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abbreviation
xxx/x
Noun, Noun
absolutely
xx/x
Adverb
accepting
x/x
Adjective
access
/x
Noun, Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
acknowledgement
x/xx
Noun
acknowledgment
x/xx
Noun
add
/
Verb, Noun
addition
x/x
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adopting
x/x
Verb
adoption
x/x
Noun
advert
xx
Noun, Verb
aerial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
affecting
x/x
Adjective
airplay
/x
Noun
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
allude
x/
Verb
allusion
x/x
Noun
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
also
/x
Adverb
always
/x
Adverb
angel
/x
Noun, Verb
annotation
xx/x
Noun
announcement
x/x
Noun
another
x/x
Noun
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
applicants
/xx
Noun
appoint
x/
Verb
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
approval
x/x
Noun
approving
x/x
Adjective
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
assembling
x/xx
Noun
asynchronous
//xx
Adjective
attention
x/x
Noun
barely
/x
Adverb
beam
/
Noun, Verb
before
x/
Adverb
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bereavement
x/x
Noun
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
breaking
/x
Noun
breeding
/x
Noun, Adjective
briefly
/x
Adverb
bring
/
Verb
bring up
//
Phrase, Verb
broach
/
Verb, Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
buyers
/x
Noun
bystander
/xx
Noun
call
/
Verb, Noun
carbon
/x
Noun, Verb
careless
/x
Adjective
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
changeover
/xx
Noun
changing
/x
Noun
checking
/x
Noun
circulating
/xxx
Adjective
citation
x/x
Noun
cite
/
Verb, Noun
clarify
/xx
Verb
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
commend
x/
Verb, Noun
commendation
xx/x
Noun
comment
/x
Noun, Verb
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
communicating
x/xxx
Adjective
completely
x/x
Adverb
conceivable
x/xx
Adjective
confined
x/
Adjective
connecting
x/x
Adjective
consideration
xxx/x
Noun
consignment
x/x
Noun
contain
x/
Verb
contender
x/x
Noun
conveying
x/x
Noun
copyright
/xx
Noun, Verb
correcting
x/x
Noun
count
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
creators
x/x
Noun
credit
/x
Noun, Verb
crossing
/x
Noun, Adjective
crossover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
crossroads
/x
Noun
cruise
/
Noun, Verb
cryptographic
/x/x
Adjective
cursory
/xx
Adjective
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
death
/
Noun
decease
x/
Noun, Verb
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
demonstrator
/xxx
Noun
departure
x/x
Noun
describe
x/
Verb
designation
xx/x
Noun
dictate
x/
Verb, Noun
did
/
Noun
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
discuss
x/
Verb
dividing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dredge up
//
Phrase, Verb
dwell
/
Verb, Noun
dying
/x
Adjective, Noun
easiest
/xx
Adjective
efficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
eligible
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
emphasise
/xx
Verb
emphasizing
/xxx
Noun
enacting
x/x
Noun
enactment
x/x
Noun
endorsement
x/x
Noun
endorsing
x/x
Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
entirely
x/xx
Adverb
entry
/x
Noun
enumerate
x/xx
Verb
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
evocation
xx/x
Noun
evoke
x/
Verb
exceedance
x/x
Noun
exceeding
x/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
exceedingly
x/xx
Adverb
except
x/
Verb
exclusive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
experiencing
x/xxx
Noun
expiration
xx/x
Noun
explain
x/
Verb
express
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
extinction
x/x
Noun
extirpation
/xxx
Noun
extremely
x/x
Adverb
failing
/x
Noun
fair
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fatalities
x/xx
Noun
favored
/x
Adjective
few
/
Noun
fil
/
Noun
filtering
/xx
Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
firstly
/x
Adverb
floor
/
Noun, Verb
flowing
/x
Noun, Adjective
flying
/x
Noun, Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
footnote
/x
Noun, Verb
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
forwarding
/xx
Noun
fully
/x
Adverb, Verb
futile
/x
Adjective
give
/
Verb, Noun
glimpse
/
Noun, Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
guarantors
xx/
Noun
guaranty
xx/
Noun, Verb
handover
/xx
Noun
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hardly
/x
Adverb
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
hint
/
Noun, Verb
honorable mention
/xxx/x
Name, Name
honours
/x
Noun
how
/
Adverb, Noun
however
x/x
Adverb
hydrogen
/xx
Noun
identify
x/xx
Verb
imagination
xxx/x
Noun
impermanent
x/xx
Adjective
implementations
/xx/x
Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
inclusion
x/x
Noun
incoming
/xx
Adjective, Noun
independently
xx/xx
Adverb
indicate
/xx
Verb
indication
xx/x
Noun
indicator
/xxx
Noun
indirect
xx/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
inform
x/
Verb, Adjective
inland
/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
inscription
x/x
Noun
interbreeding
/x/x
Noun
interlocutor
xx/xx
Noun
intermission
xx/x
Noun
internal
x/x
Adjective
internships
/xx
Noun
intersection
xx/x
Noun
intimation
xx/x
Noun
introduction
xx/x
Noun
invoke
x/
Verb
irrespective
xx/x
Adjective
isolated
/xxx
Adjective
issuance
/xx
Noun
issuing
/xx
Noun
jen
/
Name
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
labelling
x/x
Noun
lamp
/
Noun, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lateral
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
latter
/x
Adjective
least
/
Adverb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
lifting
/x
Noun
lightly
/x
Adverb
likeliest
/xx
Adjective
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
liner
/x
Noun, Verb
listing
/x
Noun, Adjective
lone
/
Adjective
lonely
/x
Adjective
lonesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
marketer
/xx
Noun
marking
/x
Noun
matching
/x
Noun, Adjective
mating
/x
Noun, Adjective
mean
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
measurement
/xx
Noun
mentioning
/xx
Verb, Noun
mere
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
mongrel
/x
Noun, Adjective
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
moving
/x
Adjective, Noun
multiprocessor
xx/xx
Noun
name
/
Noun, Verb
narrows
/x
Noun
necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
never
/x
Adverb
newly
/x
Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
notation
x/x
Noun
note
/
Noun, Verb
notice
/x
Noun, Verb
nut
/
Noun, Verb
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
obvious
/xx
Adjective
once
/
Adverb, Noun
one
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
onetime
//
Adjective
optimised
/xx
Verb, Adjective
optimized
/xx
Verb, Noun
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
overlook
/xx
Verb, Noun
overrun
/xx
Verb, Noun
overshoot
/xx
Noun, Verb
overtaking
/xxx
Noun
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
parenthesis
x/xx
Noun
participant
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
paso
/x
Name
pass
/
Verb, Noun
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
passageway
/xx
Noun
passenger
/xx
Noun, Verb
passerby
/xx
Noun
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
perfectly
/xx
Adverb
perfunctory
x/xx
Adjective
petition
x/x
Noun, Verb
phrase
/
Noun, Verb
placeholder
/xx
Noun
ploy
/
Noun, Verb
point
/
Noun, Verb
point out
//
Phrase, Verb
pointless
/x
Adjective
portion
/x
Noun, Verb
precisely
x/x
Adverb
proceeding
x/x
Noun
processing
/xx
Noun
programming
/xx
Noun
promulgating
/xxx
Verb
pronouncing
x/x
Noun
propeller
x/x
Noun
pure
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
purely
/x
Adverb
put
/
Verb, Noun
qualifying
/xxx
Noun
question
/x
Noun, Verb
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
quite
/
Adverb, Noun
quotation
x/x
Noun
quote
/
Noun, Verb
raise
/
Verb, Noun
ranging
/x
Noun
rather
/x
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
real
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
reason
/x
Noun, Verb
recall
/x
Verb, Noun
recommendation
xxx/x
Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
recovery
x/x
Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
reference
/xx
Noun, Verb
reflect
x/
Verb
reiterate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
release
x/
Noun, Verb
rely
x/
Verb
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
remembering
x/xx
Noun
remind
x/
Verb, Noun
renewals
x/x
Noun
reporting
x/x
Noun
request
x/
Noun, Verb
reservation
xx/x
Noun
reserved
x/
Adjective
restricted
x/x
Adjective
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rising
/x
Noun, Adjective
rope
/
Noun, Verb
route
/
Noun, Verb
running
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sale
/
Noun
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sane
/
Adjective, Noun
satisfactory
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
saying
/x
Noun
scalable
/xx
Adjective
scanning
/x
Noun
scarcely
/x
Adverb
sending
/x
Noun
sentence
/x
Noun, Verb
shading
/x
Noun
shall
/
Verb
sharing
/x
Noun
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shifting
/x
Noun
sighting
/x
Noun
silence
/x
Noun, Verb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
singe
/
Noun, Verb
single
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
singly
/x
Adverb
singular
/xx
Noun, Adjective
sinking
/x
Adjective
skip
/
Verb, Noun
slightly
/x
Adverb
soe
x
Noun
soil
/
Noun, Verb
sole
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
solely
/xx
Adverb
solitary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
solo
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sophisticated
x/xxx
Adjective
speaking
/x
Adjective, Noun
specific
x/x
Adjective, Noun
specify
/xx
Verb
speech
/
Noun, Verb
spending
/x
Noun
stag
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
statement
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
step
/
Noun, Verb
still
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
stint
/
Noun, Verb
stopping
/x
Noun
stress
/
Noun, Verb
strictly
/x
Adverb, Noun
succeeding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
success
x/
Noun
such
/
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
suffix
/x
Noun, Verb
suggest
x/
Verb
suggestion
x/x
Noun
summon
/x
Verb, Noun
switching
/x
Noun
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
taking
/x
Adjective, Noun
talking
/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
temporary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
testing
/x
Noun, Adjective
than
/
Adverb, Noun
that
/
Adverb, Noun
the
x
Adverb, Noun
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
though
/
Adverb
thread
/
Noun, Verb
totally
/xx
Adverb
touch
/
Noun, Verb
touch on
//
Phrase, Verb
traffic
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
transferring
x/x
Noun
transient
/x
Adjective, Noun
transiting
/xx
Noun
transition
x/x
Noun, Verb
transitory
/xxx
Adjective
transmission
x/x
Noun
transmitting
x/x
Noun
traveling
/xx
Noun, Adjective
traversing
x/x
Noun
turning
/x
Noun
unaccompanied
xx/xx
Adjective
unattached
xx/
Adjective
undergoing
xx/x
Verb
underline
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
underscore
xx/
Verb, Noun
unified
/xx
Adjective
uniform
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unique
x/
Adjective, Noun
unitary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
unless
x/
Noun
unpaired
x/
Adjective
unsuccessfully
xx/xx
Adverb
vain
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
vast
/
Adjective, Noun
very
/x
Adverb, Adjective
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
what
/
Adverb, Noun
whether
/x
which
/
Noun
who
/
Noun
wholly
/x
Adverb
wide
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
will
/
Verb, Noun
winning
/x
Adjective, Noun
wording
/x
Noun
yarn
/
Noun, Verb
yet
/
Adverb, Verb, Noun
yourself
x/
Noun