Question: Sentence 1: Life has lost its point.
Sentence 2: What is the point of discussing it?
Does point mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: different meanings


Question: Sentence 1: Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw.
Sentence 2: He couldn't afford $50 a throw.
Does throw mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer: the same meaning


Question: Sentence 1: He cut a fine figure.
Sentence 2: He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
Does figure mean the same thing in these two sentences?
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Answer:
the same meaning