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abide
x/
Verb, Verb
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abroad
x/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
absent
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
account
x/
Noun, Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
achievement
x/x
Noun
activities
x/xx
Noun
adapt
x/
Verb, Adjective
addition
x/x
Noun
adhere
x/
Verb
admire
x/
Verb, Noun
afield
x/
Adverb
afraid
x/
Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
agree
x/
Verb
alert
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alibi
/xx
Noun, Verb
allow
x/
Verb
already
x/x
Adverb
always
/x
Adverb
amenities
x/xx
Noun
among
x/
an
/
Noun
anymore
xx/
Adverb
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
are
/
Noun
ascertain
xx/
Verb
aside
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
assist
x/
Verb, Noun
assure
x/
Verb
attend
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
attentive
x/x
Adjective
avert
x/
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babysit
/xx
Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bags
/
Noun, Verb
based
/
Verb, Adjective
bastion
/x
Noun, Verb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
because
x/
Adverb
bee
/
Noun, Verb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
behold
x/
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
besides
x/
Adverb
beware
x/
Verb
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
blank
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
boat
/
Noun, Verb
bodyguard
/xx
Noun, Verb
bottle up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bread and butter
///x
Phrase, Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bring
/
Verb
building
/x
Noun
burn
/
Verb, Noun
cache
/
Noun, Verb
canned
/
Adjective
care
/
Noun, Verb
careful
/x
Adjective
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
carry over
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
celebrate
/xx
Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
childcare
/x
Noun
christmas
/x
Name, Adjective, Verb
ciao
/
Name
citadel
/xx
Noun
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clearly
/x
Adverb
clock
/
Noun, Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
coach
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
come out
//
Phrase, Verb
comforts
/x
Noun
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
completed
x/x
Adjective
comply
x/
Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
conservation
xx/x
Noun
conserve
x/
Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
contain
x/
Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb
continual
x/xx
Adjective
continuation
xxx/x
Noun
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
control
x/
Noun, Verb
convene
x/
Verb
conveniences
x/xx
Noun
creature comforts
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
crystal
/x
Noun, Adjective
curb
/
Noun, Verb
custodial
x/xx
Adjective
custody
/xx
Noun
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dating
/x
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deduct
x/
Verb
define
x/
Verb, Noun
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demonstrate
/xx
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
departure
x/x
Noun
detached
x/
Adjective
detain
x/
Verb
deter
x/
Verb, Noun
determine
x/x
Verb
diary
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
dirtier
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
disappear
xx/
Verb
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb, Noun
disorderly
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
dispassionate
x/xx
Adjective
display
x/
Noun, Verb
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
doing
/x
Noun
doors
/
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drowsy
/x
Adjective
dungeon
/x
Noun, Verb
duty
/x
Noun
egress
x/
Noun, Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
elsewhere
/x
Adverb, Noun
emitting
x/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
enable
x/x
Verb
ended
/x
Adjective
enforce
x/
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
eve
/
Noun
every
/xx
Noun
everything
/xx
Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
examine
x/x
Verb, Noun
except
x/
Verb
exclude
x/
Verb
excuse
x/
Noun, Verb
executive
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
exterior
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
external
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extinguished
x/x
Adjective
extract
/x
Verb, Noun
eye
/
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
fancy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
farm
/
Noun, Verb
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
find
/
Verb, Noun
find out
//
Phrase, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
finger
/x
Noun, Verb
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
finite
/x
Adjective, Noun
fired
/x
Adjective
flipper
/x
Noun, Verb
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
fora
/x
Noun
forbidden
/xx
Adjective
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
forlorn
x/
Adjective, Noun
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
fortress
/x
Noun, Verb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fourth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
furtive
/x
Adjective
gap
/
Noun, Verb
gare
/
Noun
gaze
/
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
give
/
Verb, Noun
glance
/
Noun, Verb
glass
/
Noun, Verb
goddam
/x
Noun
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
gradually
/xxx
Adverb
graduated
/xxx
Adjective
graduation
xx/x
Noun
guarantee
xx/
Noun, Verb
guard
/
Noun, Verb
guardianship
/xxx
Noun
halfway
//
Adverb, Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
hang
/
Verb, Noun
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
hatching
/x
Noun
have
/
Verb, Noun
held
/
Noun
help
/
Verb, Noun
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hide
/
Verb, Noun
hinder
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
hold over
//x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
hour
/x
Noun
hunter
/x
Noun
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
immobilize
x/xx
Verb
impede
x/
Verb
impermissible
xx/xx
Adjective
implement
/xx
Verb, Noun
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
in
x
Verb, Adverb, Noun, Adjective
indicate
/xx
Verb
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
inhibit
x/x
Verb
insist
x/
Verb
inspect
x/
Verb
inspection
x/x
Noun
inspectorate
x/xx
Noun
intelligence
x/xx
Noun
into
x/
Noun
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
keep an eye on
////
Phrase, Verb
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
keep going
//x
Phrase, Verb
keep on
//
Phrase, Verb
keep out
//
Phrase, Verb
keep up
//
Phrase, Verb
keeper
/x
Noun
keeping
/x
Noun
kind
/
Noun, Adjective
knocked out
//
Phrase, Adjective
know
/
Verb, Noun
languid
/x
Adjective, Noun
lay in
/x
Phrase, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
learn
/
Verb, Noun
leave
/
Verb, Noun
leavers
/x
Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
lighter
/x
Noun, Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
listen
/x
Verb, Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
livelihood
/xx
Noun
lizzie
/x
Name
loaf
/
Noun, Verb
lock
/
Noun, Verb
longer
/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
look after
//x
Phrase, Verb
look on
//
Phrase, Verb
look out
//
Phrase, Verb
lookout
/x
Noun
loose
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lose
/
Verb, Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
maintain
x/
Verb
maintenance
/xx
Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
make good
//
Phrase, Verb
mandate
/x
Noun, Verb
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
mark
/
Noun, Verb
mater
/x
Noun
mausoleum
xx/x
Noun
me
/
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
mind
/
Noun, Verb
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
mira
/x
Name
mire
/
Noun, Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
monitor
/xx
Verb, Noun
most
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
motionless
/xx
Adjective
mourn
/
Verb, Noun
move
/
Verb, Noun
movement
/x
Noun
nave
/
Noun
necklace
/x
Noun, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nicer
/x
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nose
/
Noun, Verb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
note
/
Noun, Verb
notice
/x
Noun, Verb
nugget
/x
Noun, Verb
nurture
/x
Verb, Noun
oar
/
Noun, Verb
observation
xx/x
Noun
observatory
x/xxx
Noun
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
observer
x/x
Noun
of
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
offline
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
okay
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ongoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ordinary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
otis
/x
Name
out of fashion
///x
Phrase, Adjective
outbound
/x
Adjective, Noun
outdoor
/x
Adjective, Verb
outer
/x
Adjective, Noun
outflow
/x
Noun, Verb
outgoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outlet
/x
Noun
output
/x
Noun, Verb
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outta
/x
outward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overnight
/x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
overseas
/x/
Adjective, Adverb
oversee
/xx
Verb
oversight
/xx
Noun, Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
patronage
/xx
Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
peek
/
Noun, Verb
pen
/
Noun, Verb
per
/
Adjective, Noun
perform
x/
Verb
permit
x/
Verb, Noun
perpetuate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
persevere
xx/
Verb
persist
x/
Verb
piano
x/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
picket
/x
Noun, Verb
piers
/
Noun
pillars
/x
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
plus
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
preclude
x/
Verb
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
preservation
xx/x
Noun
press
/
Noun, Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
preview
/x
Noun, Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
proctor
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
progressively
x/xx
Adverb
prohibit
x/x
Verb
prop
/
Noun, Verb
proscribed
x/
Adjective
prosecute
/xx
Verb
protect
x/
Verb
provide
x/
Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
put in
/x
Phrase, Verb
quart
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
quarter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
quenched
/
Adjective
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rain out
//
Phrase, Verb
read
/
Verb, Noun
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
recoup
x/
Verb
recurrent
x/x
Adjective
reduce
x/
Verb
refectory
x/xx
Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
refrain
x/
Verb, Noun
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
regularly
/xxx
Adverb
release
x/
Noun, Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
removal
x/x
Noun
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
reservation
xx/x
Noun
reserve
x/
Noun, Verb
resolve
x/
Verb, Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
respond
x/
Verb, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
retired
x/
Adjective
reverent
/xx
Adjective
ride
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run on
//
Phrase, Verb
saddest
/x
Adjective, Noun
saddle
/x
Noun, Verb
safe
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
safeguard
/x
Verb, Noun
safety
/x
Noun, Verb
satisfy
/xx
Verb
saver
/x
Noun
saw
/
Verb, Noun
scared
/
Adjective
scheduled
/x
Adjective, Noun
scout
/
Noun, Verb
scram
/
Noun, Verb
scrutiny
/xx
Noun, Verb
secret
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
selfish
/x
Adjective
selfsame
//
Noun, Adjective
sentinel
/xx
Noun, Verb
sentry
/x
Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shoo
/
Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
show
/
Verb, Noun
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
shut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
sit
/
Verb, Noun
sit back
//
Phrase, Verb
sit by
//
Phrase, Verb
sitter
/x
Noun
small
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
solution
x/x
Noun, Verb
sort
/
Noun, Verb
sortie
/x
Noun, Verb
spade
/
Noun, Verb
specify
/xx
Verb
spectator
/xx
Noun
spying
/x
Noun
stabilize
/xx
Verb
stand
/
Verb, Noun
standby
//
Noun, Verb
stare
/
Verb, Noun
starting
/x
Noun
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
station
/x
Noun, Verb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steal
/
Verb, Noun
steamboat
/x
Noun, Verb
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stopwatch
/x
Noun
store
/
Noun, Verb
stow
/
Name, Verb
stronghold
/x
Noun
stunned
/
Adjective
subsistence
x/x
Noun
supervise
/xx
Verb
supervision
xx/x
Noun
supervisor
/xxx
Noun
support
x/
Noun, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
surf
/
Noun, Verb
surveillance
x/x
Noun
survive
x/
Verb
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
sustenance
/xx
Noun
table
/x
Noun, Verb
taboo
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tabu
x/
Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Noun
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
test
/
Noun, Verb
that
/
Adverb, Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
tick
/
Noun, Verb
ticker
/x
Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
timepiece
/x
Noun
together
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
tombstone
/x
Noun, Verb
total
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tour
/
Noun, Verb
towards
x/
Adverb, Adjective
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
toy
/
Noun, Verb
track
/
Noun, Verb
trip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
turn
/
Verb, Noun
ugly
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
uncommonly
x/xx
Adverb
unconscious
x/x
Adjective, Noun
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
undesignated
x/xxx
Adjective
unfashionable
x/xxx
Adjective
unimpressive
xx/x
Adjective
unseeing
x/x
Adjective
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
update
x/
Noun, Verb
uphold
x/
Verb, Noun
ver
/
Noun
verge
/
Noun, Verb
view
/
Noun, Verb
vigil
/x
Noun, Verb
vigilance
/xx
Noun
vigilant
/xx
Adjective
visualize
/xx
Verb
voice
/
Noun, Verb
vulnerable
/xxx
Adjective
wait
/
Verb, Noun
wake
/
Verb, Noun
walk
/
Verb, Noun
want
/
Verb, Noun
warden
/x
Noun, Verb
warning
/x
Noun
wary
/x
Adjective
wash out
//
Phrase, Verb
watch out
//
Phrase, Verb
watch over
//x
Phrase, Verb
watchdog
/x
Noun, Verb
watched
/
Adjective
wear
/
Verb, Noun
well
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
win
/
Verb, Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
withdrawn
x/
Adjective
withhold
x/
Verb, Noun
without
x/
Adverb
witness
/x
Noun, Verb
work
/
Noun, Verb
worm
/
Noun, Verb
wrist
/
Noun, Verb
wristwatch
/x
Noun
your
/