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In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.
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they are culturally akin to the coastal peoples of papua new guinea.
answer:
their culture is like that of the costal peoples of papua , new guinea.


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film director richard linklater discusses this novel in his film waking life , which begins with a scene reminiscent of another dick novel , time out of joint.
answer:
richard linklater , who is a film director , has mentioned this book in his film waking life . this movie has a similiar opening scene to another book by dick , which is called " time out of joint ".


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the psychological state of sympathy is closely linked with that of compassion , empathy and empathic concern.
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the psychological state of sympathy is linked closely with compassion , empathy , and empathic concern.