{"query": "A parable — Friendship break", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_1c81307d0e25", "title": "A parable — Friendship break", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Two men walked together for many years. One day one of them stepped on the other's foot. They argued; then they walked apart. Each told the story to those who would listen, and the story grew. By the "}, {"id": "card_src_word_break_off", "title": "break off", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "break off: (verb) interrupt before its natural or planned end — syn: cut short, break short · (verb) prevent completion — syn: break, discontinue, stop · (verb) break off (a piece from a whole) — syn:"}, {"id": "card_src_word_break_away", "title": "break away", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "break away: (verb) move away or escape suddenly — syn: break, break out · (verb) break off (a piece from a whole) — syn: chip, chip off, come off, break off · (verb) interrupt a continued activity — s"}, {"id": "card_src_word_break_apart", "title": "break apart", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "break apart: (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces — syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up · (verb) break violently or noisily; smash — syn: crash, break up · (verb) break up or se"}, {"id": "card_src_word_break_dance", "title": "break dance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "break dance: (noun) a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music — syn: break dancing"}, {"id": "card_c_92ede085afee", "title": "A parable — Friendship break ↔ A parable — Witness two or three", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "two or three witnesses (Mt 18:16). The story you have told yourself needs witnesses to test it.  — a concord the card itself states; mined + verified."}, {"id": "card_src_word_break_up", "title": "break up", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "break up: (verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions — syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, scatter · (verb) discontinue an association or relation — syn: separate, part, split up, split,"}, {"id": "card_n_7fc1166cbd90", "title": "A parable — Suffering betrayal", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The psalmist wrote: it was not an enemy who reproached me — I could have borne that. It was you, my equal, my companion. The wound from a friend's hand goes deeper than the sword's, because the friend"}, {"id": "card_n_9c78781d718f", "title": "A parable — Carnot", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "An engineer believed he could build a machine that took less and gave more. He built and rebuilt for many years. The machine he made was very good, but it could never give back more than was given. He"}, {"id": "card_src_word_coffee_break", "title": "coffee break", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "coffee break: (noun) a snack taken during a break in the work day — syn: tea break"}, {"id": "card_src_word_tea_break", "title": "tea break", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "tea break: (noun) a snack taken during a break in the work day — syn: coffee break"}, {"id": "card_n_c8d9efdb47ac", "title": "A parable — Addiction chain", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man wore a small chain around his wrist. It was light at first and he did not notice. Each year he added a link to it himself, because the weight was familiar. By the time he wished to remove it, th"}, {"id": "card_src_word_break_out", "title": "break out", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "break out: (verb) start abruptly — syn: erupt · (verb) begin suddenly and sometimes violently · (verb) move away or escape suddenly — syn: break, break away · (verb) take from stowage in preparation f"}, {"id": "card_n_90ab16a347bd", "title": "A parable — Suffering grief", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "When his friend died, the Lord did not say, 'do not mourn, for I will raise him.' He wept first. He raised him afterward. The tears were not a failure of faith — they were faith making room for love.\n"}, {"id": "card_n_effe4bf87816", "title": "A parable — Envy", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man kept a ledger of his neighbor's blessings. The ledger grew thick. His neighbor's house, his neighbor's wife, his neighbor's ox, his neighbor's days. He carried the ledger everywhere. He could no"}, {"id": "card_n_c98e4733373b", "title": "A parable — Tongue", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth. The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, set on fire of hell. One small spark in a dry forest in summer. The forest was a hundred years growing. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_e586205d665c", "title": "A parable — Least privilege", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A steward of a great house carried every key on his belt. A guest borrowed one key for one room, and when he was found in another room, the steward had no defense, for every door had been open. A wise"}, {"id": "card_n_4543b0454ea6", "title": "A parable — Envy neighbor", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A woman counted her neighbor's blessings each morning and her own each evening. By month's end she could recite her neighbor's list and had forgotten her own. The garden she walked through every day h"}, {"id": "card_n_df07989eae54", "title": "A parable — Phishing", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A sheep heard the shepherd's voice calling at the gate, and ran to open it. But the voice was a wolf in the shepherd's coat. None of the other sheep had seen the shepherd come; none had been asked. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_ebd9f46f16cd", "title": "A parable — Addiction scroll", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man drew water from a well that had no bottom. The bucket was light, and came up empty every time. He kept drawing because the bucket was light. Years passed. He had moved his arm a hundred thousand"}]}