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Things former often describes ("former ________")
- being
- capital
- state
- director
- colleague
- residence
- husband
- officers
- marriage
- employees
- teacher
- name
- lover
- spouse
- days
- commander
- empire
- republics
- associates
- pupil
- ussr
- officials
- partner
- occasions
- colony
- mayor
- editor
- officer
- soldiers
- manager
- chapter
- general
- enemies
- head
- slaves
- home
- official
- employer
- position
- friend
- group
- masters
- leaders
- owner
- wife
- leader
- ambassador
- employee
- secretary
- condition
- union
- ages
- self
- master
- letter
- owners
- president
- colleagues
- governor
- type
- existence
- class
- student
- member
- professor
- slave
- case
- yugoslavia
- minister
- members
- chief
- category
- occasion
- chairman
- students
- times
- friends
- allies
- colonies
- territories
- glory
How former often is described ("________ former")
- third
- light
- principal
- wire
- acid
- wooden
- intelligent
- hollow
- automatic
- made
- fat
- porous
- several
- anaerobic
- rim
- tubular
- strong
- latter
- sixth
- shaped
- void
- suitable
- excellent
- cylindrical
- active
- elastic
- metallic
- ceramic
- hie
- fourth
- own
- bosnia
- thin
- sprue
- comparative
- circular
- line
- rectangular
- nearer
- true
- least
- plastic
- current
- male
- likely
- female
- typical
- powerful
- trans
- conical
- weak
- keloid
- poor
- fifth
- gradient
- strange
- heated
- pore
- complex
- magnetic
