Problem: Word: ping

Sentence 1: Ping your machine in the office.

Sentence 2: The bugs pinged the lamp shade.

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

I gave him a bit of my mind.

A bit of lint.

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

The mechanism for arousal from sleep.

The animal undergoes regular spells of arousal.

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

Listening to the tap next door drip all night drove me mad!

Water is dripping from the faucet.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: the same meaning
Question: Here is one sentence: Can you help me carry this table?
Here is another sentence: She never helps around the house.
Does the help mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning
Question: Sentence 1: To militate in favor of a particular result.
Sentence 2: Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed.
Does militate mean the same thing in these two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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Answer:
the same meaning