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Text: It is smooth sailing from here on in in the application process.


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Comments: Ease of action is owed to one inference of the sailing frame, namely the "smoothness" of the water surface and it resulting in a lack of turbulance during sailing. A specific metaphor is needed involving a specific sailing frame.

Text: It's all downhill for the rest of the course.


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Comments: Ease of motion is owed to ease of human exertion given an incline. A specific metaphor intervenes here, drawing in the hill_climbing frame.


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ExampleEnglish (It is smooth sailing from here on in in the application process., ?, ?, ?, ?, Ease of action is owed to one inference of the sailing frame, namely the "smoothness" of the water surface and it resulting in a lack of turbulance during sailing. A specific metaphor is needed involving a specific sailing frame., ?) + and English (It's all downhill for the rest of the course., ?, ?, ?, ?, Ease of motion is owed to ease of human exertion given an incline. A specific metaphor intervenes here, drawing in the hill_climbing frame., ?) +
Has source frameFrame:Motion along a path +
Has target frameFrame:Action +
Metaphor.AliasEASE OF ACTION IS EASE OF MOTION ALONG A PATH (?) +
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Metaphor.LevelGeneral +
Metaphor.Source frameFrame:Motion along a path +
Metaphor.Target frameFrame:Action +
Metaphor.TypePrimary + and Entailed +
Related metaphoris an entailment of (PURPOSEFUL ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION TO A DESTINATION, ?) +
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