Problem: Word: matter

Sentence 1: Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it.

Sentence 2: Printed matter.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: different meanings
Question: This question has options. Does the word "break" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.

News of her death broke in the morning.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning
Question: "pain" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

The pain of loneliness.

That kid is a terrible pain.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings
Q: Does "run" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?

The assembly line was on a 12-hour run.

He went to Las Vegas and spent all his money over a three-day run.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: the same meaning
Question: Here is one sentence: He broke the point of his pencil.
Here is another sentence: He stuck the point of the knife into a tree.
Does the point mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning
Q: Sentence (1) I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
Sentence (2) The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.. Word: break. OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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A:
the same meaning