Question: Sentence 1: Cover her face with a handkerchief.
Sentence 2: The period covered the turn of the century.
Does cover mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: They fought to regain the lost ground.
Sentence 2: The worm crawls through the ground.
Does ground mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings

Question: Sentence 1: There is a lovely little church in the valley.
Sentence 2: The church was empty.
Does church mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning