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abate
x/
Verb, Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
abroad
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
abstentions
x/x
Noun
access
/x
Noun, Verb
accrue
x/
Verb, Noun
accumulation
xxx/x
Noun
acquisition
xx/x
Noun
across
x/
Adverb, 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
alight
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
along
x/
Adverb
among
x/
aneurysm
/x/x
Noun
are
/
Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arms
/
Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
ascend
x/
Verb
ascension
x/x
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
at
/
Noun, Adjective
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
audited
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Name
authoritative
x/xxx
Adjective
autumn
/x
Noun, Verb
avalanche
/xx
Noun, Verb
backup
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bean
/
Noun, Verb
became
x/
Verb
belong
x/
Verb
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
between
x/
Noun
blows
/
Noun, Verb
boil down
//
Phrase, Verb
bow
/
Noun, Verb
bras
/
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
breakup
/x
Noun
bump
/
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cad
/
Name
called
/
Adjective
capitulation
xxx/x
Noun
carpenters
/xx
Noun
cascade
x/
Noun, Verb
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cell
/
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
chow
/
Noun, Verb
chute
/
Noun, Verb
circa
/x
Noun
clans
/
Noun
classic
/x
Adjective, Noun
classify
/xx
Verb
claws
/
Verb
click
/
Verb, Noun
climb
/
Verb, Noun
climb down
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
clock
/
Noun, Verb
clutches
/x
Noun
coherent
x/x
Adjective
cohesive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
complement
/xx
Noun, Verb
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
concerning
x/x
Adjective, Noun
confident
/xx
Adjective, Noun
congregate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
conjoint
x/
Adjective
consolidated
x/xxx
Adjective
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
correct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
correspond
xx/
Verb
counseling
/xx
Noun
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
craftsmen
/x
Noun
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crew
/
Noun, Verb
crisp
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crumble
/x
Verb, Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
custody
/xx
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dans
/
Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deadlines
/x
Verb
decadence
/xx
Noun
decay
x/
Noun, Verb
declaratory
x/xxx
Adjective
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defeat
x/
Noun, Verb
deflate
x/
Verb
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
depreciate
x/xx
Verb
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
descent
x/
Noun
destination
xx/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
devaluation
xxx/x
Noun
devalue
x/x
Verb
devolve
x/
Verb
die away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
diminish
x/x
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
dip
/
Noun, Verb
directorial
xx/xx
Adjective
disappear
xx/
Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
distribution
xx/x
Noun
ditch
/
Noun, Verb
dive
/
Noun, Verb
doing
/x
Noun
doom
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
downhill
//
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downside
/x
Noun
downslope
//
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drifts
/
Noun, Verb
drip
/
Noun, Verb
droop
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
drop off
//
Phrase, Verb
during
/x
Noun
dusk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dwindle
/x
Verb
ears
/
Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
ease off
//
Phrase, Verb
ease up
//
Phrase, Verb
eddy
/x
Noun, Verb
ede
/
Name
eide
/
Name
election
x/x
Noun
enrol
/x
Verb
enroll
x/
Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entrance
/x
Noun, Verb
entry
/x
Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
everything
/xx
Verb
exodus
/xx
Noun, Verb
expire
x/
Verb
extremities
x/xx
Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fall down
//
Phrase, Verb
fall in love
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fallen
/x
Adjective, Noun
fault
/
Noun, Verb
feet
/
Noun
fingernails
/xx
Noun
fingers
/x
Noun
fingertips
/xx
Noun
fist
/
Noun, Verb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flag
/
Noun, Verb
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
flow
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
form
/
Noun, Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
gloves
/
Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gravestone
/x
Noun
grip
/
Noun, Verb
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
hail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
hat
/
Noun, Verb
headstone
/x
Noun
help
/
Verb, Noun
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
include
x/
Verb, Noun
incorporate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
increase
x/
Noun, Verb
indian summer
/xx/x
Name, Name
indulge
x/
Verb
inscribe
x/
Verb
inside
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
instance
/x
Noun, Verb
integrate
/xx
Verb
interference
xx/x
Noun, Verb
intervention
xx/x
Noun
investigate
x/xx
Verb
jesuit
/xx
Name, Adjective
join
/
Verb, Noun
knees
/
Noun
knock
/
Verb, Noun
knuckles
/x
Noun
land
/
Noun, Verb
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
leaves
/
Adjective
leech
/
Noun, Verb
legs
/
Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
let
/
Verb, Noun
let up
//
Phrase, Verb
lie
/
Verb, Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limbs
/
Adverb
longer
/x
Noun
lose
/
Verb, Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
magisterial
xx/xx
Adjective
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
manos
/x
Noun
manpower
/xx
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
meltdown
/x
Noun
men
/
Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
mitts
/
Noun
mobile
/x
Adjective, Name
mouths
/
Noun
nails
/
Noun, Adjective
needles
/x
Noun, Adjective
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
night
/
Noun, Verb
nightfall
/x
Noun
nova
/x
Noun
november
x/x
Name
occur
x/
Verb
october
x/x
Name, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
onto
/x
Adjective
ouster
/x
Noun, Verb
ousting
/x
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
overthrow
/xx
Verb, Noun
overturn
/xx
Verb, Noun
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
palm
/
Noun, Verb
pares
/
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
partaking
x/x
Noun
participating
x/xxx
Adjective
party
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pass
/
Verb, Noun
paws
/
Noun
per
/
Adjective, Noun
performative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
pertain
x/
Verb
phare
/
Name
pin
/
Noun, Verb
pitch
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
plop
/
Noun, Verb
plummet
/x
Verb, Noun
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
pockets
/x
Noun
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
pounce
/
Verb, Noun
precipitate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
preposition
xx/x
Noun, Verb
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
psychoanalytical
xxxx/xx
Adjective
pushing
/x
Adjective, Noun
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rain
/
Noun, Verb
raise
/
Verb, Noun
rank
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
rapt
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
recede
x/
Verb
recognizes
/xxx
Verb
reduce
x/
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
regarding
x/x
Noun
register
/xx
Noun, Verb
regression
x/x
Noun
reins
/
Noun
relate
x/
Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
removal
x/x
Noun
resignation
xx/x
Noun
retraction
x/x
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
ringers
/x
Noun
rise
/
Noun, Verb
roll
/
Noun, Verb
roll down
//
Phrase, Verb
rotation
x/x
Noun
rout
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ryan
/x
Name
sag
/
Noun, Verb
scope
/
Noun, Verb
season
/x
Noun, Verb
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sep
/
Name
sept
/
Name
september
x/x
Name
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
setback
/x
Noun
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
shall
/
Verb
shedding
/x
Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shine
/
Verb, Noun
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
shoulders
/x
Noun
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
shrivel
/x
Verb
sideburns
/x
Noun
sink
/
Noun, Verb
sins
/
Verb
skid
/
Noun, Verb
slack
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
slack off
//
Phrase, Verb
slap
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
sleet
/
Noun, Verb
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slip
/
Noun, Verb
slowdown
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snow
/
Noun, Verb
snowfall
/x
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
south
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
space
/
Noun, Verb
spat
/
Verb, Noun
spill
/
Noun, Verb
spring
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steep
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
strike
/
Noun, Verb
stumble
/x
Verb, Noun
succumb
x/
Verb
suffrage
/x
Noun
summer
/x
Noun, Verb
sur
/
Verb
surfaces
/xx
Noun, Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun, Verb
swoop
/
Noun, Verb
takedown
/x
Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
taper
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
throughout
x/
Adverb
thumbs
/
Noun
till
/
Noun, Verb
to
/
Adverb, Noun
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
tomb
/
Noun, Verb
tombstone
/x
Noun, Verb
topple
/x
Verb, Noun
touch
/
Noun, Verb
toward
x/
Adjective, Noun
trees
/
Noun
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
twilight
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undervalue
/xxx
Verb, Noun
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
upgrade
x/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
upturn
x/
Noun, Verb
vanish
/x
Verb, Noun
vers
/
Noun, Adjective
wane
/
Verb, Noun
waterfall
/xx
Noun, Verb
weaker
/x
Adjective
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
week
/
Noun
winter
/x
Noun, Verb
wither
/x
Verb, Noun, Adverb
workforce
/x
Noun
workmen
/x
Noun
worms
/
Noun
writing
/x
Noun
year
/
Noun
you
/
Verb, Noun