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abandon
x/x
Verb, Noun
abatement
x/x
Noun
abolish
x/x
Verb
abort
x/
Verb, Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
abroad
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
abruption
x/x
Noun
access
/x
Noun, Verb
across
x/
Adverb, Noun
adjourn
x/
Verb
adjournment
x/x
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
affirmative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
affirming
x/x
Adjective, Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
again
x/
Adverb
against
x/
Adverb
ahead
x/
Adverb
air
/
Noun, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
among
x/
amortize
/xx
Verb
an
/
Noun
announce
x/
Verb
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
ashore
x/
Adverb
at
/
Noun, Adjective
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
audited
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Name
authoritative
x/xxx
Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babble
/x
Noun, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
ball
/
Noun, Verb
bankrupt
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
became
x/
Verb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
bend
/
Noun, Verb
beneath
x/
Adverb
betray
x/
Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blunder
/x
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bog down
//
Phrase, Verb
boob
/
Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boycott
/x
Noun, Verb
brake
/
Noun, Verb
breach
/
Noun, Verb
break away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
break in
/x
Phrase, Verb
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
break open
//x
Phrase, Verb
break out
//
Phrase, Verb
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
break with
//
Phrase, Verb
breakage
/x
Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
breaking off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
breakout
/x
Noun, Adjective
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
breakup
/x
Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
breathe
/
Verb
breather
/x
Noun
breccia
/x
Noun
breeze
/
Noun, Verb
bring out
//
Phrase, Verb
buckle
/x
Noun, Verb
bump
/
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
burn out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
burst
/
Verb, Noun
bushel
/x
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cache
/
Noun, Verb
caesura
//x
Noun
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cantina
x/x
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cessation
x/x
Noun
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
char
/
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chip
/
Noun, Verb
circa
/x
Noun
circuitous
x/xx
Adjective
civilize
/xx
Verb
cleavage
/x
Noun
click
/
Verb, Noun
clipping
/x
Noun, Adjective
coated
/x
Adjective
coherent
x/x
Adjective
cohesive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
come apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come out
//
Phrase, Verb
comfort
/x
Noun, Verb
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
comply
x/
Verb
compound fracture
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
concerning
x/x
Adjective, Noun
confident
/xx
Adjective, Noun
conflict
/x
Noun, Verb
conk out
//
Phrase, Verb
consolidated
x/xxx
Adjective
constrained
x/
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
contravene
/xx
Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
cooling
/x
Noun, Adjective
corporatist
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
correction
x/x
Noun
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crumple
/x
Verb, Noun
crush
/
Verb, Noun
cultivate
/xx
Verb
cup
/
Noun, Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
damp
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dampen
/x
Verb
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
dans
/
Verb
dash
/
Noun, Verb
deactivated
x/xxx
Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
decipher
x/x
Verb, Noun
declaratory
x/xxx
Adjective
declare
x/
Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decode
x/
Verb, Noun
decompose
xx/
Verb
decoupled
x/x
Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
decrypt
x/
Verb, Noun
defeat
x/
Noun, Verb
defy
x/
Verb, Noun
dejected
x/x
Adjective
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
demarcation
xx/x
Noun
demolish
x/x
Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
deplete
x/
Verb
depressed
x/
Adjective
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
descent
x/
Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
destroy
x/
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
deterministic
xxx/x
Adjective
develop
x/x
Verb
devour
x/x
Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
differential
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
dimensional
x/xx
Adjective
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun, Verb
disaggregate
xxxx
Verb, Adjective
disaggregated
xxxxx
Adjective, Verb
disclose
x/
Verb, Noun
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discontinuance
xx/xx
Noun
discontinuation
xxxx/x
Noun
discontinuity
xxx/xx
Noun
discordance
x/x
Noun
discover
x/x
Verb, Noun
dish
/
Noun, Verb
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
disjoint
x/
Adjective, Verb
dislocation
x//x
Noun
dismantle
x/x
Verb
dismissed
x/
Adjective
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
disobey
xx/
Verb
disperse
x/
Verb, Adjective
dispirited
x/xx
Adjective
disrupt
x/
Verb, Adjective
dissociate
x/xx
Verb
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
distort
x/
Verb, Adjective
disturb
x/
Verb, Noun
dive
/
Noun, Verb
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
divine
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
divorce
x/
Noun, Verb
divulge
x/
Verb
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
doing
/x
Noun
dormant
/x
Adjective, Noun
downcast
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
downed
/
Adjective
downhill
//
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downstairs
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drifts
/
Noun, Verb
drill
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
duck
/
Noun, Verb
during
/x
Noun
earth
/
Noun, Verb
eases
/x
Verb, Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
eclipse
x/
Noun, Verb
educate
/xx
Verb
elevate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
elevator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
emerge
x/
Verb, Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
entry
/x
Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
erupt
x/
Verb
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
exceed
x/
Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
exoneration
xxx/x
Noun
explode
x/
Verb
expose
x/
Verb
extricate
/xx
Verb
fade
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fall apart
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall in
/x
Phrase, Verb
falling out
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fare
/
Noun, Verb
fart
/
Noun, Verb
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fault
/
Noun, Verb
fault line
//
Phrase, Noun
feathers
/x
Noun
fee
/
Noun, Verb
feet
/
Noun
fill
/
Verb, Noun
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
fix
/
Verb, Noun
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
flout
/
Verb, Noun
flower
/x
Noun, Verb
form
/
Noun, Verb
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
founder
/x
Noun, Verb
fractional
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fracture
/x
Noun, Verb
fragment
/x
Noun, Verb
fray
/
Noun, Verb
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
get around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get out
//
Phrase, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
give away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
give out
//
Phrase, Verb
give way
//
Phrase, Verb
glass
/
Noun, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
good luck
//
Phrase, Noun
goof
/
Noun, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
hack
/
Noun, Verb
halftime
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
heartbreak
/x
Noun
heist
/
Noun, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hiatus
x/x
Noun
hitch
/
Noun, Verb
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
holiday
/xx
Noun, Verb
hop
/
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
impart
x/
Verb
implode
x/
Verb
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
incorporate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
infringe
x/
Verb
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
integrate
/xx
Verb
inter
x/
Name, Verb
interjection
xx/x
Noun
intermission
xx/x
Noun
interpolation
x/xxx
Noun
interposition
x/x/x
Noun
interregnum
xx/x
Noun
interrupt
xx/
Verb, Noun
interval
/xx
Noun
intrude
x/
Verb
investigate
x/xx
Verb
jedi
/x
Name
join
/
Verb, Noun
judgment
/x
Noun
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
junkyard
/x
Noun
kick
/
Verb, Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
kink
/
Noun, Verb
knee
/
Noun, Verb
kneel
/
Verb
knock
/
Verb, Noun
knock down
//
Phrase, Verb
ladder
/x
Noun, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
leak
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
least
/
Adverb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
leave off
//
Phrase, Verb
let on
//
Phrase, Verb
let out
//
Phrase, Verb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
line
/
Noun, Verb
lock
/
Noun, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lose
/
Verb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
luck
/
Noun, Verb
lull
/
Noun, Verb
lunch
/
Noun, Verb
magisterial
xx/xx
Adjective
make
/
Verb, Noun
malfunction
x/x
Noun, Verb
markovian
/xxx
Adjective
mastered
/x
Adjective
me
/
Noun
measuring
/xx
Noun
meltdown
/x
Noun
mend
/
Verb, Noun
mike
/
Name, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mixing
/x
Adjective, Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
nearly
/x
Adverb
neoclassical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
nonfunctional
x/xx
Adjective
nova
/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
nuke
/
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offend
x/
Verb
onshore
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
onto
/x
Adjective
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
opportunity
xx/xx
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outage
/x
Noun
outbreak
/x
Noun, Verb
outta
/x
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb, Noun
overload
/xx
Noun, Verb
overthrow
/xx
Verb, Noun
overturn
/xx
Verb, Noun
parenthesis
x/xx
Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
partaking
x/x
Noun
participating
x/xxx
Adjective
pause
/
Noun, Verb
peace
/
Noun, Verb
peach
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
peak
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
per
/
Adjective, Noun
perfect
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
performative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pierce
/
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plough
/
Noun, Verb
plow
/
Noun, Verb
plummeted
/xx
Verb
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
polish
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pope
/
Noun, Verb
postponement
x/x
Noun
preposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
promote
x/
Verb
pub
/
Noun, Verb
pull down
//
Phrase, Verb
punch
/
Noun, Verb
puncture
/x
Noun, Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quash
/
Verb
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
raise
/
Verb, Noun
range
/
Noun, Verb
rapt
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
rate
/
Noun, Verb
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
recreation
xx/x
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
refine
x/
Verb
regarding
x/x
Noun
relay
/x
Noun, Verb
relegate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
relief
x/
Noun, Adjective
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
renege
x/
Verb
repair
x/
Noun, Verb
reprieve
x/
Noun, Verb
rescind
x/
Verb
resolve
x/
Verb, Noun
respite
/x
Noun, Verb
rest
/
Noun, Verb
rest period
//xx
Phrase, Noun
restore
x/
Verb, Noun
retired
x/
Adjective
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
reveal
x/
Verb, Noun
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
revolver
x/x
Noun
rid
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
rift
/
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
robbery
/xx
Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
roundabout
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ruin
/x
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
runway
/x
Noun
rupture
/x
Noun, Verb
sabotage
/xx
Noun, Verb
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sag
/
Noun, Verb
san andreas fault
/x/x/
Name, Name
school
/
Noun, Verb
scrap
/
Noun, Verb
sec
/
Noun
secede
x/
Verb
separate
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
separation
xx/x
Noun
sequential
x/x
Adjective
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
setback
/x
Noun
sever
/x
Verb
severance
/xx
Noun
shall
/
Verb
shatter
/x
Verb, Noun
shearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shoot down
//
Phrase, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shutdown
/x
Noun
simpler
/xx
Noun
sin
/
Noun, Verb
sing
/
Verb, Noun
sink
/
Noun, Verb
skip
/
Verb, Noun
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slip
/
Noun, Verb
slowdown
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun, Verb
smash
/
Verb, Noun
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
soften
/x
Verb
soil
/
Noun, Verb
sol
/
Noun, Adjective
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sophisticated
x/xxx
Adjective
south
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
space
/
Noun, Verb
splinter
/x
Noun, Verb
split
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
spring
/
Noun, Verb
standby
//
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
stocking
/x
Noun
stone
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stoppage
/x
Noun
storming
/x
Noun
stranglehold
/xx
Noun, Verb
streamlined
/x
Adjective
stumble
/x
Verb, Noun
substance
/x
Noun, Verb
suburban
x/x
Adjective, Noun
sur
/
Noun
surmount
x/
Verb
suspend
x/
Verb
suspension
x/x
Noun
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
take five
//
Phrase, Verb
take ten
//
Phrase, Verb
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tariff
/x
Noun, Verb
tattle
/x
Noun, Verb
tear
/
Verb, Noun
terminate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
termination
xx/x
Noun
test
/
Noun, Verb
there
/
Adverb, Noun
thinning
/x
Noun, Adjective
threshold
/x
Noun
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
throughout
x/
Adverb
thrown
/
Adjective
tie
/
Noun, Verb
till
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
time lag
//
Phrase, Noun
to
/
Adverb, Noun
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
tonight
x/
Adverb, Noun
toppling
/xx
Noun
touch on
//
Phrase, Verb
toward
x/
Adjective, Noun
town
/
Noun
trailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
train
/
Noun, Verb
transgress
x/
Verb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
tread
/
Verb, Noun
trespass
/x
Noun, Verb
truce
/
Noun
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
tummy
/x
Noun
turban
/x
Noun, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undermine
/xx
Verb
underneath
xx/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unified
/xx
Adjective
unlock
x/
Verb, Noun
unravel
x/x
Verb
untie
x/
Verb
until
x/
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upgrade
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
upon
x/
upset
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
upstairs
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
upward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
vacation
x/x
Noun, Verb
vanquish
/x
Verb
vase
/
Noun, Verb
vein
/
Noun, Verb
vers
/
Noun, Adjective
vertical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
violate
/xx
Verb
wagon
/x
Noun, Verb
wait
/
Verb, Noun
wash
/
Verb, Noun
weaken
/x
Verb
weapon
/x
Noun, Verb
wear
/
Verb, Noun
wear out
//
Phrase, Verb
wheel
/
Noun, Verb
wire
/x
Noun, Verb
within
x/
Adverb, Adjective
worms
/
Noun
wreck
/
Noun, Verb