If you persist in that course you will surely fail.
Once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place.
Word: "course"
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
the same meaning
Question: Sentence 1: He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
Sentence 2: He made a figure of Santa Claus.
Does figure mean the same thing in these two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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Answer: different meanings
Problem: Sentence1: Vermont will open elk hunting season next week.
Sentence2: This opens up new possibilities.
Q: Does the term open mean the same thing in both these sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Q: Sentence (1) The rumor had its origin in idle gossip.
Sentence (2) Vegetable origins.. Word: origin. OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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A: the same meaning
Q: Does the word "demand" mean the same thing in "There is a demand for jobs." and "There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia."?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: the same meaning
Problem: Sentence1: A variant of the same word.
Sentence2: All breeds of dog are variants of the species "Canis lupus familiaris".
Q: Does the term variant mean the same thing in both these sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer:
the same meaning