This is a paraphrasing task. In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence which express same meaning as the input using different words.

Q: but in his heart there was a coldness , a block of hardening ice .

A: but there was a cold in his heart , tugging like a piece of ice .
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Q: when i saw you turn away other men , i knew a stratagem was called for .

A: when i saw you refusing other men , i knew i had to use the trick .
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Q: they were taking bodies off the trucks , dead bodies ... ... and throwing them on to a pile and searching their pockets .

A:
they took the bodies , the ones from the truck and threw them in the pile .
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