Problem: Word: speak

Sentence 1: They speak a strange dialect.

Sentence 2: Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures.

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

Hold your temper.

Hold your tongue.

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

He was a great actor in his time.

He had a time holding back the tears.

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

The complex machinery of negotiation.

The machinery of command labored and brought forth an order.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: the same meaning
Question: Here is one sentence: The centimetre is a unit of length.
Here is another sentence: Units of nucleic acids.
Does the unit mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings
Question: Here is one sentence: They could not act without official communication from Moscow.
Here is another sentence: Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
Does the communication mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer:
the same meaning