGET] is [/TARGET] equally well known . | [
"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-c05:27:17", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 17, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
About all that [TARGET] remains [/TARGET] to be said is that the present selection , most of which appeared first in The New Yorker , comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace , held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book . | [
"stay the same; remain in a certain state; \"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it\"; \"rest assured\"; \"stay alone\"; \"He remained unmoved by her tears\"; \"The bad weather continued for another week\"",
"stay behind; \"The smell stayed in the room\"; \"The hostility remained long after they... | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:28:3", "sense_key": "remain%2:42:05::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
About all that remains to be [TARGET] said [/TARGET] is that the present selection , most of which appeared first in The New Yorker , comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace , held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book . | [
"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-c05:28:6", "sense_key": "say%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 6, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
About all that remains to be said [TARGET] is [/TARGET] that the present selection , most of which appeared first in The New Yorker , comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace , held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book . | [
"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-c05:28:7", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
About all that remains to be said is that the present selection , most of which [TARGET] appeared [/TARGET] first in The New Yorker , comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace , held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book . | [
"come into sight or view; \"He suddenly appeared at the wedding\"; \"A new star appeared on the horizon\"",
"be issued or published, as of news in a paper, a book, or a movie; \"Did your latest book appear yet?\" \"The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet\"",
"come into being or existence, or appear on the ... | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:28:15", "sense_key": "appear%2:30:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 15, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
About all that remains to be said is that the present selection , most of which appeared first in The New Yorker , [TARGET] comprises [/TARGET] ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace , held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book . | [
"include or contain; have as a component; \"A totally new idea is comprised in this paper\"; \"The record contains many old songs from the 1930's\"",
"be composed of; \"The land he conquered comprised several provinces\"",
"form or compose; \"This money is my only income\"; \"The stone wall was the backdrop for... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:28:21", "sense_key": "comprise%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 21, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
About all that remains to be said is that the present selection , most of which appeared first in The New Yorker , comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace , [TARGET] held [/TARGET] together by little more than a slender thread cunningly inserted in the spine of the book . | [
"keep from exhaling or expelling; \"hold your breath\"",
"keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; \"take for granted\"; \"view as important\"; \"hold these truths to be self-evident\"; \"I hold him personally responsible\"",
"hold the attention of; \"The soprano held the audience\"; \"This story held ou... | 26 | {"id": "br-c05:28:30", "sense_key": "hold%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 30, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
About all that remains to be said is that the present selection , most of which appeared first in The New Yorker , comprises ( as usual ) a slightly unstrung necklace , held together by little more than a slender thread cunningly [TARGET] inserted [/TARGET] in the spine of the book . | [
"introduce; \"Insert your ticket here\"",
"insert casually; \"She slipped in a reference to her own work\"",
"put or introduce into the body of something; \"insert a picture into the text\"",
"fit snugly into"
] | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:28:39", "sense_key": "insert%2:35:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 39, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The one unifying note , if any , is [TARGET] sounded [/TARGET] in the initial article entitled : `` How to Get Through the Day '' . | [
"measure depths with a sounding line, as of a body of water",
"utter with vibrating vocal chords",
"make a certain noise or sound; \"She went `Mmmmm'\"; \"The gun went `bang'\"",
"cause to sound; \"sound the bell\"",
"announce by means of a sound; \"sound the alarm\"",
"give off a certain sound or sounds:... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:29:9", "sense_key": "sound%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The one unifying note , if any , is sounded in the initial article entitled : `` How to [TARGET] Get Through [/TARGET] the Day '' . | [
"finish a task completely; \"I finally got through this homework assignment\"",
"become clear suddenly; \"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him\"",
"be in communication with, establish communication with; \"Our advertisements reach millions\"",
"succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after ov... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:29:19", "sense_key": "get_through%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 19, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
It is [TARGET] repeated [/TARGET] at intervals in some rather sadly desperate word-games for insomniacs , the hospitalized , and others forced to rely on inner resources , including ( in the P 's alone ) `` palindromes '' , `` paraphrases '' , and `` parodies '' . | [
"happen or occur again; \"This is a recurring story\"",
"to say or state again: \"Mrs. Molvar, who kept reiterating her request..\", \"``Just barely'' , he said, and repeated his paraphrase:\"",
"to say again or imitate: \"followers echoing the cries of their leaders.\"",
"make or do or perform again",
"re... | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:30:2", "sense_key": "repeat%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
It is repeated at intervals in some rather sadly desperate word-games for insomniacs , the hospitalized , and others [TARGET] forced [/TARGET] to rely on inner resources , including ( in the P 's alone ) `` palindromes '' , `` paraphrases '' , and `` parodies '' . | [
"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... | 8 | {"id": "br-c05:30:18", "sense_key": "force%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 18, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
It is repeated at intervals in some rather sadly desperate word-games for insomniacs , the hospitalized , and others forced to rely on inner resources , [TARGET] including [/TARGET] ( in the P 's alone ) `` palindromes '' , `` paraphrases '' , and `` parodies '' . | [
"add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; \"We must include this chemical element in the group\"",
"consider as part of something; \"I include you in the list of culprits\"",
"allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and resp... | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:30:23", "sense_key": "include%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 23, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` The Tyranny of Trivia '' [TARGET] suggests [/TARGET] arbitrary alphabetical associations to induce slumber . | [
"make a proposal, declare a plan for something",
"call to mind or evoke",
"imply as a possibility; \"The evidence suggests a need for more clarification\"",
"suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine: \"Tetracycline is indicated in such cases\"",
"drop a hint; intimate by a hint"
] | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:31:6", "sense_key": "suggest%2:32:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 6, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` The Tyranny of Trivia '' suggests arbitrary alphabetical associations to [TARGET] induce [/TARGET] slumber . | [
"reason or establish by induction",
"cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner: \"The ads induced me to buy a VCR\"; \"My children finally got me to buy a computer\"; \"My wife made me buy a new sofa\"",
"cause to arise; \"induce a crisis\"",
"of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc."
] | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:31:11", "sense_key": "induce%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
And new vistas of hairshirt asceticism are [TARGET] opened [/TARGET] by scholarly monographs entitled : | [
"make available, as of an opportunity; \"This opens up new possibilities\"",
"become available; \"an opportunity opened up\"",
"make the opening move, in chess; \"Kasparov opened with a standard opening\"",
"cause to open or to become open; \"Mary opened the car door\"",
"become open; \"The door opened\"",
... | 8 | {"id": "br-c05:32:7", "sense_key": "open%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` Friends , Romans , Countrymen , [TARGET] Lend [/TARGET] Me Your Ear-Muffs '' , `` Such a Phrase as Drifts Through Dream '' , and `` The New Vocabularianism '' . | [
"give temporarily; let have for a limited time",
"of a quality, as in: \"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company\"; \"The music added a lot to the play\"; \"She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings\"; \"This adds a light note to the program\"",
"have certain characteristics of qualities for so... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:33:7", "sense_key": "lend%2:40:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` Friends , Romans , Countrymen , Lend Me Your Ear-Muffs '' , `` Such a Phrase as [TARGET] Drifts [/TARGET] Through Dream '' , and `` The New Vocabularianism '' . | [
"be driven or carried along",
"wander about aimlessly; \"The gypsies roamed the woods\"",
"be in motion due to some air current; \"The leaves were blowing in the wind\"; \"the boat drifted on the lake\"",
"wander from a direct course or at random",
"live irresponsibly or freely"
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:33:18", "sense_key": "drift%2:38:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 18, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Some of Thurber 's curative methods [TARGET] involve [/TARGET] strong potions of mixed metaphor , malapropism , and gobbledygook and are recommended for use only in extreme cases . | [
"make complex or intricate or complicated; \"The situation was rather involved\"",
"occupy or engage the interest of; \"His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon\"",
"wrap; \"The tower was involved in mist\"",
"have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; \"This decision involves man... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:34:6", "sense_key": "involve%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 6, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Some of Thurber 's curative methods involve strong potions of mixed metaphor , malapropism , and gobbledygook and are [TARGET] recommended [/TARGET] for use only in extreme cases . | [
"express a good opinion of",
"push for something"
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:34:19", "sense_key": "recommend%2:32:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 19, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
A burlesque paean entitled : `` Hark the Herald Tribune , Times , and All the Other Angels Sing '' brilliantly [TARGET] succeeds [/TARGET] in exaggerating even motion-picture ballyhooey . | [
"attain success or reach a goal; \"The enterprise succeeded\"; \"We succeeded in getting tickets to the show\"",
"be the successor of; \"Carter followed Ford\""
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:35:20", "sense_key": "succeed%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
A burlesque paean entitled : `` Hark the Herald Tribune , Times , and All the Other Angels Sing '' brilliantly succeeds in [TARGET] exaggerating [/TARGET] even motion-picture ballyhooey . | [
"to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: \" tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old_South'' imagery.\"",
"do something to an excessive degree: \"He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups\""
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:35:22", "sense_key": "exaggerate%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 22, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` How the Kooks Crumble '' [TARGET] features [/TARGET] an amusingly accurate take-off on sneaky announcers who attempt to homogenize radio - TV commercials , and `` The Watchers of the Night '' is a veritable waking nightmare . | [
"have as a feature; \"This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France\"",
"wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; \"she was sporting a new hat\""
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:36:3", "sense_key": "feature%2:42:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` How the Kooks Crumble '' features an amusingly accurate take-off on sneaky announcers who [TARGET] attempt [/TARGET] to homogenize radio - TV commercials , and `` The Watchers of the Night '' is a veritable waking nightmare . | [
"enter upon an activity or enterprise",
"make an effort or attempt; \"He tried to shake off his fears\"; \"The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps\"; \"The police attempted to stop the thief\"; \"He sought to improve himself\"; \"She always seeks to do good in the world\""
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:36:12", "sense_key": "attempt%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 12, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` How the Kooks Crumble '' features an amusingly accurate take-off on sneaky announcers who attempt to [TARGET] homogenize [/TARGET] radio - TV commercials , and `` The Watchers of the Night '' is a veritable waking nightmare . | [
"become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing; \"The two liquids homogenized in the blender\"",
"make equal or homogeneous as by mixing; \"homogenize the main ingredients\"",
"break up fat globules, as of dairy products; \"homogenized milk\""
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:36:14", "sense_key": "homogenize%2:30:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` How the Kooks Crumble '' features an amusingly accurate take-off on sneaky announcers who attempt to homogenize radio - TV commercials , and `` The Watchers of the Night '' [TARGET] is [/TARGET] a veritable waking nightmare . | [
"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-c05:36:28", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 28, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
A semi-serious literary document entitled `` The Wings of Henry James '' [TARGET] is [/TARGET] noteworthy , if only for a keenly trenchant though little-known comment on the master 's difficult later period by modest Owen Wister , author of `` The Virginian '' . | [
"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-c05:37:11", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
James , he [TARGET] remarks [/TARGET] in a letter to a friend , `` is attempting the impossible , namely , to produce upon the reader , as a painting produces upon the gazer , a number of superimposed , simultaneous impressions . | [
"make mention of; \"She observed that his presentation took up too much time\"; \"They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing\"",
"make or write comment to make a comment on"
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:38:3", "sense_key": "remark%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
James , he remarks in a letter to a friend , `` is [TARGET] attempting [/TARGET] the impossible , namely , to produce upon the reader , as a painting produces upon the gazer , a number of superimposed , simultaneous impressions . | [
"enter upon an activity or enterprise",
"make an effort or attempt; \"He tried to shake off his fears\"; \"The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps\"; \"The police attempted to stop the thief\"; \"He sought to improve himself\"; \"She always seeks to do good in the world\""
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:38:13", "sense_key": "attempt%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 13, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
James , he remarks in a letter to a friend , `` is attempting the impossible , namely , to [TARGET] produce [/TARGET] upon the reader , as a painting produces upon the gazer , a number of superimposed , simultaneous impressions . | [
"come to have, of physical features and attributes; \"He grew a beard\"; The patient developed abdominal pains\"; I got funny spots all over my body\"",
"create or manufacture a man-made product: \"We produce more cars than we can sell\"; \"The company has been making toys for two centuries\"",
"bring forth or ... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:38:20", "sense_key": "produce%2:36:02::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
James , he remarks in a letter to a friend , `` is attempting the impossible , namely , to produce upon the reader , as a painting [TARGET] produces [/TARGET] upon the gazer , a number of superimposed , simultaneous impressions . | [
"come to have, of physical features and attributes; \"He grew a beard\"; The patient developed abdominal pains\"; I got funny spots all over my body\"",
"create or manufacture a man-made product: \"We produce more cars than we can sell\"; \"The company has been making toys for two centuries\"",
"bring forth or ... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:38:28", "sense_key": "produce%2:36:02::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 28, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He would [TARGET] like [/TARGET] to put several sentences on top of each other so that you could read them all at once , and get all at once , the various shadings and complexities '' . | [
"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... | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:39:2", "sense_key": "like%2:37:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He would like to [TARGET] put [/TARGET] several sentences on top of each other so that you could read them all at once , and get all at once , the various shadings and complexities '' . | [
"arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; \"arrange my schedule;\" \"set up one's life\"; \"I put these memories with those of bygone times\"",
"estimate: \"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.\"",
"formulate in a particular style or language; \"I wouldn't put it that way\"; \"She cast her request in ver... | 5 | {"id": "br-c05:39:4", "sense_key": "put%2:35:05::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 4, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He would like to put several sentences on top of each other so that you could [TARGET] read [/TARGET] them all at once , and get all at once , the various shadings and complexities '' . | [
"interpret something that is written or printed; \"read the advertisement\"; \"Have you read Salman Rushdie?\"",
"look at, interpreted, and say out loud something that is written or printed; \"The proclamation will be read\"",
"interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; a... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:39:15", "sense_key": "read%2:31:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 15, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He would like to put several sentences on top of each other so that you could read them all at once , and [TARGET] get [/TARGET] all at once , the various shadings and complexities '' . | [
"be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; \"He got AIDS\"; \"She came down with pneumonia\"; \"She took a chill\"",
"come to have, of physical features and attributes; \"He grew a beard\"; The patient developed abdominal pains\"; I got funny spots all over my body\"",
"make children; \"Abraham bego... | 28 | {"id": "br-c05:39:20", "sense_key": "get%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 20, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Equally penetrating in its fashion [TARGET] is [/TARGET] the following remark by a lady in the course of a literary conversation : | [
"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-c05:40:5", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` So much has already been [TARGET] written [/TARGET] about everything that you can n't find out anything about it '' . | [
"communicate or express by writing; \"Please write to me every week\"",
"communicate by letter; \"He wrote that he would be coming soon\"",
"record data on a computer; \"boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk\"",
"communicate (with) in writing; \"Write her soon, please!\"",
"produce a literary wo... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:41:5", "sense_key": "write%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` So much has already been written about everything that you can n't [TARGET] find out [/TARGET] anything about it '' . | [
"get to know or become aware of; \"I learned that she has two grown-up children\"; \"I see that you have been promoted\"",
"trap; esp. in an error or in a reprehensible act; \"He was caught out\"",
"after a calculation, investigation, experiment, or study; \"find the product of two numbers\"; \"The physicist wh... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:41:12", "sense_key": "find_out%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 12, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Or the mildly epigrammatic utterance ( also a quotation ) : `` Woman 's place [TARGET] is [/TARGET] in the wrong '' . | [
"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-c05:42:15", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 15, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Who but Thurber can be [TARGET] counted on [/TARGET] to glean such nectareous essences ? | [
"rely or depend on; \"you can count on me to help you any time\"",
"judge to be probable"
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:43:5", "sense_key": "count_on%2:31:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
A tribute to midsummer `` bang-sashes '' [TARGET] seems [/TARGET] terribly funny , though it would be hard to explain why . | [
"give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; \"She seems to be sleeping\"; \"This appears to be a very difficult problem\"; \"This project looks fishy\"; \"They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time\"",
"seem to be true, probable, or apparent; \"It seems that he is very g... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:44:7", "sense_key": "seem%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
A tribute to midsummer `` bang-sashes '' seems terribly funny , though it would [TARGET] be [/TARGET] hard to explain why . | [
"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-c05:44:14", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
A tribute to midsummer `` bang-sashes '' seems terribly funny , though it would be hard to [TARGET] explain [/TARGET] why . | [
"give an explanation for",
"state by way of explanation",
"serve as an excuse for"
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:44:17", "sense_key": "explain%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 17, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` One of them [TARGET] banged [/TARGET] the sash of the window nearest my bed around midnight in July and I leaped out of sleep and out of bed . | [
"strike violently",
"close violently; \"He slammed the door shut\"",
"leap. jerk, bang (dialectal); \"Bullets spanged into the trees\"",
"have sexual intercourse with; \"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm\"; \"Adam knew Eve\" (know is archaic); \"Were you ever intimate with this man?\"",
"move no... | 5 | {"id": "br-c05:45:4", "sense_key": "bang%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 4, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
`` One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed around midnight in July and I [TARGET] leaped [/TARGET] out of sleep and out of bed . | [
"pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; \"leap into fame\"; \"jump to a conclusion\"",
"move forward by leaps and bounds; \"The horse bounded across the meadow\"; \"The child leapt across the puddle\"; \"Can you jump over the fence?\"",
"cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal"
] | 1 | {"id": "br-c05:45:19", "sense_key": "leap%2:38:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 19, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
' It [TARGET] 's [/TARGET] just a bat ' said my wife reassuringly , and I sighed with relief . | [
"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-c05:46:2", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
' It 's just a bat ' [TARGET] said [/TARGET] my wife reassuringly , and I sighed with relief . | [
"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-c05:46:7", "sense_key": "say%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
' It 's just a bat ' said my wife reassuringly , and I [TARGET] sighed [/TARGET] with relief . | [
"heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; \"She sighed sadly\"",
"utter with a sigh"
] | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:46:14", "sense_key": "sigh%2:29:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
' Thank God for that ' I [TARGET] said [/TARGET] ; ' I thought it was a human being '' ' . | [
"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-c05:47:7", "sense_key": "say%2:32:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
' Thank God for that ' I said ; ' I [TARGET] thought [/TARGET] it was a human being '' ' . | [
"bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; \"She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam\"",
"use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; \"I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere\"",
"judge ... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:47:11", "sense_key": "think%2:31:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
' Thank God for that ' I said ; ' I thought it [TARGET] was [/TARGET] a human being '' ' . | [
"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-c05:47:13", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 13, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
In a sense , perhaps , Thurber [TARGET] is [/TARGET] indebted artistically to the surrealist painter ( was it Salvador Dali ? ) | [
"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-c05:48:5", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
In a sense , perhaps , Thurber is indebted artistically to the surrealist painter ( [TARGET] was [/TARGET] it Salvador Dali ? ) | [
"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-c05:48:13", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 13, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
who first [TARGET] conceived [/TARGET] the startling fancy of a picture window in the abdomen . | [
"become pregnant; undergo conception; \"She cannot conceive\"; \"My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day\"",
"judge or regard; look upon; judge; \"I think he is very smart\"; \"I believe her to be very smart\"; \"I think that he is her boyfriend\"; \"The racist conceives such people to be inferior\"",
"have ... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:49:2", "sense_key": "conceive%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
That is , it [TARGET] is [/TARGET] literally a picture window : you do n't see into the viscera ; you see a picture - trees , or flowers . | [
"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-c05:50:3", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
That is , it is literally a picture window : you do n't [TARGET] see [/TARGET] into the viscera ; you see a picture - trees , or flowers . | [
"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... | 11 | {"id": "br-c05:50:11", "sense_key": "see%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 11, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
That is , it is literally a picture window : you do n't see into the viscera ; you [TARGET] see [/TARGET] a picture - trees , or flowers . | [
"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... | 11 | {"id": "br-c05:50:17", "sense_key": "see%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 17, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
This [TARGET] is [/TARGET] something like what Thurber 's best effects are like , if I am not mistaken . | [
"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-c05:51:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
This is something like what Thurber 's best effects [TARGET] are [/TARGET] like , if I am not mistaken . | [
"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-c05:51:9", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
This is something like what Thurber 's best effects are like , if I [TARGET] am [/TARGET] not mistaken . | [
"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-c05:51:14", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Though no longer able to [TARGET] turn out [/TARGET] his protoplasmic pen-and-ink sketches ( several old favorites are scattered through the present volume ) Thurber has retained unimpaired his vision of humor as a thing of simple , unaffected humanness . | [
"get up and out of bed; \"I get up at 7 A.M. every day\"; \"They rose early\"",
"come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; \"How many people turned out that evening?\"",
"put out or expel from a place; \"The child was expelled from the classroom\"",
"cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch;... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:52:4", "sense_key": "turn_out%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 4, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Though no longer able to turn out his protoplasmic pen-and-ink sketches ( several old favorites [TARGET] are [/TARGET] scattered through the present volume ) Thurber has retained unimpaired his vision of humor as a thing of simple , unaffected humanness . | [
"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-c05:52:13", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 13, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
Though no longer able to turn out his protoplasmic pen-and-ink sketches ( several old favorites are scattered through the present volume ) Thurber has [TARGET] retained [/TARGET] unimpaired his vision of humor as a thing of simple , unaffected humanness . | [
"keep in one's mind; \"I cannot retain so much information\"",
"keep in one's possession",
"hold on to",
"as to represent; of legal counsel; \"I'm retaining a lawyer\"",
"allow to remain in a place or position; \"We cannot continue several servants any longer\"",
"hold within; \"This soil retains water\";... | 2 | {"id": "br-c05:52:22", "sense_key": "retain%2:40:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 22, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
In his concluding paragraph he [TARGET] writes [/TARGET] : `` The devoted writer of humor will continue to try to come as close to truth as he can '' . | [
"communicate or express by writing; \"Please write to me every week\"",
"communicate by letter; \"He wrote that he would be coming soon\"",
"record data on a computer; \"boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk\"",
"communicate (with) in writing; \"Write her soon, please!\"",
"produce a literary wo... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:53:5", "sense_key": "write%2:36:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
In his concluding paragraph he writes : `` The devoted writer of humor will [TARGET] continue [/TARGET] to try to come as close to truth as he can '' . | [
"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-c05:53:14", "sense_key": "continue%2:42:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
In his concluding paragraph he writes : `` The devoted writer of humor will continue to [TARGET] try [/TARGET] to come as close to truth as he can '' . | [
"put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; \"Try on this sweater to see how it looks\"",
"melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; \"try the yak butter\"",
"take a sample of; \"Try these new crackers\"; \"Sample the regional dishes\"",
"test the limits of; \"You are t... | 5 | {"id": "br-c05:53:16", "sense_key": "try%2:41:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 16, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
In his concluding paragraph he writes : `` The devoted writer of humor will continue to try to [TARGET] come [/TARGET] as close to truth as he can '' . | [
"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 ... | 7 | {"id": "br-c05:53:18", "sense_key": "come%2:38:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 18, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
For many readers Thurber [TARGET] comes [/TARGET] closer than anyone else in sight . | [
"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 ... | 7 | {"id": "br-c05:54:4", "sense_key": "come%2:38:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 4, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The latest Low [TARGET] is [/TARGET] a puzzler . | [
"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-c05:55:3", "sense_key": "be%2:42:06::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 3, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The master 's hand has [TARGET] lost [/TARGET] none of its craft . | [
"fail to win; \"We lost the battle but we won the war\"",
"retreat",
"place (something) where one cannot find it again; \"I misplaced my eyeglasses\"",
"suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; \"She lost her husband in the war\"",
"allow to go out of sight: \"The detective lost the man he was ... | 8 | {"id": "br-c05:56:5", "sense_key": "lose%2:40:02::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 5, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He [TARGET] is [/TARGET] at his usual best in exposing the shams and self-deceptions of political and diplomatic life in the fifties . | [
"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-c05:57:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
He is at his usual best in [TARGET] exposing [/TARGET] the shams and self-deceptions of political and diplomatic life in the fifties . | [
"expose while ridiculing; esp. of pretentious or false claims and ideas; \"The physicist debunked the psychic's claims\"",
"make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; \"The aution house would not disclose the price at which the van Go... | 3 | {"id": "br-c05:57:7", "sense_key": "expose%2:35:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 7, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The reader [TARGET] meets [/TARGET] a few old friends like Blimp and the TUC horse , and becomes better acquainted with new members of the cast of characters like the bomb itself , and civilization in her classic robe watching the nuclear arms race , her hair standing straight out . | [
"contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; \"Princeton plays Yale this weekend\"; \"Charlie likes to play Mary\"",
"fill or meet a want or need",
"be in contact with",
"get or come together; \"the two lines meet here\"",
"meet; \"I'll probably see you at the meeting\"; \"How nice to see you a... | 8 | {"id": "br-c05:58:2", "sense_key": "meet%2:41:01::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The reader meets a few old friends like Blimp and the TUC horse , and [TARGET] becomes [/TARGET] better acquainted with new members of the cast of characters like the bomb itself , and civilization in her classic robe watching the nuclear arms race , her hair standing straight out . | [
"enter or assume a certain state or condition; \"He became annoyed when he heard the bad news\"; \"It must be getting more serious\"; \"her face went red with anger\"; \"She went into ecstasy\"; \"Get going!\"",
"come into existence; \"What becomes has duration\"",
"undergo a change or development: \"The water ... | 0 | {"id": "br-c05:58:14", "sense_key": "become%2:30:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 14, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The reader meets a few old friends like Blimp and the TUC horse , and becomes better acquainted with new members of the cast of characters like the bomb itself , and civilization in her classic robe [TARGET] watching [/TARGET] the nuclear arms race , her hair standing straight out . | [
"find out or learn with certainty; \"I want to see whether she speaks French\"; \"See whether it works\"; \"Watch how he will react\"",
"look attentively; \"watch a basketball game\"",
"be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful; \"Watch out for pickpockets!\"",
"observe with attention; \"T... | 5 | {"id": "br-c05:58:33", "sense_key": "watch%2:39:05::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 33, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
The reader meets a few old friends like Blimp and the TUC horse , and becomes better acquainted with new members of the cast of characters like the bomb itself , and civilization in her classic robe watching the nuclear arms race , her hair [TARGET] standing [/TARGET] straight out . | [
"put up with something or somebody unpleasant; \"I cannot bear his constant criticism\"; \"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks\"",
"have or maintain a position or stand on an issue: \"Where do you stand on the War?\"",
"adopt as a belief; \"I subscribe to your view on abortion\"",
... | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:58:40", "sense_key": "stand%2:35:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 40, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But there [TARGET] is [/TARGET] a difference between the present volume and the early Low . | [
"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-c05:59:2", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
There [TARGET] is [/TARGET] fear in the fifties as his title suggests and as his competent drawings show . | [
"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-c05:60:1", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 1, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
There is fear in the fifties as his title [TARGET] suggests [/TARGET] and as his competent drawings show . | [
"make a proposal, declare a plan for something",
"call to mind or evoke",
"imply as a possibility; \"The evidence suggests a need for more clarification\"",
"suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine: \"Tetracycline is indicated in such cases\"",
"drop a hint; intimate by a hint"
] | 4 | {"id": "br-c05:60:9", "sense_key": "suggest%2:32:04::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 9, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
There is fear in the fifties as his title suggests and as his competent drawings [TARGET] show [/TARGET] . | [
"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 ... | 8 | {"id": "br-c05:60:15", "sense_key": "show%2:39:00::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 15, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But there [TARGET] was [/TARGET] terror in the thirties when the Nazis were on the loose and in those days Low struck like lightning . | [
"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-c05:61:2", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 2, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
But there was terror in the thirties when the Nazis [TARGET] were [/TARGET] on the loose and in those days Low struck like lightning . | [
"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-c05:61:10", "sense_key": "be%2:42:03::", "split_group_id": "br-c05", "token_index": 10, "wordnet_version": "1.6"} |
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