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Sentence 1: He paid all his bills by check.
Sentence 2: I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount.
Question: Is the word 'check' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.
Sentence 2: If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't.
Question: Is the word 'reason' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Consider the possibility of moving.
Sentence 2: Please consider your family.
Question: Is the word 'consider' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: To stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
Sentence 2: Please stay the bloodshed!
Question: Is the word 'stay' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I take it you're not going?
Sentence 2: How should I take this message?
Question: Is the word 'take' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The baby was a boy.
Sentence 2: The boys were playing kickball in the mud.
Question: Is the word 'boy' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: You haven't got the heart for baseball.
Sentence 2: Hearts were trumps.
Question: Is the word 'heart' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach.
Sentence 2: He worked in the coal beds.
Question: Is the word 'bed' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
Sentence 2: The system broke down under excessive loads.
Question: Is the word 'load' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The significance of a gesture.
Sentence 2: The significance of his remark became clear only later.
Question: Is the word 'significance' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: His lap was covered with food stains.
Sentence 2: The job fell right in my lap.
Question: Is the word 'lap' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Dress a turkey.
Sentence 2: Dress the surface smooth.
Question: Is the word 'dress' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Check the brakes.
Sentence 2: Check out the engine.
Question: Is the word 'check' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: To poise the scales of a balance.
Sentence 2: I poised the crowbar in my hand, and waited.
Question: Is the word 'poise' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Use the plastic bags to store the food.
Sentence 2: We only use Spanish at home.
Question: Is the word 'use' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?
Sentence 2: You can not believe this man.
Question: Is the word 'believe' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The Boy Scouts were going to accept him as a member.
Sentence 2: Accept students for graduate study.
Question: Is the word 'accept' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Plug the wall.
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: no |
Sentence 1: He could tell that she was unhappy.
Sentence 2: Ellen told Helen about the situation.
Question: Is the word 'tell' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The medical resident finished a two-week rotation in pediatrics and began one in orthopaedics.
Sentence 2: The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere.
Question: Is the word 'rotation' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: You need to get permission to leave early.
Sentence 2: I got a computer from my parents for my birthday.
Question: Is the word 'get' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Cut my hair.
Sentence 2: Cut the engine.
Question: Is the word 'cut' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I'll probably see you at the meeting.
Sentence 2: They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
Question: Is the word 'see' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: This is a product of lime and nitric acid.
Sentence 2: His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.
Question: Is the word 'product' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: These ugly billboards have to go!
Sentence 2: These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.
Question: Is the word 'go' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Play with her feelings.
Sentence 2: He plays on three teams.
Question: Is the word 'play' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: To purchase land, to purchase a house.
Sentence 2: Carmen purchased a dress for $50.
Question: Is the word 'purchase' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: These pipes carry waste water into the river.
Sentence 2: Amanda carried the package from home to New York.
Question: Is the word 'carry' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The plane is about to land.
Sentence 2: The ship landed in Pearl Harbor.
Question: Is the word 'land' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: This dough does not work easily.
Sentence 2: The soft metal works well.
Question: Is the word 'work' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: In warfare, whoever opens fire first has a greater chance of victory.
Sentence 2: Surrender fires the cold skepticism.
Question: Is the word 'fire' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted.
Sentence 2: I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.
Question: Is the word 'shade' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He checked the direction and velocity of the wind.
Sentence 2: Keep going in the same direction.
Question: Is the word 'direction' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: The game was interrupted by a brief shower.
Sentence 2: He took a shower after the game.
Question: Is the word 'shower' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He's a master of the business deal.
Sentence 2: He got a good deal on his car.
Question: Is the word 'deal' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: A stock cube.
Sentence 2: A sugar cube.
Question: Is the word 'cube' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: She was humming an air from Beethoven.
Sentence 2: An air of mystery.
Question: Is the word 'air' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.
Sentence 2: Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
Question: Is the word 'spring' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He ran to safety.
Sentence 2: Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
Question: Is the word 'safety' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
Sentence 2: A dedicated line.
Question: Is the word 'line' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: They tested his ability to locate objects in space.
Sentence 2: Write your name in the space provided.
Question: Is the word 'space' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The characters were well drawn but the plot was banal.
Sentence 2: They concocted a plot to discredit the governor.
Question: Is the word 'plot' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He was ejected for protesting the call.
Sentence 2: After two raises there was a call.
Question: Is the word 'call' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's.
Sentence 2: She dropped acid when she was a teenager.
Question: Is the word 'drop' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: We can trust in God.
Sentence 2: In God We Trust -- written on denominations of US currency.
Question: Is the word 'trust' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He failed in his manner of address to the captain.
Sentence 2: A man of pleasing or insinuating address.
Question: Is the word 'address' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Drive the forest.
Sentence 2: We drove to the university every morning.
Question: Is the word 'drive' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: She threw the invitation away.
Sentence 2: She was an invitation to trouble.
Question: Is the word 'invitation' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves.
Sentence 2: They had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded.
Question: Is the word 'window' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: During his first year in office.
Sentence 2: He rented an office in the new building.
Question: Is the word 'office' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: You can not even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war.
Sentence 2: He began early in the day.
Question: Is the word 'begin' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: There's a $15 cover tonight.
Sentence 2: They made a cover of a Beatles' song.
Question: Is the word 'cover' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
Sentence 2: Slit the throat of the victim.
Question: Is the word 'slit' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Play football.
Sentence 2: He plays on three teams.
Question: Is the word 'play' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Block a garment.
Sentence 2: He blocked the basketball player's shot.
Question: Is the word 'block' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He inserted the wedge into a split in the log.
Sentence 2: He demanded his split before they disbanded.
Question: Is the word 'split' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
Sentence 2: She said her 'Hail Mary'.
Question: Is the word 'say' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: On the one hand ..., but on the other hand ...
Sentence 2: All hands on deck.
Question: Is the word 'hand' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The plane went into a steep bank.
Sentence 2: A huge bank of earth.
Question: Is the word 'bank' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The job will take more than an hour.
Sentence 2: I spent an hour at lunch.
Question: Is the word 'hour' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: I shall be writing to you soon.
Sentence 2: The woman is walking.
Question: Is the word 'be' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Government and business could not agree.
Sentence 2: Computers are now widely used in business.
Question: Is the word 'business' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The sale will run for ten days.
Sentence 2: The contract runs through 2008.
Question: Is the word 'run' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Hey, buddy, you got a light?
Sentence 2: Can you shed light on this problem?
Question: Is the word 'light' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
Sentence 2: The gun was steadied on a special rest.
Question: Is the word 'rest' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He occupied a post in the treasury.
Sentence 2: Sent via post.
Question: Is the word 'post' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He was at the top of his form.
Sentence 2: To apply for the position, complete the application form.
Question: Is the word 'form' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land.
Sentence 2: They come from a faraway land.
Question: Is the word 'land' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: So that's fifteen love to Kournikova.
Sentence 2: It was 40 love.
Question: Is the word 'love' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled.
Sentence 2: Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.
Question: Is the word 'case' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: "I can not think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women" -- James Boswell.
Sentence 2: The many hardships of frontier life.
Question: Is the word 'hardship' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: In line with.
Sentence 2: He got out of line.
Question: Is the word 'line' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: She didn't want to answer.
Sentence 2: This may answer her needs.
Question: Is the word 'answer' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: A sudden recognition of the problem he faced.
Sentence 2: Give her recognition for trying.
Question: Is the word 'recognition' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: A small mom-and-pop business.
Sentence 2: A racially integrated business concern.
Question: Is the word 'business' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He was a successful pianist in his day.
Sentence 2: In the days of sailing ships.
Question: Is the word 'day' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Kill the engine.
Sentence 2: These new shoes are killing me!
Question: Is the word 'kill' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He's out of my orbit.
Sentence 2: In the political orbit of a world power.
Question: Is the word 'orbit' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane.
Sentence 2: The cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work.
Question: Is the word 'plane' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: An angry face.
Sentence 2: Dew dripped from the face of the leaf.
Question: Is the word 'face' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Block a nerve.
Sentence 2: Block a garment.
Question: Is the word 'block' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: I shall be writing to you soon.
Sentence 2: The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
Question: Is the word 'be' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Look what I have here -- a frog I found on the street!
Sentence 2: He had a cold last week.
Question: Is the word 'have' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
Sentence 2: What's the damage? he asked the waiter.
Question: Is the word 'damage' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He managed to wash out the stains.
Sentence 2: The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
Question: Is the word 'wash' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Murder in the second degree.
Sentence 2: He earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude.
Question: Is the word 'degree' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Rub oil into her skin.
Sentence 2: I rubbed my hands together for warmth.
Question: Is the word 'rub' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Roll your hair around your finger.
Sentence 2: The ball rolled down the hill.
Question: Is the word 'roll' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Stream of consciousness.
Sentence 2: Two streams of development run through American history.
Question: Is the word 'stream' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: He missed the point of the joke.
Sentence 2: The cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points.
Question: Is the word 'point' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The pain of loneliness.
Sentence 2: That kid is a terrible pain.
Question: Is the word 'pain' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: He's packin' a piece!
Sentence 2: He needed a piece of granite.
Question: Is the word 'piece' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: Don't run that software unless you have permission.
Sentence 2: Run rogue.
Question: Is the word 'run' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: The soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson.
Sentence 2: They were assigned to kitchen fatigues.
Question: Is the word 'fatigue' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Tell me what is bothering you.
Sentence 2: Ellen told Helen how to avoid the crowd.
Question: Is the word 'tell' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: You can't take credit for this!
Sentence 2: He was often taken to be a man of means.
Question: Is the word 'take' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
Sentence 2: He and his sons haven't communicated for years.
Question: Is the word 'communicate' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Fall asleep.
Sentence 2: Many soldiers fell at Verdun.
Question: Is the word 'fall' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: no |
Sentence 1: An oak tree will grow from that acorn.
Sentence 2: The gardener grew that acorn into an oak tree.
Question: Is the word 'grow' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
Sentence 1: Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life.
Sentence 2: Life depends on many chemical and physical processes.
Question: Is the word 'life' used in the same way in the two sentences above?
Answer: yes |
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