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phrase
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Noun, Noun
particle
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Noun
noun
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Noun
part of speech
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Phrase, Noun
preposition
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Noun
government
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Noun
lexeme
//
Noun
clitic
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Noun
copula
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Noun
adverbial
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Noun
language
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Noun
verb
/
Noun
connective
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Noun
adjective
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Noun
word
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Noun
conjunction
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Noun
expressive
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Adjective
adverb
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Noun
grammar
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Noun
complement
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Noun
semantics
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Noun
pronoun
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Noun
prefix
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Noun
definition
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Noun
linker
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Noun
deixis
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Noun
morpheme
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Noun
conjunct
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Noun
synonym
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Noun
form
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Noun
borrowing
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Noun
third person
//x
Phrase, Noun
signification
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Noun
qualifier
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Noun
role
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Noun
numeral
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Noun
lemma
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Noun
adjunct
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Noun
abbreviation
xxx/x
Noun
deictic
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Adjective
dummy
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Noun
expletive
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Noun
nominal
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Adjective
interrogative
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Noun
lexis
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Name
modifier
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Noun
context
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Noun
agreement
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Noun
determiner
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Noun
attributive
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Noun
definite
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Adjective
composition
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Noun
indefinite
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Adjective
vocabulary
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Noun
byword
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Noun
descriptor
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Noun
partitive
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Adjective
definitive
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Adjective
suffix
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Noun
force
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Noun
contraction
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Noun
term
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Noun
article
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Noun
antecedent
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Noun
keyword
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Noun
variant
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Noun
langue
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Noun
classifier
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Noun
ancestor
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Noun
cognate
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Noun
token
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Noun
disjunct
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Noun
comparison
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Noun
connotation
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Noun
intensive
x/x
Adjective
derivative
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Noun
plural
/x
Noun
coordinator
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Noun
conversion
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Noun
descendant
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Noun
syllable
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Noun
construction
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Noun
attribute
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Noun
root
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Noun
tense
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Noun
paradigm
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Noun
comparative
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Name
ability
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Noun
about
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Adverb, Adjective
accommodate
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Verb, Adjective
accordance
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Noun
according
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
account
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Noun, Verb
act
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
action
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
activities
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Noun
addressed
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Adjective
adjoint
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Noun, Adjective
administration
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Noun
affix
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Verb, Noun
against
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Noun
agency
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Noun
aim
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Noun, Verb
algebra
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Noun
alphabet
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Noun, Verb
ambiguous
x/xx
Adjective
american revised version
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Phrase, Noun
american standard version
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Name, Noun
anagram
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Noun, Verb
antonym
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Noun
anything
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Noun, Adverb
appropriate
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Adjective, Verb
argument
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Noun, Verb
articulate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
ask
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Verb, Noun
assigned
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Adjective
assignment
x/x
Noun
attribution
xx/x
Noun
authorized version
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
based
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Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
behalf
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Noun
behavior
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Noun
behaviour
x/x
Noun
bible
/x
Name
binary
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Noun, Adjective
bit
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
blend
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Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
briefly
/x
Adverb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
buzzword
/x
Noun
byte
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Noun
calculator
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Noun
call
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Verb, Noun
capabilities
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Noun
capacity
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Noun, Adjective
caption
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Noun, Verb
cast
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
character
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Noun, Verb
charade
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Noun, Verb
charge
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Noun, Verb
christ
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Name
close
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
coinage
/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
commentary
/xxx
Noun
competence
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Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
concise
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Adjective, Verb
conclusion
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Noun
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
conference
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Noun, Verb
consequent
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Adjective, Noun
correspondence
xx/x
Noun
couch
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Noun, Verb
covariant
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Adjective, Noun
credo
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Noun
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
deadline
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Noun, Verb
debate
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Noun, Verb
debit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deliberation
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Noun
denomination
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Noun
depend
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Verb
dependent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
designation
xx/x
Noun
dictionary
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Noun, Verb
diminutive
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Adjective, Noun
directional
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Adjective, Noun
discussion
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Noun
do
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
duties
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Noun
dysfunction
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Noun, Verb
ear
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Noun, Verb
eat
/
Verb, Noun
effect
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Noun, Verb
employees
x/x
Noun
employment
x/x
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
english
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Name, Adjective, Verb
enigmatic
xx/x
Adjective
etymology
xx/xx
Noun
event
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Noun, Verb
evolve
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Verb
exercise
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Noun, Verb
expiry
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Noun
exponential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
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Noun
facility
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Noun
family bible
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Name, Name
feature
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Noun, Verb
federal
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Adjective, Name
ferry
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Noun, Verb
finish
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Verb, Noun
fit
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
floor
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Noun, Verb
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
formula
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Noun
formulate
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Verb
frame
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Noun, Verb
functional
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Adjective, Noun
functioned
/x
Verb
games
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Noun
geometry
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Noun
go
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
goal
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Noun, Verb
good book
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Phrase, Noun
good word
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Phrase, Noun
group discussion
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Phrase, Noun
hall
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Noun
halt
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
hat
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Noun, Verb
haul
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Verb, Noun
head
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
holy scripture
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Name, Name
holy writ
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Name, Name
hybrid
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Adjective, Noun
important
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Adjective
incriminating
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Adjective
indication
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Noun
informal
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Adjective
instrumentality
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Noun
intelligence
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Noun
intermediary
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Noun, Adjective
intervene
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Verb
introductory
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Adjective
jesus
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Name, Verb
jesus christ
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Name, Name
job
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Noun, Verb
jure
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Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
key word
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Phrase, Noun
king james version
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Name, Name
laconic
x/x
Adjective