Question: Here is one sentence: Play cards.
Here is another sentence: We played hockey all afternoon.
Does the play mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: You really have to empathize with them.
Here is another sentence: You've really got to empathize with what they want.
Does the empathize mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning

Question: Here is one sentence: He lost his place on the page.
Here is another sentence: A political system with no place for the less prominent groups.
Does the place mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings

Question: Here is one sentence: Give him his due -- he is a good actor.
Here is another sentence: Give the devil his due.
Does the due mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer:
the same meaning