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abide
x/
Verb, Verb
abound
x/
Verb
abstain
x/
Verb
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
access
/x
Noun, Verb
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
account
x/
Noun, Verb
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
achieve
x/
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
act out
//
Phrase, Verb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actor
/x
Noun
actress
/x
Noun
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
advancement
x/x
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
afford
x/
Verb
agency
/xx
Noun
alive
x/
Adjective
allow
x/
Verb
amounts
x/
Noun, Verb
amuse
x/
Verb
amusement
x/x
Noun
an
/
Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
are
/
Noun
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
assist
x/
Verb, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
athlete
/x
Noun
attachment
x/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
available
x/xx
Adjective
backstop
/x
Noun, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ballet
x/
Noun, Verb
bandy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
banging
/x
Noun, Adjective
based
/
Verb, Adjective
basis
/x
Noun
bat
/
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
behavior
x/x
Noun
behaviour
x/x
Noun
behavioural
x/xx
Adjective
ben
/
Name, Adverb, Adjective
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bet
/
Verb, Noun
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bin
/
Noun, Verb
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
boast
/
Verb, Noun
book
/
Noun, Verb
booze
/
Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
bout
/
Noun, Verb
bow
/
Noun, Verb
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
brim
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bring
/
Verb
bristle
/x
Noun, Verb
bugle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
burst
/
Verb, Noun
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
call
/
Verb, Noun
came
/
Noun
capability
xx/xx
Noun
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
caper
/x
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cartoon
x/
Noun, Verb
caseload
/x
Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
characterization
xxxx/x
Noun
charade
x/
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
cheek
/
Noun, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
chord
/
Noun, Verb
circulate
/xx
Verb
clarion
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cleaning
/x
Noun
clearance
/x
Noun
clowning
/x
Noun
club
/
Noun, Verb
coin
/
Noun, Verb
collapse
x/
Noun, Verb
combine
/x
Verb, Noun
combo
/x
Noun, Verb
comedy
/xx
Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
committed
x/x
Adjective
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
competence
/xx
Noun
competition
xx/x
Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
comply
x/
Verb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
comprise
x/
Verb
conceptual
x/xx
Adjective
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confront
x/
Verb
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
consume
x/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contribute
x/x
Verb
contribution
xx/x
Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
coquetry
/xx
Noun
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
court
/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crack up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crappy
/x
Adjective
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
cricket
/x
Noun, Verb
croquet
x/
Noun, Verb
curl
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
dabble
/x
Verb, Noun
dalliance
/xx
Noun
dally
/x
Name, Verb
debut
x/
Noun, Verb
deck
/
Noun, Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
delegations
xx/x
Noun
delightful
x/x
Adjective
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
dependent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
deserve
x/
Verb
desist
x/
Verb
detain
x/
Verb
determinant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
develop
x/x
Verb
devotional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
difference
/xx
Noun, Verb
dime
/
Noun, Verb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
dispense
x/
Verb, Noun
display
x/
Noun, Verb
dispose
x/
Verb, Noun
distribute
x/x
Verb
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
docket
/x
Noun, Verb
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
document
/xx
Noun, Verb
doh
/
Name
doth
/
Verb, Noun
doubt
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
drama
/x
Noun
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drink
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
drum
/
Noun, Verb
duplicate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dura
/x
Noun
duty
/x
Noun
earn
/
Verb, Noun
easiest
/xx
Adjective
eat
/
Verb, Noun
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effectiveness
x/xx
Noun
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
elizabethan
xxx/x
Name, Adjective
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
enact
x/
Verb
encounter
x/x
Noun, Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
engagement
x/x
Noun
enjoy
x/
Verb
enjoyment
x/x
Noun
ensure
x/
Verb
entail
x/
Verb, Noun
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
entertainment
xx/x
Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
equity
/xx
Noun
era
/x
Noun
erin
/x
Name
establish
x/x
Verb
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
ever
/x
Adverb, Adjective
execute
/xx
Verb
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
exhibit
x/x
Noun, Verb
exist
x/
Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
face
/
Noun, Verb
face off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
faith
/
Noun, Adverb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
feed
/
Noun, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fiddle
/x
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
film
/
Noun, Verb
find
/
Verb, Noun
fireman
/x
Noun
flip
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
flirt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foal
/
Noun, Verb
foil
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
folly
/x
Noun, Verb
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
footwork
/x
Noun
form
/
Noun, Verb
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
free rein
//
Phrase, Noun
frisk
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
frolic
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
fulfilment
x/x
Noun
fullback
/x
Noun
fumble
/x
Verb, Noun
fun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
function
/x
Noun, Verb
functionality
xx/xx
Noun
gain
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
gamble
/x
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
game of chance
///
Phrase, Noun
gameplay
/x
Noun
gender
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
generate
/xx
Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
gig
/
Noun, Verb
give
/
Verb, Noun
give birth
//
Phrase, Verb
give off
//
Phrase, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
goal
/
Noun, Verb
golf
/
Noun, Verb
gospel
/x
Noun, Verb
gotta
/x
Verb, Noun
grab
/
Verb, Noun
graduate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
group
/
Noun, Verb
guys
/
Noun
haber
/x
Name
had
/
Verb
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
ham
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
han
/
Name
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
handy
/x
Adjective, Noun
har
/
Noun
hast
/
Noun
hat
/
Noun, Verb
hath
/
Verb
have got
//
Phrase, Verb
hear
/
Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
held
/
Verb
help
/
Verb, Noun
hero
/x
Noun
heroine
/xx
Noun, Adjective
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
holiday
/xx
Noun, Verb
honor
/x
Noun, Verb
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
horse
/
Noun, Verb
horse around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
huddle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
icing
/x
Noun
imbibe
x/
Verb
impact
x/
Noun, Verb
impersonate
x/xx
Verb
impetus
/xx
Noun
implement
/xx
Verb, Noun
implicated
/xxx
Adjective
importance
x/x
Noun
important
x/x
Adjective
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
improvisational
xxx/xx
Adjective
include
x/
Verb, Noun
induce
x/
Verb
indulgence
x/x
Noun, Verb
influence
/xx
Noun, Verb
ingest
x/
Verb, Noun
inning
/x
Noun
input
/x
Noun, Verb
inspire
x/
Verb
instigate
/xx
Verb
intermediary
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
interpersonal
xx/xx
Adjective
interplay
/xx
Noun, Verb
intervene
xx/
Verb
intrapersonal
xx/xx
Adjective
introduce
xx/
Verb
invention
x/x
Noun
involve
x/
Verb
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jam
/
Noun, Verb
jazz
/
Noun, Verb
jeu
/
Verb
job
/
Noun, Verb
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
killing
/x
Noun, Adjective
kindergarten
/xxx
Noun
kitten
/x
Noun, Verb
knock on
//
Phrase, Verb
know
/
Verb, Noun
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lamb
/
Noun, Verb
lark
/
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leadership
/xx
Noun
learner
/x
Noun
least
/
Adverb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
leisure
/x
Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
levers
/x
Noun
liability
xx/xx
Noun
lie
/
Verb, Noun
lieu
/
Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
line
/
Noun, Verb
list
/
Noun, Verb
literary
/xxx
Adjective
litter
/x
Noun, Verb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
liven
/x
Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
looseness
/x
Noun
lost
/
Adjective
maintain
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
make for
//
Phrase, Verb
mala
/x
Noun
mali
/x
Name
mandate
/x
Noun, Verb
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manoeuvre
x/
Noun, Verb
mantle
/x
Noun, Verb
manuscript
/xx
Noun, Adjective
masquerade
xx/
Noun, Verb
match
/
Noun, Verb
mate
/
Noun, Verb
matt
/
Name, Adjective
matter
/x
Noun, Verb
maybe
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
mechanism
/xxx
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
meg
/
Name, Verb
mess
/
Noun, Verb
millionaire
xx/
Noun
mime
/
Noun, Verb
mine
/
Noun, Verb
miss
/
Name, Verb
mission
/x
Noun, Verb
modulate
/xx
Verb
monies
/x
Noun
monopolize
x/xx
Verb
morality play
x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
mousetrap
/x
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
movie
/x
Noun
music
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
musical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
musical comedy
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
must
/
Verb, Noun
nail
/
Noun, Verb
need
/
Verb, Noun
neuroimaging
/x/xx
Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
novel
/x
Noun, Adjective
nta
x
Name
objective
x/x
Noun, Adjective
obstruction
x/x
Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
occupy
/xx
Verb, Noun
occur
x/
Verb
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
office
/x
Noun, Verb
ole
/
Adjective, Name
omitted
x/x
Verb
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
only
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
opera
/x
Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
operation
xx/x
Noun
organize
/xx
Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
owe
/
Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pack
/
Noun, Verb
paddle
/x
Noun, Verb
pantomime
/xx
Noun, Verb
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
parable
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
parody
/xx
Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
participants
x/xx
Noun
participate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
participation
xxx/x
Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pass up
//
Phrase, Verb
passion play
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pen
/
Noun, Verb
perform
x/
Verb
performance
x/x
Noun
period
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
persona
x/x
Noun
personality
xx/xx
Noun
persons
/x
Noun
persuade
x/
Verb
picked
/
Adjective
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pipe
/
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
play on
//
Phrase, Verb
play out
//
Phrase, Verb
playback
/x
Noun
playbook
/x
Noun
played
/
Noun
player
/x
Noun
playground
/x
Noun
plaything
/x
Noun, Adjective
playtime
/x
Noun
pleasure
/x
Noun, Verb
ploy
/
Noun, Verb
poem
/x
Noun
portray
x/
Verb
pose
/
Verb, Noun
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
possess
x/
Verb
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
post
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
power
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
practise
/x
Verb, Noun
prank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
prelude
/x
Noun, Verb
presence
/x
Noun, Verb
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pretend
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
proceed
x/
Verb
produce
x/
Verb, Noun
product
/x
Noun, Verb
profile
/x
Noun, Verb
prompt
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
propagating
/xxx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
protagonists
x/xx
Noun
provide
x/
Verb
psychosexual
/x/xx
Adjective
pull
/
Verb, Noun
pun
/
Noun, Verb
purpose
/x
Noun, Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
putt
/
Noun, Verb
quality
/xx
Noun, Adjective
quarter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
quarterback
/xx
Noun, Verb
quiz
/
Noun, Verb
rag
/
Noun, Verb
reach
/
Verb, Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
recapitulate
xx/xx
Verb
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
recess
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
recreate
/xx
Verb
recreation
xx/x
Noun
reenact
xx/
Verb
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rein
/
Noun, Verb
reject
x/
Verb, Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
relevance
/xx
Noun
rely
x/
Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
remainder
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
remit
x/
Noun, Verb
render
/x
Verb, Noun
repeat
x/
Verb, Noun
replay
x/
Noun, Verb
replete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
replicate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
replication
xx/x
Noun
reported
x/x
Adjective
represent
xx/
Verb
reprise
x/
Noun, Verb
reproduce
xx/
Verb
reproduction
xx/x
Noun
reproductive
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
request
x/
Noun, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
respondents
x/x
Noun
response
x/
Noun
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
responsible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
result
x/
Noun, Verb
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
rich
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
risking
/x
Noun
roles
/
Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
roller
/x
Noun, Verb
romp
/
Noun, Verb
room
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
ruff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
rôle
x
Noun
sample
/x
Noun, Verb
sate
/
Verb, Noun
satisfy
/xx
Verb
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scene
/
Noun, Verb
school
/
Noun, Verb
seat
/
Noun, Verb
second fiddle
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
see
/
Verb, Noun
seek
/
Verb, Noun
seesaw
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
semantic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
service
/x
Noun, Verb
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sex
/
Noun, Verb
sexual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
shall
/
Verb
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
share
/
Noun, Verb
shimmer
/x
Noun, Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
show
/
Verb, Noun
significance
x/xx
Noun
sind
/
Noun
sing
/
Verb, Noun
skylark
/x
Noun, Verb
slack
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
sleight
/
Noun
slur
/
Noun, Verb
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sop up
//
Phrase, Verb
sound off
//
Phrase, Verb
speak
/
Verb, Noun
speakers
/x
Noun
spectacle
/xx
Noun
speech
/
Noun, Verb
spend
/
Verb, Noun
spiel
/
Noun, Verb
spin
/
Noun, Verb
spoof
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sport
/
Noun, Verb
spot
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stage direction
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
stake
/
Noun, Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
star
/
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
stationery
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
status
/x
Noun
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
stead
/
Noun, Verb
stimulate
/xx
Verb
stipulate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stockpile
/x
Noun, Verb
strike up
//
Phrase, Verb
stroke
/
Noun, Verb
submit
x/
Verb
suck in
/x
Phrase, Verb
suffer
/x
Verb
suite
/
Noun
support
x/
Noun, Verb
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
swallow
/x
Verb, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
take on
//
Phrase, Verb
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
take up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tarot
x/
Noun
task
/
Noun, Verb
taste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
team
/
Noun, Verb
teasing
/x
Noun
tee off
//
Phrase, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
tend
/
Verb
terms
/
Verb
theater
/xx
Noun
theater of the absurd
/xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
theatre
/xx
Noun
theatrical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
throw
/
Verb, Noun
tightness
/x
Noun
till
/
Noun, Verb
title
/x
Noun, Verb
tongue
/
Noun, Verb
toss
/
Verb, Noun
touching
/x
Adjective, Noun
toy
/
Noun, Verb
transformational
xx/xx
Adjective
trifle
/x
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
try out
//
Phrase, Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
turn down
//
Phrase, Verb
twin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
undergo
xx/
Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
unite
/x
Verb, Noun
unreal
x/
Adjective
use
/
Noun, Verb
usefulness
/xx
Noun
utility
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
value
/x
Noun, Verb
verse
/
Noun, Verb
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
villain
/x
Noun, Verb
vocation
x/x
Noun
voice
/
Noun, Verb
volley
/x
Noun, Verb
voucher
/x
Noun, Verb
wager
/x
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
waltzed
/
Verb
wanna
/x
Verb
want
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
wear
/
Verb, Noun
weight
/
Noun, Verb
welcome
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
wield
/
Verb, Noun
win
/
Verb, Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
wordplay
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
wreak
/
Verb, Noun
yean
/
Verb
yonder
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb