Problem: Word: mean

Sentence 1: I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.

Sentence 2: I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.

Same meaning? OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
A: the same meaning


Question: This question has options. Does the word "line" have the same definition in the next 2 sentences?

Toe the line.

A washing line.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: different meanings


Question: "acknowledgment" used in the same way in the following two sentences?

She must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment.

The preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
Answer: the same meaning


Q: Does "come" have the same meaning in the following two sentences?

He's come a long way.

The shoes came untied.

OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

A: different meanings


Question: Here is one sentence: It was a mercy that we were not inside when the roof collapsed.
Here is another sentence: He threw himself on the mercy of the court.
Does the mercy mean the same thing in the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning

Answer: different meanings


Question: Sentence 1: It just won't make much difference to me.
Sentence 2: His support made a real difference.
Does difference mean the same thing in these two sentences?
OPTIONS:
- different meanings
- the same meaning
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Answer:
the same meaning