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abide
x/
Verb, Verb
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
act out
//
Phrase, Verb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actor
/x
Noun
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
adopt
x/
Verb
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advancement
x/x
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
afford
x/
Verb
afresh
x/
Adverb
aft
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
afternoon
xx/
Noun, Adverb
again
x/
Adverb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
along
x/
Adverb
already
x/x
Adverb
amuse
x/
Verb
amusement
x/x
Noun
an
/
Noun
anew
x/
Adverb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
are
/
Noun
arrears
x/
Noun
assist
x/
Verb, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
athlete
/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back out
//
Phrase, Verb
back up
//
Phrase, Verb
backbone
/x
Noun
backcountry
//x
Noun
backdrop
/x
Noun, Verb
backed
/
Adjective
backend
x/
Noun
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backhand
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backseat
x/
Noun, Verb
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
backstop
/x
Noun, Verb
backtrack
/x
Verb, Noun
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
backyard
/x
Noun
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ballet
x/
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
bandy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
banging
/x
Noun, Adjective
barn
/
Noun, Verb
bat
/
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
belly
/x
Noun, Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bentley
/x
Name
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
boost
/
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
bow
/
Noun, Verb
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bricked
/
Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
bugle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cartoon
x/
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
charade
x/
Noun, Verb
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
chest
/
Noun, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
chine
/
Noun, Verb
chord
/
Noun, Verb
clarion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cleaning
/x
Noun
clearance
/x
Noun
clock
/
Noun, Verb
clowning
/x
Noun
club
/
Noun, Verb
cluttered
/x
Adjective
coast
/
Noun, Verb
coccyx
/x
Noun
coin
/
Noun, Verb
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
combo
/x
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
comedy
/xx
Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
competition
xx/x
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
comply
x/
Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
confront
x/
Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
conversely
/xx
Adverb
conversion
x/x
Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
copy
/x
Noun, Verb
coquetry
/xx
Noun
court
/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crappy
/x
Adjective
cricket
/x
Noun, Verb
croquet
x/
Noun, Verb
curl
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
dabble
/x
Verb, Noun
dalliance
/xx
Noun
dally
/x
Name, Verb
debut
x/
Noun, Verb
deck
/
Noun, Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defend
x/
Verb
delightful
x/x
Adjective
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
dent
/
Noun, Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
devotional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
dime
/
Noun, Verb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
display
x/
Noun, Verb
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
doh
/
Name
doing
/x
Noun
door
/
Noun, Verb
dorsal
/x
Adjective, Noun
dorsum
/x
Noun
dossier
x/
Noun
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drama
/x
Noun
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drum
/
Noun, Verb
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
duplicate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
elizabethan
xxx/x
Name, Adjective
enact
x/
Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
enjoyment
x/x
Noun
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
entertainment
xx/x
Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
execute
/xx
Verb
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
exhibit
x/x
Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expense
x/
Noun, Verb
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
feedback
/x
Noun, Verb
fender
/x
Noun, Verb
fiddle
/x
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
film
/
Noun, Verb
find
/
Verb, Noun
fireman
/x
Noun
flashback
/x
Noun, Verb
flatbed
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flirt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
floating
/x
Adjective, Noun
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
folly
/x
Noun, Verb
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
footwork
/x
Noun
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
free rein
//
Phrase, Noun
frisk
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fro
/
Adverb, Noun
frolic
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
fulfilment
x/x
Noun
fullback
/x
Noun
fumble
/x
Verb, Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
functioning
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fund
/
Noun, Verb
furnish
/x
Verb, Noun
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
gage
/
Noun, Verb
gale
/
Noun, Verb
gamble
/x
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
game of chance
///
Phrase, Noun
gameplay
/x
Noun
garden
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gator
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
goal
/
Noun, Verb
golf
/
Noun, Verb
gospel
/x
Noun, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
ham
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hanging
/x
Adjective, Noun
haut
/
Noun, Adjective
have
/
Verb, Noun
help
/
Verb, Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hind
/
Adjective, Noun
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hindsight
/x
Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
holiday
/xx
Noun, Verb
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homecoming
/xx
Noun
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
horse
/
Noun, Verb
horse around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
howl
/
Noun, Verb
huddle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
icing
/x
Noun
immediately
x/xxx
Adverb
impersonate
x/xx
Verb
implement
/xx
Verb, Noun
improvisational
xxx/xx
Adjective
inclination
xx/x
Noun
income
/x
Noun
indulgence
x/x
Noun, Verb
inning
/x
Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
interplay
/xx
Noun, Verb
intervene
xx/
Verb
invention
x/x
Noun
inversely
x/x
Adverb
involve
x/
Verb
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jam
/
Noun, Verb
jazz
/
Noun, Verb
jeu
/
Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
kid
/
Noun, Verb
kidney
/x
Noun
killing
/x
Noun, Adjective
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
kitchen
/x
Noun, Verb
knock on
//
Phrase, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lark
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lat
/
Name, Adjective
later
/x
Adverb, Adjective
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leisure
/x
Noun
lighted
/x
Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
lineman
/x
Noun
literary
/xxx
Adjective
littered
/x
Adjective
liven
/x
Verb
locate
/x
Verb
loin
/
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
loosen
/x
Verb
looseness
/x
Noun
lumbar
/x
Adjective, Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
make for
//
Phrase, Verb
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manoeuvre
x/
Noun, Verb
manuscript
/xx
Noun, Adjective
masquerade
xx/
Noun, Verb
match
/
Noun, Verb
mate
/
Noun, Verb
me
/
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
memorize
/xx
Verb
merits
/x
Noun
mess
/
Noun, Verb
midday
/x
Noun
mime
/
Noun, Verb
modulate
/xx
Verb
morality play
x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
morning
/x
Noun
mousetrap
/x
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
music
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
musical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
musical comedy
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
nail
/
Noun, Verb
neck
/
Noun, Verb
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
newly
/x
Adverb
noncurrent
x/x
Adjective
noon
/
Noun, Verb
notochord
/xx
Noun
novel
/x
Noun, Adjective
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
obstruction
x/x
Noun
occupy
/xx
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
opera
/x
Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overdue
/x/
Adjective
overleaf
/xx
Adverb
paddle
/x
Noun, Verb
page
/
Noun, Verb
palm
/
Noun, Verb
pantomime
/xx
Noun, Verb
parable
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
parody
/xx
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
participate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
passion play
/x/
Phrase, Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
paved
/
Adjective
pen
/
Noun, Verb
perform
x/
Verb
performance
x/x
Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
person
/x
Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pipe
/
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
play on
//
Phrase, Verb
play out
//
Phrase, Verb
playback
/x
Noun
playbook
/x
Noun
played
/
Noun
player
/x
Noun
playground
/x
Noun
plaything
/x
Noun, Adjective
playtime
/x
Noun
pleasure
/x
Noun, Verb
ploy
/
Noun, Verb
poem
/x
Noun
poop
/
Noun, Verb
portray
x/
Verb
pose
/
Verb, Noun
posterior
x/x
Adjective, Noun
practise
/x
Verb, Noun
prank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
precedent
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
preceding
x/x
Adjective
prelude
/x
Noun, Verb
pretend
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
previously
/xxx
Adverb
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
propagating
/xxx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
provide
x/
Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
pun
/
Noun, Verb
puncture
/x
Noun, Verb
punt
/
Noun, Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
putt
/
Noun, Verb
quarter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
quarterback
/xx
Noun, Verb
quiz
/
Noun, Verb
rag
/
Noun, Verb
railed
/
Adjective
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rearward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
rebate
/x
Noun, Verb
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
recapitulate
xx/xx
Verb
recapture
x/x
Verb, Noun
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
reclaim
x/
Verb, Noun
recoil
x/
Noun, Verb
recommit
x/x
Verb, Noun
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
recoup
x/
Verb
recover
x/x
Verb, Noun
recovery
x/x
Noun
recreate
/xx
Verb
recreation
xx/x
Noun
rectory
/xx
Noun
recuperate
x/xx
Verb
recurrence
x/x
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
reenact
xx/
Verb
reentry
x/x
Noun
refund
x/
Noun, Verb
regain
x/
Verb, Noun
regression
x/x
Noun
regressive
x/x
Adjective
rein
/
Noun, Verb
reject
x/
Verb, Noun
relapse
x/
Noun, Verb
reminds
x/
Verb
remission
x/x
Noun, Verb
remit
x/
Noun, Verb
render
/x
Verb, Noun
renege
x/
Verb
repatriation
xxx/x
Noun
repay
x/
Verb
repeat
x/
Verb, Noun
replay
x/
Noun, Verb
replicate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
replication
xx/x
Noun
reply
x/
Noun, Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
reprise
x/
Noun, Verb
reproduce
xx/
Verb
reproduction
xx/x
Noun
reproductive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restoration
xx/x
Noun
restore
x/
Verb, Noun
resume
x/
Verb, Noun
resumption
x/x
Noun
resurgence
x/x
Noun
retour
x/
Noun
retract
x/
Verb, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
retrieve
x/
Verb, Noun
retro
/x
Adjective, Noun
retroactively
xx/xx
Adverb
retrograde
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
retrospectively
xx/xx
Adverb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
revenue
/xx
Noun, Verb
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
reversion
x/x
Noun
revert
x/
Verb, Noun
review
x/
Noun, Verb
revise
x/
Verb, Noun
revisit
x/x
Verb, Noun
revival
x/x
Noun
rewind
/x
Noun, Verb
ride
/
Noun, Verb
risking
/x
Noun
role
/
Noun
romp
/
Noun, Verb
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
root
/
Noun, Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rub
/
Verb, Noun
ruff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rump
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
running back
/x/
Phrase, Noun
saddle
/x
Noun, Verb
salvage
/x
Noun, Verb
satisfy
/xx
Verb
scene
/
Noun, Verb
school
/
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
seesaw
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
serve
/
Verb, Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
setback
/x
Noun
shaded
/x
Adjective
shadowed
/x
Adjective
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
shimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
show
/
Verb, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
since
/
Adverb
sing
/
Verb, Noun
skylark
/x
Noun, Verb
slack
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
sleight
/
Noun
slur
/
Noun, Verb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sound off
//
Phrase, Verb
spectacle
/xx
Noun
spiel
/
Noun, Verb
spin
/
Noun, Verb
spinal column
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
spine
/
Noun
spoof
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sport
/
Noun, Verb
stage direction
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
stake
/
Noun, Verb
starred
/
Adjective
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
stern
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stomach
/x
Noun, Verb
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
strike up
//
Phrase, Verb
stroke
/
Noun, Verb
submit
x/
Verb
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
substantiate
x/xx
Verb
substantive
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
successor
x/x
Noun
suite
/
Noun
sunlit
/x
Adjective
support
x/
Noun, Verb
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
take on
//
Phrase, Verb
tarot
x/
Noun
teasing
/x
Noun
tee off
//
Phrase, Verb
telling
/x
Adjective, Noun
theater
/xx
Noun
theater of the absurd
/xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
theatre
/xx
Noun
theatrical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
thigh
/
Noun
throw
/
Verb, Noun
throwback
/x
Noun
tightness
/x
Noun
tongue
/
Noun, Verb
tooth
/
Noun, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
toss
/
Verb, Noun
touching
/x
Adjective, Noun
towards
x/
Adverb, Adjective
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
toy
/
Noun, Verb
trace
/
Noun, Verb
trailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
traitor
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trifle
/x
Noun, Verb
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trunk
/
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
turn
/
Verb, Noun
two
/
Noun
underpin
/xx
Verb
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
unlit
xx
Adjective
unoccupied
x/xx
Adjective
unreal
x/
Adjective
upper
/x
Adjective, Noun
vault
/
Noun, Verb
verse
/
Noun, Verb
verso
/x
Noun
vertebra
/xx
Noun
vertebral column
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
volley
/x
Noun, Verb
vouch
/
Verb, Noun
voucher
/x
Noun, Verb
wager
/x
Noun, Verb
waist
/
Noun
walk
/
Verb, Noun
waltzed
/
Verb
warrant
/x
Noun, Verb
win
/
Verb, Noun
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
wordplay
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
wreak
/
Verb, Noun
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb