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above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
ache
/
Noun, Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
activation
xx/x
Noun
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
add
/
Verb, Noun
add up
//
Phrase, Verb
addition
x/x
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
adjust
x/
Verb
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advent
/x
Noun, 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
alter
/x
Verb, Noun
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
amend
x/
Verb, Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
an
/
Noun
anew
x/
Adverb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
apparel
x/x
Noun, Verb
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrears
x/
Adjective
ask
/
Verb, Noun
astern
/x
Adverb, Adjective
asylum
x/x
Noun
attach
x/
Verb
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attract
x/
Verb
avert
x/
Verb
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
backtrack
/x
Verb, Noun
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
backyard
/x
Noun
bald
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ballot
/x
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
barn
/
Noun, Verb
bat
/
Noun, Verb
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
belly
/x
Noun, Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
bend
/
Noun, Verb
bentley
/x
Name
betray
x/
Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bight
/
Noun, Verb
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
black out
//
Phrase, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
boil
/
Noun, Verb
boil down
//
Phrase, Verb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boost
/
Verb, Noun
boot
/
Noun, Verb
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
break loose
//
Phrase, Verb
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
bricked
/
Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
bump
/
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
bustle
/x
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
car
/
Noun
carbonate
/xx
Noun, Verb
catalyze
/xx
Verb
catch fire
//x
Phrase, Verb
cause
/
Noun, Verb
champion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
chest
/
Noun, Verb
chill
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chill out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
chine
/
Noun, Verb
chuck
/
Noun, Verb
circumference
x/x
Noun, Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
citrate
xx
Noun, Verb
clock
/
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clot
/
Noun, Verb
clothe
/
Verb
cluttered
/x
Adjective
coast
/
Noun, Verb
coccyx
/x
Noun
coil
/
Noun, Verb
coke
/
Noun, Verb
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
combust
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
come
/
Verb, Noun
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
comeback
/x
Noun, Verb
coming back
/x/
Phrase, Noun
commencement
x/x
Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commute
x/
Noun, Verb
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
confirm
x/
Verb, Adverb
connect
x/
Verb, Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consult
x/
Verb, Noun
contact
/x
Noun, Verb
contrast
/x
Noun, Verb
conversely
/xx
Adverb
conversion
x/x
Noun
convert
/x
Verb, Noun
convince
x/
Verb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cool it
//
Phrase, Verb
copies
/x
Noun
corkscrew
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
counterpart
/xx
Noun, Verb
counterparty
/xxx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crank
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crook
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crossroads
/x
Noun
cue
/
Noun, Verb
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
dawn
/
Noun, Verb
deactivate
x/xx
Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decompress
xx/
Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defend
x/
Verb
deflate
x/
Verb
deflect
x/
Verb
deflection
x/x
Noun
dent
/
Noun, Verb
detour
x/
Noun, Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb, Noun
deviation
xx/x
Noun
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
digression
x/x
Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
direction
x/x
Noun
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
disengage
xx/
Verb, Noun
disk
/
Noun, Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
diversion
x/x
Noun
divert
x/
Verb
door
/
Noun, Verb
dorsal
/x
Adjective, Noun
dorsum
/x
Noun
dos
/
Noun, Verb
dossier
x/
Noun
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
douse
/
Verb, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dress
/
Noun, Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
elsewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
emancipate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
emitting
x/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endorse
x/
Verb, Noun
equilibrate
xx/x
Verb
erupt
x/
Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
evolution
xx/x
Noun
evolve
x/
Verb
exchange
x/
Noun, Verb
expense
x/
Noun, Verb
explode
x/
Verb
extension
x/x
Noun
extinguish
x/x
Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
falsify
/xx
Verb
feedback
/x
Noun, Verb
fender
/x
Noun, Verb
ferment
x/
Noun, Verb
file
/
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
filming
/x
Noun
find
/
Verb, Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flashback
/x
Noun, Verb
flatbed
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
floating
/x
Adjective, Noun
flourish
/x
Verb, Noun
fluctuate
/xx
Verb
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
fond
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fore
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fro
/
Adverb, Noun
front
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fullback
/x
Noun
fund
/
Noun, Verb
furnish
/x
Verb, Noun
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
gage
/
Noun, Verb
gain
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
gale
/
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
garb
/
Noun, Verb
garden
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
garment
/x
Noun, Verb
gator
/x
Noun
gee
/
Name, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
get into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
girth
/
Noun, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
grow
/
Verb, Noun
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
gyration
x/x
Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hanging
/x
Adjective, Noun
happen
/x
Verb, Adverb
harrow
/x
Noun, Verb
haut
/
Noun, Adjective
heat
/
Noun, Verb
heat up
//
Phrase, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
herewith
//
Adverb
herself
x/
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
himself
x/
Verb
hind
/
Adjective, Noun
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hindsight
/x
Noun
hitch
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
homecoming
/xx
Noun
homogenize
x/xx
Verb
horse
/
Noun, Verb
howl
/
Noun, Verb
ignite
x/
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
immediately
x/xxx
Adverb
implication
xx/x
Noun
improve
x/
Verb
inclination
xx/x
Noun
income
/x
Noun
innings
/x
Noun
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
integrate
/xx
Verb
interchange
xx/
Noun, Verb
intermittent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inversely
x/x
Adverb
invest
x/
Verb, Noun
juncture
/x
Noun
keep
/
Verb, Noun
kick
/
Verb, Noun
kidney
/x
Noun
kitchen
/x
Noun, Verb
knob
/
Noun, Verb
lace
/
Noun, Verb
landmark
/x
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lat
/
Name, Adjective
later
/x
Adverb, Adjective
lathe
/
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leaf
/
Noun, Verb
left
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
liberate
/xx
Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
line
/
Noun, Verb
lineman
/x
Noun
listen
/x
Verb, Noun
littered
/x
Adjective
locate
/x
Verb
lock
/
Noun, Verb
loin
/
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
loosen
/x
Verb
loosen up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lose consciousness
//xx
Phrase
lose weight
//
Phrase, Verb
lumbar
/x
Adjective, Noun
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
me
/
Noun
memorize
/xx
Verb
mention
/x
Verb, Noun
merits
/x
Noun
midday
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
moment
/x
Noun
morning
/x
Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
mutate
/x
Verb
neck
/
Noun, Verb
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
newly
/x
Adverb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
noncurrent
x/x
Adjective
noon
/
Noun, Verb
notochord
/xx
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nucleate
xx/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
number
/x
Noun, Verb
occasion
x/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
onset
/x
Noun, Verb
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
open up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
order
/x
Noun, Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outset
/x
Noun, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overdue
/x/
Adjective
overleaf
/xx
Adverb
overstep
/xx
Verb, Noun
overthrow
/xx
Verb, Noun
overturn
/xx
Verb, Noun
page
/
Noun, Verb
palm
/
Noun, Verb
pan
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pass out
//
Phrase, Verb
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
paved
/
Adjective
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
perform
x/
Verb
person
/x
Noun, Verb
pivot
/x
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
plough
/
Noun, Verb
plow
/
Noun, Verb
plug
/
Noun, Verb
poop
/
Noun, Verb
posterior
x/x
Adjective, Noun
precedent
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
preceding
x/x
Adjective
precipitate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
pretend
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
proceed
x/
Verb
prosper
/x
Verb, Noun
pull
/
Verb, Noun
puncture
/x
Noun, Verb
punt
/
Noun, Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
put on
//
Phrase, Verb
quarter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
quarterback
/xx
Noun, Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
rabbit
/x
Noun, Verb
rail
/
Noun, Verb
raiment
xx
Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
react
x/
Verb, Noun
rear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rearward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
rebate
/x
Noun, Verb
rebound
x/
Noun, Verb
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
recapture
x/x
Verb, Noun
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
recourse
/x
Noun, Verb
recover
x/x
Verb, Noun
recovery
x/x
Noun
rectory
/xx
Noun
recuperate
x/xx
Verb
recurrence
x/x
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
reentry
x/x
Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
refund
x/
Noun, Verb
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
regain
x/
Verb, Noun
regress
/x
Noun, Verb
regression
x/x
Noun
regressive
x/x
Adjective
reject
x/
Verb, Noun
rekindle
x/x
Verb
relapse
x/
Noun, Verb
relax
x/
Verb
release
x/
Noun, Verb
rely
x/
Verb
reminds
x/
Verb
remission
x/x
Noun, Verb
remit
x/
Noun, Verb
render
/x
Verb, Noun
renege
x/
Verb
reorient
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
repatriation
xxx/x
Noun
repay
x/
Verb
repeat
x/
Verb, Noun
repent
x/
Verb, Adjective
reply
x/
Noun, Verb
reset
x/
Verb, Noun
reshape
x/
Verb
resort
x/
Noun, Verb
restoration
xx/x
Noun
restore
x/
Verb, Noun
result
x/
Noun, Verb
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
retroactive
xx/x
Adjective
retrograde
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
retrospective
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
return
x/
Noun, Verb
revenue
/xx
Noun, Verb
reversal
x/x
Noun, Adjective
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
revive
x/
Verb
revolution
xx/x
Noun
revolve
x/
Verb, Noun
rewind
/x
Noun, Verb
rick
/
Name, Verb
ride
/
Noun, Verb
ridge
/
Noun, Verb
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
road
/
Noun, Adjective
roll
/
Noun, Verb
roll over
//x
Phrase, Verb
rook
/
Noun, Verb
root
/
Noun, Verb
rotate
/x
Verb, Adjective
rotation
x/x
Noun
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
row
/
Noun, 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
sauté
x
Noun, Verb
screw
/
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
seek
/
Verb, Noun
select
x/
Verb, Name, Adjective
send
/
Verb, Noun
senior
/x
Adjective, Name
separate
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
series
/x
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
setback
/x
Noun
settle down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shaded
/x
Adjective
shadowed
/x
Adjective
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
simmer down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
since
/
Adverb
skip
/
Verb, Noun
slew
/
Noun, Verb
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sour
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
speak
/
Verb, Noun
spell
/
Noun, Verb
spend
/
Verb, Noun
spin
/
Noun, Verb
spinal column
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
spine
/
Noun
spiral
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
splay
x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
sprain
/
Noun, Verb
spread out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
stake
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
steer
/
Verb, Noun
step
/
Noun, Verb
stern
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stomach
/x
Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
straight
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stroke
/
Noun, Verb
stroll
/
Noun, Verb
stunt
/
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
sunlit
/x
Adjective
support
x/
Noun, Verb
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
swerve
/
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
swivel
/x
Noun, Verb
table tennis
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
take up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tandem
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective, Verb
tangle with
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
thicken
/x
Verb
thigh
/
Noun
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thrive
/
Verb
throw
/
Verb, Noun
throwback
/x
Noun
tie
/
Noun, Verb
tilt
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
tip over
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
tog
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
too
/
Adverb
tooth
/
Noun, Verb
top
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
toss
/
Verb, Noun
touch
/
Noun, Verb
tour
/
Noun, Verb
towards
x/
Adverb, Adjective
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
trace
/
Noun, Verb
trailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
traitor
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
transfer
x/
Noun, Verb
transform
x/
Verb, Noun
transformation
xx/x
Noun
transformer
x/x
Noun
transition
x/x
Noun, Verb
translate
x/
Verb, Noun
transpose
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trend
/
Noun, Verb
trick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trigger
/x
Noun, Verb
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
trunk
/
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
turf
/
Noun, Verb
turing
/x
Name
turn around
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
turn away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
turn back
//
Phrase, Verb
turn of events
//x/
Phrase, Noun
turn off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn out
//
Phrase, Verb
turn over
//x
Phrase, Verb
turn the tables
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
turn to
//
Phrase, Verb
turnabout
/xx
Noun
turnaround
/xx
Noun
turnover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
twirl
/
Verb, Noun
twist
/
Noun, Verb
two
/
Noun
underpin
/xx
Verb
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unlit
xx
Adjective
unoccupied
x/xx
Adjective
unplug
x/
Verb
unwind
x/
Verb, Noun
upper
/x
Adjective, Noun
use
/
Noun, Verb
vault
/
Noun, Verb
veer
/
Verb, Noun
verso
/x
Noun
vertebra
/xx
Noun
vertebral column
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
voting
/x
Noun, Adjective
vouch
/
Verb, Noun
waist
/
Noun
walk
/
Verb, Noun
warrant
/x
Noun, Verb
watershed
/xx
Noun, Adjective
wear
/
Verb, Noun
will
/
Verb, Noun
win over
//x
Phrase, Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
worsen
/x
Verb
wrench
/
Noun, Verb
wring
/
Verb, Noun
wrinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
write
/
Verb, Noun
yaw
/
Noun, Verb
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb