Problem: Word: work

Sentence 1: The soft metal works well.

Sentence 2: He used pliers to work the wire into shape.

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

Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies.

We focused on it.

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

I'll take a pound of that sausage.

She took up her position behind the tree.

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

Enter a race.

Enter a drug treatment program.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: the same meaning
Question: Here is one sentence: They were sitting by the water's edge.
Here is another sentence: First you have to cut off the water.
Does the water mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: To raise somebody to office.
Here is another sentence: Raise the specter of unemployment.
Does the raise mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer:
different meanings