Words in Context

My mother fussed around the stove and poured two cups of hot chocolate.

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The treatment allowed the patients to be cured of their strep throat.

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Everyone knows the dog is a psycho. It probably grabbed you and dragged you into the river, right?

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Open Ended

Madeleine picked it up and fed it to Joseph, and she smeared some on his mouth and she laughed.

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Behind the acreage, they walked along a frozen river and Madeleine pretended she was skating.

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And frankly, since your father is not cooperating, we need you to help us.