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<h2>§A4 Library message numbers</h2>
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<div style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em">
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Answer:</b>
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“There is no reply.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Ask:</b>
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“There is no reply.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Attack:</b>
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“Violence isn't the answer to this one.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Blow:</b>
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“You can't usefully blow that/those.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Burn:</b>
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“This dangerous act would achieve little.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Buy:</b>
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“Nothing is on sale.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Climb:</b>
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“I don't think much is to be achieved by that.”
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Close:</b>
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1. “That's/They're not something you can close.”
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2. “That's/They're already closed.”
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3. “You close ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Consult:</b>
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“You discover nothing of interest in ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Cut:</b>
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“Cutting that/those up would achieve little.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Dig:</b>
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“Digging would achieve nothing here.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Disrobe:</b>
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1. “You're not wearing that/those.”
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2. “You take off ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Drink:</b>
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“There's nothing suitable to drink here.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Drop:</b>
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1. “The ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are already here.”
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2. “You haven't got that/those.”
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3. “(first taking ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› off)”
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4. “Dropped.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Eat:</b>
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1. “That's/They're plainly inedible.”
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2. “You eat ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›. Not bad.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>EmptyT:</b>
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1. ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› “ can't contain things.”
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2. ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› “ is/are closed.”
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3. ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› “ is/are empty already.”
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4. “That would scarcely empty anything.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Enter:</b>
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1. “But you're already on/in ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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2. “That's/They're not something you can enter.”
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3. “You can't get into the closed ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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4. “You can only get into something freestanding.”
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5. “You get onto/into ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Examine:</b>
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1. “Darkness, noun. An absence of light to see by.”
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2. “You see nothing special about ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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3. “ ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are currently switched on/off.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Exit:</b>
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1. “But you aren't in anything at the moment.”
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2. “You can't get out of the closed ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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3. “You get off/out of ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Fill:</b>
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“But there's no water here to carry.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>FullScore:</b>
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1. “The score is/was made up as follows:^”
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2. “finding sundry items”
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3. “visiting various places”
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4. “total (out of <code>MAX_SCORE</code>)”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>GetOff:</b>
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“But you aren't on ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› at the moment.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Give:</b>
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1. “You aren't holding ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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2. “You juggle ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› for a while, but don't achieve much.”
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3. “ ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› doesn't/don't seem interested.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Go:</b>
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1. “You'll have to get off/out of ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› first.”
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2. “You can't go that way.”
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3. “You are unable to climb ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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4. “You are unable to descend ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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5. “You can't, since ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are in the way.”
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6. “You can't, since ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› leads nowhere.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Insert:</b>
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1. “You need to be holding ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› before you can put it/them into something else.”
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2. “That/Those can't contain things.”
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3. “‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are closed.”
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4. “You'll need to take it/them off first.”
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5. “You can't put something inside itself.”
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6. “(first taking it/them off)^”
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7. “There is no more room in ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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8. “Done.”
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9. “You put ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› into ‹<span class="token">second</span>›.”</p>
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<a id="p437" name="p437"></a>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Inv:</b>
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1. “You are carrying nothing.”
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2. “You are carrying”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Jump:</b>
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“You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>JumpOver:</b>
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“You would achieve nothing by this.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Kiss:</b>
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“Keep your mind on the game.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Listen:</b>
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“You hear nothing unexpected.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>LMode1:</b>
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“ is now in its normal brief printing mode, which
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gives long descriptions of places never before visited and short descriptions
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otherwise.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>LMode2:</b>
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“ is now in its verbose mode, which always gives
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long descriptions of locations (even if you've been there before).”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>LMode3:</b>
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“ is now in its superbrief mode, which always
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gives short descriptions of locations (even if you haven't been
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there before).”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Lock:</b>
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1. “That doesn't/They don't seem to be something you can lock.”
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2. “That's/They're locked at the moment.”
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3. “First you'll have to close ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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4. “That doesn't/Those don't seem to fit the lock.”
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5. “You lock ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Look:</b>
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1. “ (on ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›)”
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2. “ (in ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›)”
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3. “ (as ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›)”
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4. “^On ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are list ”
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5. “[On/In ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›] you/You can also see ‹<span class="token">list</span>› [here].”
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6. “[On/In ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›] you/You can see ‹<span class="token">list</span>› [here].”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>LookUnder:</b>
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1. “But it's dark.”
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2. “You find nothing of interest.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Mild:</b>
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“Quite.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>ListMiscellany:</b>
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1. “ (providing light)”
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2. “ (which is/are closed)”
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3. “ (closed and providing light)”
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4. “ (which is/are empty)”
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5. “ (empty and providing light)”
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6. “ (which is/are closed and empty)”
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7. “ (closed, empty and providing light)”
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8. “ (providing light and being worn”
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9. “ (providing light”
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10. “ (being worn”
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11. “ (which is/are ”
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12. “open”
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13. “open but empty”
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14. “closed”
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15. “closed and locked”
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16. “ and empty”
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17. “ (which is/are empty)”
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18. “ containing ”
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19. “ (on ”
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20. “, on top of ”
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21. “ (in ”
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22. “, inside ”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Miscellany:</b>
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1. “(considering the first sixteen objects only)^”
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2. “Nothing to do!”
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3. “ You have died ”
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4. “ You have won ”
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5. (The RESTART, RESTORE, QUIT and possibly FULL and AMUSING query, printed after the game is over.)
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6. “[Your interpreter does not provide undo. Sorry!]”
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7. “Undo failed. [Not all interpreters provide it.]”
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8. “Please give one of the answers above.”
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9. “^It is now pitch dark in here!”
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10. “I beg your pardon?”
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11. “[You can't “undo” what hasn't been done!]”
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12. “[Can't “undo” twice in succession. Sorry!]”
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13. “[Previous turn undone.]”
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14. “Sorry, that can't be corrected.”
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15. “Think nothing of it.”
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16. ““Oops” can only correct a single word.”
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17. “It is pitch dark, and you can't see a thing.”
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18. “yourself” (the short name of the <code>selfobj</code> object)
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19. “As good-looking as ever.”
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20. “To repeat a command like “frog, jump”, just say “again”, not “frog, again”.”
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21. “You can hardly repeat that.”
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22. “You can't begin with a comma.”
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23. “You seem to want to talk to someone, but I can't see whom.”
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24. “You can't talk to ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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25. “To talk to someone, try “someone, hello” or some such.”
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26. “(first taking <code>not_holding</code>)”
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27. “I didn't understand that sentence.”
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28. “I only
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<a id="p438" name="p438"></a>
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understood you as far as wanting to ”
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29. “I didn't understand that number.”
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30. “You can't see any such thing.”
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31. “You seem to have said too little!”
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32. “You aren't holding that!”
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33. “You can't use multiple objects with that verb.”
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34. “You can only use multiple objects once on a line.”
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35. “I'm not sure what “‹<span class="token">pronoun</span>›” refers to.”
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36. “You excepted something not included anyway!”
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37. “You can only do that to something animate.”
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38. “That's not a verb I recognise.”
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39. “That's not something you need to refer to in the course of this game.”
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40. “You can't see “‹<span class="token">pronoun</span>›” (‹<span class="token">value</span>›) at the moment.”
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41. “I didn't understand the way that finished.”
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42. “None/only ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› of those is/are available.”
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43. “Nothing to do!”
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44. “There are none at all available!”
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45. “Who do you mean, ”
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46. “Which do you mean, ”
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47. “Sorry, you can only have one item here. Which exactly?”
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48. “Whom do you want [‹<span class="token">actor</span>›] to ‹<span class="token">command</span>›?”
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49. “What do you want [‹<span class="token">actor</span>›] to ‹<span class="token">command</span>›?”
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50. “Your score has just gone up/down by ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› point/points.”
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51. “(Since something dramatic has happened, your list of commands has been cut short.)”
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52. “Type a number from 1 to ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›, 0 to redisplay or press ENTER.”
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53. “[Please press SPACE.]”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>No:</b>
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see <b>Yes</b></p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>NotifyOff:</b>
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“Score notification off.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>NotifyOn:</b>
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“Score notification on.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Objects:</b>
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1. “Objects you have handled:^”
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2. “None.”
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3. “ (worn)”
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4. “ (held)”
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5. “ (given away)”
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6. “ (in ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›)” [without article]
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7. “ (in ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›)” [with article]
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8. “ (inside ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›)”
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9. “ (on ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›)”
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10. “ (lost)”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Open:</b>
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1. “That's/They're not something you can open.”
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2. “It seems/They seem to be locked.”
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3. “That's/They're already open.”
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4. “You open ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›, revealing ‹<span class="token">children</span>›”
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5. “You open ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Order:</b>
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“‹<span class="token">x1</span>› has/have better things to do.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Places:</b>
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“You have visited: ”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Pray:</b>
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“Nothing practical results from your prayer.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Prompt:</b>
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1. “^>”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Pronouns:</b>
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1. “At the moment, ”
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2. “means ”
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3. “is unset ”
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4. “no pronouns are known to the game.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Pull:</b>
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1. “It is/Those are fixed in place.”
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2. “You are unable to.”
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3. “Nothing obvious happens.”
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4. “That would be less than courteous.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Push:</b>
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see <b>Pull</b></p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>PushDir:</b>
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1. “Is that the best you can think of?”
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2. “That's not a direction.”
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3. “Not that way you can't.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>PutOn:</b>
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1. “You need to be holding ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› before you can put it/them on top of something else.”
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2. “You can't put something on top of itself.”
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3. “Putting things on ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› would achieve nothing.”
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4. “You lack the dexterity.”
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5. “(first taking it/them off)^”
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6. “There is no more room on ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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7. “Done.”
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8. “You put ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› on ‹<span class="token">second</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Quit:</b>
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1. “Please answer yes or no.”
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2. “Are you sure you want to quit? ”</p>
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<a id="p439" name="p439"></a>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Remove:</b>
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1. “It is/They are unfortunately closed.”
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2. “But it isn't/they aren't there now.”
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3. “Removed.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Restart:</b>
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1. “Are you sure you want to restart? ”
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2. “Failed.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Restore:</b>
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1. “Restore failed.”
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2. “Ok.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Rub:</b>
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“You achieve nothing by this.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Save:</b>
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1. “Save failed.”
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2. “Ok.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Score:</b>
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“You have so far/In that game you scored ‹<span class="token">score</span>› out of a possible
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<code>MAX_SCORE</code>, in ‹<span class="token">turns</span>› turn/turns”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>ScriptOn:</b>
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1. “Transcripting is already on.”
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2. “Start of a transcript of”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>ScriptOff:</b>
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1. “Transcripting is already off.”
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2. “^End of transcript.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Search:</b>
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1. “But it's dark.”
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2. “There is nothing on ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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3. “On ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are ‹<span class="token">list of children</span>›.”
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4. “You find nothing of interest.”
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5. “You can't see inside, since ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are closed.”
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6. “‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are empty.”
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7. “In ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are ‹<span class="token">list of children</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Set:</b>
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“No, you can't set that/those.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>SetTo:</b>
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“No, you can't set that/those to anything.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Show:</b>
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1. “You aren't holding ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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2. “‹<span class="token">x1</span>› is/are unimpressed.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Sing:</b>
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“Your singing is abominable.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Sleep:</b>
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“You aren't feeling especially drowsy.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Smell:</b>
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“You smell nothing unexpected.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Sorry:</b>
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“Oh, don't apologise.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Squeeze:</b>
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1. “Keep your hands to yourself.”
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2. “You achieve nothing by this.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Strong:</b>
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“Real adventurers do not use such language.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Swim:</b>
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“There's not enough water to swim in.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Swing:</b>
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“There's nothing sensible to swing here.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>SwitchOff:</b>
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1. “That's/They're not something you can switch.”
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2. “That's/ They're already off.”
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3. “You switch ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› off.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>SwitchOn:</b>
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1. “That's/They're not something you can switch.”
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2. “That's/ They're already on.”
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3. “You switch ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› on.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Take:</b>
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1. “Taken.”
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2. “You are always self-possessed.”
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3. “I don't suppose ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› would care for that.”
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4. “You'd have to get off/out of ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› first.”
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5. “You already have that/those.”
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6. “That seems/Those seem to belong to ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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7. “That seems/Those seem to be a part of ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”
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8. “That isn't/Those aren't available.”
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9. “‹<span class="token">x1</span>› isn't/aren't open.”
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10. “That's/They're hardly portable.”
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11. “That's/They're fixed in place.”
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12. “You're carrying too many things already.”
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13. “(putting ‹<span class="token">x1</span>› into <code>SACK_OBJECT</code> to make room)”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Taste:</b>
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“You taste nothing unexpected.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Tell:</b>
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1. “You talk to yourself a while.”
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2. “This provokes no reaction.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Touch:</b>
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1. “Keep your hands to yourself!”
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2. “You feel nothing unexpected.”
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3. “If you think that'll help.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Think:</b>
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“What a good idea.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Tie:</b>
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“You would achieve nothing by this.”</p>
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<a id="p440" name="p440"></a>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>ThrowAt:</b>
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1. “Futile.”
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2. “You lack the nerve when it comes to the crucial moment.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Turn:</b>
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see <b>Pull</b></p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Unlock:</b>
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1. “That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.”
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2. “It's/ They're unlocked at the moment.”
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3. “That doesn't/Those don't seem to fit the lock.”
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4. “You unlock ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>VagueGo:</b>
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“You'll have to say which compass direction to go in.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Verify:</b>
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1. “The game file has verified as intact.”
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2. “The game file did not verify properly, and may be corrupted (or
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you may be running it on a very primitive interpreter which is unable
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properly to perform the test).”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Wait:</b>
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“Time passes.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Wake:</b>
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“The dreadful truth is, this is not a dream.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>WakeOther:</b>
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“That seems unnecessary.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Wave:</b>
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1. “But you aren't holding that/those.”
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2. “You look ridiculous waving ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>WaveHands:</b>
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“You wave, feeling foolish.”</p>
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<p class="hangindent"><b>Wear:</b>
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1. “You can't wear that/those!”
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2. “You're not holding that/those!”
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3. “You're already wearing that/those!”
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4. “You put on ‹<span class="token">x1</span>›.”</p>
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