The government took a firm course.
He took a course in basket weaving.
Word: "course"
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
different meanings
Question: Sentence 1: The motor was out of commission.
Sentence 2: Put the ships into commission.
Does commission mean the same thing in these two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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Answer: the same meaning
Problem: Sentence1: These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge.
Sentence2: This chair has got to go.
Q: Does the term go mean the same thing in both these sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: the same meaning
Q: Sentence (1) New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's.
Sentence (2) She dropped acid when she was a teenager.. Word: drop. OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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A: different meanings
Q: Does the word "stain" mean the same thing in "People knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages." and "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color."?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: the same meaning
Q: Does the word "ride" mean the same thing in "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town." and "The child rode on his mother's hips."?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A:
different meanings