Answer
Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.
Protests
Both words in one sentence
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You get one answer- "Not really." Norsy protests, saying that you only got one answer and that you should get 3.
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He's unable to answer, but protests that the metaphor is overly simplistic, forcing it to give a more accurate version covering all possibilities.
Source: Discworld / Pyramids - When Alan answers a question by saying 'Adolf', it turns out that that answer was one of the pre-designated ones that make you lose points, so after Stephen Fry reveals the card reading 'Adolph', Alan protests with the page quote.
Source: Psmith Psyndrome
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