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a
x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abstracted
/xx
Adjective
accompany
x/xx
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
additional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
addressees
xx/
Noun
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
afraid
x/
Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
alarm
x/
Noun, Verb
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
amazement
x/x
Noun
an
/
Noun
anger
/x
Noun, Verb
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
angst
/
Noun, Verb
anguish
/x
Noun, Verb
annoyance
x/x
Noun
another
x/x
Noun
anthems
/x
Noun, Verb
anxiety
x/xx
Noun
anybody
/xxx
Noun
anyone
/xx
Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
anywhere
/xx
Adverb, Noun
appear
x/
Verb
appointments
x/x
Noun
apprehend
xx/
Verb
apprehension
xx/x
Noun
approved
x/
Adjective
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arousal
x/x
Noun
ascend
x/
Verb
astonishment
x/xx
Noun
automobile
/xxx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
aversion
x/x
Noun
avoidance
x/x
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
awe
/
Noun, Verb
axle
/x
Noun
babble
/x
Noun, Verb
band
/
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bead
/
Noun, Verb
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
because
x/
Adverb
become
x/
Verb
beep
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
belong
x/
Verb
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
between
x/
Noun
billow
/x
Noun, Verb
birr
/
Noun, Verb
blare
/
Noun, Verb
blend
/
Noun, Verb
blend in
/x
Phrase, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
bluff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bong
/
Noun, Verb
boom
/
Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
bouncy
/x
Adjective
brakes
/
Adjective
brave
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bravery
/xx
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
breeze
/
Noun, Verb
bronzed
/
Adjective
bubble
/x
Noun, Verb
building
/x
Noun
burn out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
buy it
//
Phrase, Verb
buy the farm
/x/
Phrase, Verb
buzz
/
Noun, Verb
cadence
/x
Noun, Verb
cam
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
can
/
Verb, Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
centralized
/xx
Adjective
certain
/x
Adjective, Noun
change
/
Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chested
/x
Adjective
chill
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chime
/
Noun, Verb
chink
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
chiseled
/x
Adjective
choke
/
Verb, Noun
chug
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circulate
/xx
Verb
clang
/
Noun, Verb
clank
/
Noun, Verb
click
/
Verb, Noun
clink
/
Noun, Verb
clop
/
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
clunk
/
Noun, Verb
clunky
/x
Adjective
cold sweat
//
Phrase, Noun
collaborators
x/xxx
Noun
colleagues
/x
Noun
collection
x/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
come back
//
Phrase, Verb
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
companions
x/x
Verb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
comrades
/x
Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
conceived
x/
Verb
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
conditioned
x/x
Adjective
conjunctive
xxx
Adjective, Noun
conk out
//
Phrase, Verb
consent
x/
Noun, Verb
consternation
xx/x
Noun
containing
x/x
Noun
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
corkscrew
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
counterparts
/xx
Verb
counting
/x
Noun
countries
/x
Noun
courage
/x
Noun, Verb
coworkers
//x
Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cranked
/
Adjective
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
craving
/x
Noun
crawl
/
Verb, Noun
creak
/
Noun, Verb
creep
/
Verb, Noun
creepy
/x
Adjective
croak
/
Noun, Verb
cruise
/
Noun, Verb
crump
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
cuando
x/x
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cylinder
/xx
Noun, Verb
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
decease
x/
Noun, Verb
decentralized
x/xx
Adjective
deck
/
Noun, Verb
demoniac
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
depart
x/
Verb, Noun
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
devilish
/x
Adjective, Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
dignified
/xx
Adjective
din
/
Noun, Verb
disc
/
Noun, Verb
discrimination
xxx/x
Noun
disjunctive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dislike
x/
Noun, Verb
dismay
x/
Noun, Verb
disquiet
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
distribution
xx/x
Noun
dizziness
/xx
Noun
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
dozens
/x
Noun
drag
/
Verb, Noun
drag out
//
Phrase, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
draw back
//
Phrase, Verb
dread
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dreadful
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
drift
/
Noun, Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drone
/
Noun, Verb
drown
/
Verb, Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
drumbeat
/x
Noun
duress
/x
Noun, Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
echo
/x
Noun, Verb
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
emaciated
x/xxx
Adjective
embark
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
enshrine
x/
Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entity
/xx
Noun
ere
/
Noun, Adverb
err
/
Verb
establishment
x/xx
Noun
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
everywhere
/xx
Adverb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
evolve
x/
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expire
x/
Verb
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
fa
x
Noun
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fare
/
Noun, Verb
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
feared
/
Adjective
fearful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
fearlessness
/xx
Noun
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
find
/
Verb, Noun
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fling
/
Verb, Noun
float
/
Noun, Verb
flock
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
footfall
/x
Noun
footing
/x
Noun
footprint
/x
Noun
footstep
/x
Noun
foreboding
x/x
Noun, Adjective
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
forge
/
Verb, Noun
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
freak
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fright
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
frightened
/x
Adjective
frisson
/x
Noun
from
/
Noun
function
/x
Noun, Verb
fund
/
Noun, Verb
further
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
gait
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
get about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get back
//
Phrase, Verb
get going
//x
Phrase, Verb
get off the ground
//x/
Phrase, Verb
getter
/x
Noun, Verb
ghost
/
Noun, Verb
give out
//
Phrase, Verb
give way
//
Phrase, Verb
glide
/
Verb, Noun
god
/
Name, Verb
gold
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grow into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grumble
/x
Verb, Noun
gurgle
/x
Noun, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
handler
/x
Noun
harassing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
hasten
/x
Verb, Noun
hate
/
Verb, Noun
hatred
/x
Noun
he
/
Noun, Adjective
heel
/
Noun, Verb
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
hence
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hers
x
Adjective
hie
/
Verb
hiss
/
Noun, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
honk
/
Noun, Verb
hoofs
/
Noun
horrible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
horror
/x
Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
how
/
Adverb, Noun
hum
/
Noun, Verb
hundreds
/x
Noun
hunger
/x
Noun, Verb
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
hysteria
x/xx
Noun
i
x
Noun
idealized
x/xx
Adjective
if
/
Noun
illustrations
xx/x
Noun
imperative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
imposed
x/
Adjective
including
x/x
Verb
individuals
xx/xx
Verb
injured
/x
Adjective
intersection
xx/x
Noun
intimidation
xxx/x
Noun
involving
x/x
Verb
ir
//
Name, Adjective
it
/
Noun, Adjective
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
kick the bucket
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
kinds
/
Noun
knock
/
Verb, Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
lance
/
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leave
/
Verb, Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
live on
//
Phrase, Verb
live out
//
Phrase, Verb
location
x/x
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
make noise
//
Phrase, Verb
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
makes
/
Verb
malfunction
x/x
Noun, Verb
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manoeuvre
x/
Noun, Verb
march on
//
Name, Verb
me
/
Noun
meander
x/x
Noun, Verb
members
/x
Noun
mill
/
Noun, Verb
miscellaneous
xx/xx
Adjective
monster
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
move on
//
Phrase, Verb
multiplexer
/xxx
Noun
natural
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
navigate
/xx
Verb
needle
/x
Noun, Verb
negated
/xx
Verb
noise
/
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
occupied
/xx
Adjective
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
ones
/
Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
origin
/xx
Noun
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
otherwise
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
outsiders
x/x
Noun
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
paddle
/x
Noun, Verb
pain
/
Noun, Verb
pan
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
panic attack
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
panicked
/x
Adjective
participial
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
partners
/x
Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pass away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pass by
//
Phrase, Verb
pass on
//
Phrase, Verb
pass over
//x
Phrase, Verb
patter
/x
Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
peal
/
Noun, Verb
peers
/
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
perish
/x
Verb
persons
/x
Noun
phobia
/xx
Noun
phobic
/x
Adjective, Noun
ping
/
Noun, Verb
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
plough
/
Noun, Verb
plow
/
Noun, Verb
plump
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
point
/
Noun, Verb
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pop off
//
Phrase, Verb
precede
x/
Verb, Noun
proceed
x/
Verb
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
promissory
/xxx
Adjective
propagate
/xx
Verb
proportioned
x/x
Adjective
provoking
x/x
Adjective, Noun
pull
/
Verb, Noun
pull away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
purr
/
Noun, Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
quiver
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
race
/
Noun, Verb
radiate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
raft
/
Noun, Verb
ramble
/x
Noun, Verb
range
/
Noun, Verb
rap
/
Noun, Verb
rattle
/x
Noun, Verb
ray
/
Noun, Verb
re
/
Noun
recede
x/
Verb
redoubt
x/
Noun, Verb
related
x/x
Adjective
remainder
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
remaining
x/x
Noun, Adjective
remarks
x/
Noun, Verb
remorse
x/
Noun, Verb
repair to
x//
Phrase
repugnance
x/x
Noun
resonate
/xx
Verb
resort to
x//
Phrase
resound
x/
Verb, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
resulting
x/x
Adjective
retire
x/
Verb, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
retrograde
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
reverberate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
revere
x/
Name, Verb
reverence
/xx
Noun, Verb
ribbon
/x
Noun, Verb
ride
/
Noun, Verb
rifle
/x
Noun, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
ripple
/x
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
risk
/
Noun, Verb
roam
/
Verb, Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rove
/
Noun, Verb
ruff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rumble
/x
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run short
//
Phrase, Verb
rush
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rustle
/x
Noun, Verb
saint
/
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scared
/
Adjective
scramble
/x
Noun, Verb
scream
/
Noun, Verb
seek
/
Verb, Noun
select
x/
Verb, Name, Adjective
sell
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
service
/x
Noun, Verb
servility
/xxx
Noun
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
shack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shetland
/x
Name
shiver
/x
Noun, Verb
shoe
/
Noun, Verb
shove off
//
Phrase, Verb
show
/
Verb, Noun
shudder
/x
Noun, Verb
shuffle
/x
Noun, Verb
shuttle
/x
Noun, Verb
sift
/
Verb, Noun
signature
/xx
Noun, Adjective
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sing
/
Verb, Noun
sit
/
Verb, Noun
site
/
Noun, Verb
ski
/
Noun, Verb
skid
/
Noun, Verb
sleepless
/x
Adjective
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slither
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
slush
/
Noun, Verb
snake
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snarl
/
Noun, Verb
sober
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sober up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sole
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
somebody
/xx
Noun
someone
/x
Noun
someplace
/x
Adverb, Noun
somewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
sorts
/
Noun
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
speakers
/x
Noun
specter
/x
Noun
spectre
/x
Noun
speed
/
Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
splash
/
Noun, Verb
splat
/
Noun, Verb
spooky
/x
Adjective
sporty
/x
Adjective
spread
/
Verb, Noun
spurt
/
Noun, Verb
squeaky
/x
Adjective
squelch
/
Verb, Noun
stage fright
//
Phrase, Noun
stagger
/x
Verb, Noun
stakeholders
/xx
Noun
stalemate
/x
Noun, Verb
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
standardised
/xx
Adjective
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
startle
/x
Verb, Noun
starve
/
Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steam
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
step
/
Noun, Verb
stink
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
storing
/x
Noun
stray
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
stride
/
Noun, Verb
subject
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
subjunctive
/xx
Noun, Adjective
substitution
xx/x
Noun
succumb
x/
Verb
sucked
/
Verb
suffocate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
surpass
x/
Verb
survive
x/
Verb
suspect
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
suspicion
x/x
Noun, Verb
swan
/
Noun, Verb
sweat
/
Noun, Verb
swim
/
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
swish
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
take effect
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tap
/
Verb, Noun
taxi
/x
Noun, Verb
tear
/
Verb, Noun
terms
/
Noun
terror
/x
Noun
terrorism
/xxx
Noun
theme
/
Noun, Verb
there
/
Adverb, Noun
therefore
/x
Adverb
things
/
Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
those
/
though
/
Adverb
thread
/
Noun, Verb
threat
/
Noun, Verb
thrill
/
Noun, Verb
throb
/
Noun, Verb
thrum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
thud
/
Noun, Verb
thump
/
Noun, Verb
thus
/
Adverb, Noun
tick
/
Noun, Verb
time
/
Noun, Verb
timidity
x/xx
Noun
ting
/
Noun, Verb
tingle
/x
Noun, Verb
tink
/
Noun, Verb
tinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
tire
/x
Noun, Verb
tomorrow
x/x
Noun, Adverb
tool
/
Noun, Verb
toot
/
Noun, Verb
topic
/x
Noun, Adjective
tour
/
Noun, Verb
trace
/
Noun, Verb
tracks
/
Verb
trail
/
Noun, Verb
trample
/x
Verb, Noun
transfer
x/
Noun, Verb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
travel
/x
Noun, Verb
tremble
/x
Verb, Noun
trepidation
xx/x
Noun
trot
/
Noun, Verb
truck
/
Noun, Verb
trudge
/
Verb, Noun
trump
/
Name, Verb
trundle
/x
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
turn
/
Verb, Noun
twang
/
Noun, Verb
underlined
/xx
Verb, Adjective
uneasiness
x/xx
Noun
ungrammatical
xx/xx
Adjective
unhappiness
x/xx
Noun
unless
x/
Noun
vagabond
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
value
/x
Noun, Verb
var
x
Noun
venerate
/xx
Verb
veneration
xx/x
Noun
venture
/x
Noun, Verb
venue
/x
Noun
vertigo
/xx
Noun
waft
/
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
wander
/x
Verb, Noun
wash
/
Verb, Noun
water
/x
Noun, Verb
ways
/
Noun
weave
/
Verb, Noun
wend
/
Noun, Verb
what
/
Adverb, Noun
wheel
/
Noun, Verb
when
/
Adverb, Noun
whence
/
Adverb
whenever
x/x
Adverb
whereabouts
/xx
Noun, Adverb
whereby
x/
Adverb
wherein
x/
Adverb
wherever
x/x
Adverb
whine
/
Noun, Verb
whir
/
Noun, Verb
whirl
/
Noun, Verb
whisk
/
Verb, Noun
whistle
/x
Noun, Verb
whither
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
whiz
/
Noun, Verb
who
/
Noun
whom
/
Noun
whoosh
/
Noun, Verb
whose
/
why
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
wind
/
Noun, Verb
wing
/
Noun, Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
wooing
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
worried
/x
Adjective
worship
/x
Noun, Verb
wounded
/x
Adjective
yield
/
Noun, Verb
zip
/
Noun, Verb
zoom
/
Noun, Verb