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Sentence 1: Strike a bargain.
Sentence 2: Strike fire from the flintstone.
Question: Is the word 'strike' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: A unit of wheat is a bushel.
Sentence 2: He was a member of a special police unit.
Question: Is the word 'unit' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Shoot a movie.
Sentence 2: Shoot a basket.
Question: Is the word 'shoot' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: A good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
Sentence 2: His title to fame.
Question: Is the word 'title' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: This speech didn't play well with the American public.
Sentence 2: Play football.
Question: Is the word 'play' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Drive the cows into the barn.
Sentence 2: Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.
Question: Is the word 'drive' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
Sentence 2: He will make a splendid father!
Question: Is the word 'make' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Shoot a basket.
Sentence 2: Shoot a goal.
Question: Is the word 'shoot' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Now the conductor will couple the train cars.
Sentence 2: I've coupled our system to theirs.
Question: Is the word 'couple' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The word "kerosine" is a variant of "kerosene".
Sentence 2: A variant of the same word.
Question: Is the word 'variant' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Can you work an electric drill?
Sentence 2: Work the metal into a sword.
Question: Is the word 'work' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The application of maximum thrust.
Sentence 2: Massage has far-reaching medical applications.
Question: Is the word 'application' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Fall into a trap.
Sentence 2: They fell out of favor.
Question: Is the word 'fall' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance.
Sentence 2: The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious.
Question: Is the word 'account' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The pull of the moon.
Sentence 2: Iron fillings drawn by the pull of a magnet.
Question: Is the word 'pull' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The story is false, so far as I can discover.
Sentence 2: I discovered what to do.
Question: Is the word 'discover' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: In the interest of safety.
Sentence 2: Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
Question: Is the word 'interest' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Come into the room.
Sentence 2: He came from France.
Question: Is the word 'come' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He started the company in his garage.
Sentence 2: He only invests in large well-established companies.
Question: Is the word 'company' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: I can't remember saying any such thing.
Sentence 2: I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I was there.
Question: Is the word 'remember' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The course of the river.
Sentence 2: He took a course in basket weaving.
Question: Is the word 'course' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He had a bowel movement.
Sentence 2: It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement.
Question: Is the word 'movement' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He wanted to live his own life without interference from others.
Sentence 2: She's my love, my life.
Question: Is the word 'life' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He managed to multiply his profits.
Sentence 2: He had been multiplying, but it occurred to him he needed to resolve the exponents, first.
Question: Is the word 'multiply' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: It takes time to learn the setup around here.
Sentence 2: The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
Question: Is the word 'setup' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Don't approach that house.
Sentence 2: He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. -- Sir William Temple.
Question: Is the word 'approach' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: A public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens.
Sentence 2: The forces of evil.
Question: Is the word 'force' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
Sentence 2: I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
Question: Is the word 'communicate' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.
Sentence 2: Let's gather in the dining room.
Question: Is the word 'gather' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Float the plaster.
Sentence 2: The balloon floated off into the distance.
Question: Is the word 'float' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: In chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen.
Sentence 2: Recent developments in Iraq.
Question: Is the word 'development' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The pursuit of love.
Sentence 2: Unremitting pursuit of wealth doesn't bring happiness, particularly if successful.
Question: Is the word 'pursuit' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Call a football game.
Sentence 2: She was called into the director's office.
Question: Is the word 'call' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: A filming session.
Sentence 2: A gossip session.
Question: Is the word 'session' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He is an avid collector of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
Sentence 2: That old piano is just a big dust collector.
Question: Is the word 'collector' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: A point of information.
Sentence 2: Get to the point.
Question: Is the word 'point' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The unkindest cut of all.
Sentence 2: The mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget.
Question: Is the word 'cut' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: In the deep of winter.
Sentence 2: In the deep of night.
Question: Is the word 'deep' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: She walked to a point where she could survey the whole street.
Sentence 2: He held me up at the point of a gun.
Question: Is the word 'point' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I want to get there early; let's roll.
Sentence 2: The drawer rolled open.
Question: Is the word 'roll' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Point a gun.
Sentence 2: Point the letter.
Question: Is the word 'point' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy.
Sentence 2: That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.
Question: Is the word 'forefront' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.
Sentence 2: Crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil.
Question: Is the word 'rotation' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: We vaccinate against scarlet fever.
Sentence 2: The nurse vaccinated the children in the school.
Question: Is the word 'vaccinate' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: I'm really seeing you in a different light today.
Sentence 2: The light of my life.
Question: Is the word 'light' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!
Sentence 2: Freeze the leftover food.
Question: Is the word 'freeze' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Order a work stoppage.
Sentence 2: Order me some flowers.
Question: Is the word 'order' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: You can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station.
Sentence 2: He read a transcript of the interrogation.
Question: Is the word 'transcript' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: You are trying my patience.
Sentence 2: Try the yak butter.
Question: Is the word 'try' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The green party took 12% of the vote.
Sentence 2: In 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level.
Question: Is the word 'party' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: An air of mystery.
Sentence 2: The program was on the air from 9 til midnight.
Question: Is the word 'air' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: A formation of planes.
Sentence 2: A defensive formation.
Question: Is the word 'formation' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: I can see a risk in this strategy.
Sentence 2: We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning.
Question: Is the word 'see' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
Sentence 2: An opportunity opened up.
Question: Is the word 'open' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Clear the leaves from the lawn.
Sentence 2: Clear snow from the road.
Question: Is the word 'clear' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice.
Sentence 2: Pack the books into the boxes.
Question: Is the word 'pack' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Fall into a strange way of thinking.
Sentence 2: Fall in love.
Question: Is the word 'fall' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
Sentence 2: She classified the works as 'dangerous'.
Question: Is the word 'classify' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: She knows how to work the system.
Sentence 2: This old radio doesn't work anymore.
Question: Is the word 'work' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk.
Sentence 2: Those clouds show little sign of raining soon.
Question: Is the word 'sign' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The crash occurred during a thunderstorm and the system has been down ever since.
Sentence 2: His crash through the window.
Question: Is the word 'crash' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind.
Sentence 2: He caught the allusion in her glance.
Question: Is the word 'catch' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The ocean was finally at rest.
Sentence 2: A body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon.
Question: Is the word 'rest' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Develop a passion for painting.
Sentence 2: Please develop this roll of film.
Question: Is the word 'develop' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Can you give me lessons?
Sentence 2: I gave her my money.
Question: Is the word 'give' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
Sentence 2: Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
Question: Is the word 'interest' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Artists must study the structure of the human body.
Sentence 2: His lectures have no structure.
Question: Is the word 'structure' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Nothing good will come of this.
Sentence 2: Come down here!
Question: Is the word 'come' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Keep food for a week in the pantry.
Sentence 2: She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator.
Question: Is the word 'keep' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: To admit a serious thought into the mind.
Sentence 2: She admitted us.
Question: Is the word 'admit' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: A lot of money.
Sentence 2: He bought a lot on the lake.
Question: Is the word 'lot' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I can only stay for an hour.
Sentence 2: After the trial period, she was asked to stay on and work full-time.
Question: Is the word 'stay' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
Sentence 2: Atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life.
Question: Is the word 'position' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself.
Sentence 2: She played the part of Desdemona.
Question: Is the word 'part' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I can feel the sadness in his poems.
Sentence 2: It feels nice to be home again.
Question: Is the word 'feel' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He was suffering from museum fatigue.
Sentence 2: Political fatigue.
Question: Is the word 'fatigue' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The dog's woolly shag.
Sentence 2: He bought a shag rug.
Question: Is the word 'shag' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Plug the hole.
Sentence 2: He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk.
Question: Is the word 'plug' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: We must strike the enemy's oil fields.
Sentence 2: In the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2.
Question: Is the word 'strike' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The opening received good critical reviews.
Sentence 2: John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
Question: Is the word 'opening' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Can you count the books on your shelf?
Sentence 2: I can count my colleagues in the opposition.
Question: Is the word 'count' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The gods assume human or animal form in these fables.
Sentence 2: She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger.
Question: Is the word 'assume' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
Sentence 2: He washed the dirt from his coat.
Question: Is the word 'wash' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Give that lamp a good rub and see if any genies come out.
Sentence 2: He gave the hood a quick rub.
Question: Is the word 'rub' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Give thought to.
Sentence 2: The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice.
Question: Is the word 'give' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
Sentence 2: He will hold office until the spring of next year.
Question: Is the word 'spring' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Cut orders.
Sentence 2: Cut a caper.
Question: Is the word 'cut' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: What do we have here?
Sentence 2: I have two years left.
Question: Is the word 'have' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Pull a sled.
Sentence 2: You'll be sent home if you pull another stunt like that.
Question: Is the word 'pull' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.
Sentence 2: 200 head of cattle.
Question: Is the word 'head' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The number of parameters is small.
Sentence 2: He had a number of chores to do.
Question: Is the word 'number' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: She knows how to work the system.
Sentence 2: Is your husband working again?
Question: Is the word 'work' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: We raise hogs here.
Sentence 2: Raise the price of bread.
Question: Is the word 'raise' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He played baseball in high school.
Sentence 2: There was a baseball game on every empty lot.
Question: Is the word 'baseball' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: During the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels.
Sentence 2: He enjoyed the street noises.
Question: Is the word 'noise' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He is the best one.
Sentence 2: Driver, noun: one who drives.
Question: Is the word 'one' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The visiting team started to attack.
Sentence 2: I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed.
Question: Is the word 'attack' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Rub oil into her skin.
Sentence 2: I rubbed the cloth over the glass.
Question: Is the word 'rub' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame.
Sentence 2: They announced a two-for-one split of the common stock.
Question: Is the word 'split' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I've been suffering your insults for years.
Sentence 2: He suffered the penalty.
Question: Is the word 'suffer' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
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