Question: Sentence 1: Fall asleep.
Sentence 2: They fell out of favor.
Does fall mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: This method doesn't work.
Sentence 2: How does your idea work in practice?
Does work mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning

Question: Sentence 1: It was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances.
Sentence 2: A complicated concatenation of circumstances.
Does concatenation mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
different meanings