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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Question: 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 ".

Question: geography the caucasus mountains are generally perceived to be a dividing line between asia and europe , and territories in caucasia are alternately considered to be in one or both continents.

Answer: the caucasus mountains are generally perceived to be a dividing line between asia and europe.

Question: the tornado destroyed 20 homes , left 30 others severely damaged , injured one person , and caused power outages for about 300 people.

Answer:
the tornado ruined 20 homes , left 30 others badly damaged , injured one person , and caused power to be out for about 300 people.