The strange phrases - Clue Thirty

Question

Aha! You think, and type in the answer. Ding! The pad beeps, and opens a previously-hidden drawer. Inside is what appears to be a... bunch of strange sentences, each written on a separate strip of paper, numbered one to five:

¹Yes - that is correct. Yes - I will, and that is final.

²No - it was not her - I beg you - no!

³After that, he decided that he would take a vacation - a long vacation. At a beach somewhere - perhaps Florida.

⁴The man dashed through the crowd, dashing around poles, dodging people - but he could not find him!

⁵What? Of course. Why not - I take offense that you think that I wouldn't!

Entirely puzzled, you sit down in the swivel chair and stare at the papers...

_{Next clue --->}

Does "[ripped]" signify that the paper is torn at that point, or that the word "ripped" appears on the paper inside square brackets, or something else? — Gareth McCaughan, May 14 '17 at 20:12
@GarethMcCaughan - that part of the paper has been ripped, and is not visible (although that's not necessary and I'm considering removing it because it's probably just going to confuse people). — Mithical, May 14 '17 at 20:13

Sid · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-15T15:53:01.063

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This is

Clear Morse code.

How did I get it? And What did I get?

The first line gets us -.-.
The 2nd line gets us ---
The 3rd line gets us -.-.
The 4th is a tad tricky. The words "dashed" signify using dash. Hence, we get ---
The fifth gets us .-
Finally,We have -.-. --- -.-. --- .-

This gives

COCOA. Which is indeed the final answer as confirmed by the OP.

edited May 15 '17 at 15:53

answered May 14 '17 at 20:38

Sid

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but there is only one dash on the fourth slip? – Beastly Gerbil May 14 '17 at 20:41
Read the lines carefully @beastly you will get your answer. – Sid May 14 '17 at 20:42
yep ffao pointed it out to me – Beastly Gerbil May 14 '17 at 20:42
too easy for puzzling.stackexhange :) – Oray May 14 '17 at 20:53
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Mind adding some explanation of how you got the code? – Mithical May 15 '17 at 07:23

The strange phrases - Clue Thirty

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