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already
x/x
Adverb, Adverb
gotten
/x
Verb
seen
/
Verb
have
/
Verb
gone
/
Verb
considered
x/x
Verb
previously
/xxx
Adverb
known
/
Verb
always
/x
Adverb
actually
/xxx
Adverb
done
/
Verb
never
/x
Adverb
become
x/
Verb
haven
/x
Noun
kept
/
Verb
undoubtedly
x/xx
Adverb
recently
/xx
Adverb
seems
/
Verb
taken
/x
Verb
just
/
Adverb
stayed
/
Verb
apparently
x/xx
Adverb
still
/
Adverb
probably
/xx
Adverb
avoided
x/x
Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb
obviously
/xxx
Adverb
remained
x/
Verb
found
/
Verb
also
/x
Adverb
supposedly
x/xx
Adverb
made
/
Verb
consistently
x/xx
Adverb
stopped
/
Verb
largely
/x
Adverb
duly
/x
Adverb
hitherto
/x/
Noun, Adverb
worked
/
Verb
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
deemed
/
Verb
finally
/xx
Adverb
reportedly
x/xx
Adverb
practically
/xx
Adverb
formerly
/xx
Adverb
evidently
/xxx
Adverb
continually
x/xxx
Adverb
officially
x/xx
Adverb
only
/x
Adverb
given
/x
Verb
presently
/xx
Adverb
brought
/
Verb
used
/
Verb
originally
x/xxx
Adverb
heretofore
xx/
Noun, Adverb
quite
/
Adverb
essentially
x/xx
Adverb
allegedly
x/xx
Adverb
initially
x/xx
Adverb
seemingly
/xx
Adverb
appeared
x/
Verb
proved
/
Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
grown
/
Verb
traditionally
x/xxx
Adverb
shown
/
Verb
achieved
x/
Verb
currently
/xx
Adverb
specially
/xx
Adverb
eaten
/x
Verb
really
/x
Adverb
bate
/
Noun
learnt
/
Verb
bare
/
Adjective
begun
x/
Verb
begot
x/
Verb
drunk
/
Noun
beat
/
Noun
go way back
///
Phrase, Verb
would
/
Verb, Noun
used to
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
went beyond
/x/
Phrase
can
/
Verb, Noun
befell
x/
Verb
fallen
/x
Adjective, Noun
book
/
Noun
ought
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
bore
/
Verb
went by
//
Phrase
was around
/x/
Phrase
swum
/
Verb
went away
/x/
Phrase
came
/
Verb
spake
/
Verb
bade
/
Verb
broke off
//
Phrase, Adjective
bad
/
Adverb
thou
/
Adverb
forefront
/x
Noun
lately
/x
Adverb
latterly
/xx
Adverb
unwell
x/
Adverb
decades
x/
Noun
centuries
/xx
Noun
years
/
Noun
uppermost
/xx
Adverb
ever
/x
Verb
might
/
Verb
how
/
Adjective
storm
/
Noun
soothed
/
Verb
around
x/
Verb
deleted
x/x
Verb
licked
/
Verb
with
/
Verb
warned
/
Verb
advised
x/
Verb
abused
x/
Verb
omitted
x/x
Verb
there
/
Adverb
convicted
x/x
Verb
terminated
/xxx
Verb
arrested
x/x
Verb
great
/
Adjective
struck
/
Verb
surprised
x/
Verb
interested
/xx
Verb
here
/
Adverb
hurt
/
Verb
saved
/
Verb
accomplished
x/x
Verb
married
/x
Verb
denied
x/
Verb
adjusted
x/x
Verb
removed
x/
Verb
fired
/x
Verb
destroyed
x/
Verb
tested
/x
Verb
completed
x/x
Verb
refused
x/
Verb
approved
x/
Verb
killed
/
Verb
declared
x/
Verb
tried
/
Verb
informed
x/
Verb
told
/
Verb
changed
/
Verb
admitted
x/x
Verb
exposed
x/
Verb
accepted
x/x
Adjective
accounted
x/x
Verb
acquired
x/x
Adjective
acted
/x
Verb
addressed
x/
Adjective
adopted
x/x
Adjective
affected
x/x
Adjective, Noun
afforded
x/x
Verb
allowed
x/
Adjective
amounted
x/x
Verb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
applied
x/
Adjective
appointed
x/x
Adjective
arisen
x/x
Adjective
aroused
x/
Adjective
arrived
x/
Verb
asked
/
Adjective
assisted
x/x
Adjective
assumed
x/
Adjective
attained
x/
Adjective
attempted
x/x
Adjective
attended
x/x
Adjective
attracted
x/x
Adjective
averaged
/x
Adjective
awarded
x/x
Verb
bein
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
benefited
/xxx
Verb
built
/
Adjective, Noun
carried
/x
Verb
caught
/
Adjective
caused
/
Verb
ceased
/
Verb
characterised
xxxx
Verb
characterized
/xxx
Verb
collected
x/x
Adjective
committed
x/x
Adjective
composed
x/
Adjective
comprised
x/
Verb
concentrated
/xxx
Adjective
concluded
x/x
Adjective
conducted
x/x
Verb
confirmed
x/
Adjective
consisted
x/x
Verb
constituted
/xxx
Adjective
continued
x/x
Adjective, Noun
contributed
x/xx
Verb
cooked
/
Adjective
counted
/x
Verb
created
x/x
Verb
dealt
/
Verb
declined
x/
Verb
decreased
x/
Adjective
delivered
x/x
Adjective
demonstrated
/xxx
Adjective
deployed
x/
Verb
designed
x/
Adjective
detected
x/x
Adjective
determined
x/x
Adjective
developed
x/x
Adjective
devoted
x/x
Adjective
disappeared
xx/
Adjective
discovered
x/x
Adjective
discussed
x/
Verb
displayed
x/
Adjective
doth
/
Verb, Noun
dragged
/
Verb
drawn
/
Adjective
earned
/
Adjective
elapsed
x/
Adjective
emerged
x/
Verb
enabled
x/x
Adjective
encountered
x/x
Verb
endured
x/
Verb
engaged
x/
Adjective
enjoyed
x/
Verb
entered
/x
Verb
established
x/x
Adjective
europe
/x
Name
evolved
x/
Adjective
examined
x/x
Verb
exercised
/xx
Adjective
existed
x/x
Verb
experienced
x/xx
Adjective
expressed
x/
Adjective
faced
/
Adjective
fact
/
Noun
facto
/x
failed
/
Adjective
fait
/
Noun
featured
/x
Adjective
felt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
focused
/x
Adjective
followed
/x
Verb
formally
/xx
Adverb
formed
/
Adjective
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
gained
/
Verb
generated
/xxx
Verb
granted
/x
Adverb, Adjective
happened
/x
Verb
hath
/
Verb
heard
/
Adjective, Noun
held
/
Noun
helped
/
Verb
himself
x/
Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
identified
x/xx
Adjective
imperial
x/xx
Adjective, Name
implemented
/xxx
Adjective
included
x/x
Adjective
incompletely
xx/x
Adverb
incorporated
x/xxx
Adjective
increased
x/
Adjective
incurred
x/
Verb
indicated
/xxx
Verb
initiated
x/xxx
Verb
intervened
xx/
Verb
introduced
xx/
Adjective
involved
x/
Adjective
issued
/x
Verb
lagged
/
Verb
laid
/
Adjective
launched
/
Adjective
led
/
Adjective, Noun
left
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lent
/
Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
lived
/
Adjective
loaned
/
Verb
logged
/
Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
looked
/
Adjective
lost
/
Adjective
maintained
x/
Adjective
managed
/x
Verb
marked
/
Adjective
meant
/
Verb
mentioned
/x
Verb
met
/
Verb, Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
moved
/
Adjective
noted
/x
Adjective
noticed
/x
Adjective
observed
x/
Verb
obtained
x/
Verb
occupied
/xx
Adjective
occurred
x/
Verb
offered
/x
Verb
operated
/xxx
Adjective
owed
/
Adjective
paid
/
Adjective
participated
x/xxx
Verb
passed
/
Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb