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abduct
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Verb, Verb
abeyance
x/x
Noun
abide
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Verb
absorb
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Verb
accommodate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
achieve
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Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
acquit
x/
Verb
add
/
Verb, Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
afghanistan
x/xx
Name
agree
x/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
annex
/x
Noun, Verb
anticipation
xxx/x
Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
appreciation
xxx/x
Noun
apprehend
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Verb
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
are
/
Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
arm
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
ask
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Verb, Noun
assert
x/
Verb, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
athenian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
attach
x/
Verb
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
authorial
x/xx
Adjective
avail
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
await
x/
Verb, Noun
bach
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Name, Verb
balance
/x
Noun, Verb
bangladesh
/xx
Name
bartlett
/x
Name
bate
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Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
behave
x/
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bilge
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Noun, Verb
bind
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Noun, Verb
bismarck
/x
Name
bite
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Noun, Verb
blair
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Name
block
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Noun, Verb
book
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Noun, Verb
bosch
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Verb
bourgeois
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
brace
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Noun, Verb
bracket
/x
Noun, Verb
brave
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
break
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Verb, Noun
brig
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Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
broomstick
/x
Noun, Verb
bryan
/x
Name
buckley
/x
Name
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
buoy
/x
Noun, Verb
burton
/x
Name
but
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
caesar
/x
Name
call
/
Verb, Noun
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
capitalise
/xxx
Verb
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
care
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Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
carter
/x
Name
catch
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Verb, Noun
celebrate
/xx
Verb
certify
/xx
Verb
chavez
/x
Name
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cherish
/x
Verb, Noun
chock
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clamp
/
Noun, Verb
clasp
/
Noun, Verb
claw
/
Noun, Verb
clench
/
Noun, Verb
clinch
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Noun, Verb
clinton
/x
Name
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clutch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
collar
/x
Noun, Verb
commemorate
x/xx
Verb
commence
x/
Verb
community
x/xx
Noun
compel
x/
Verb
complicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
comply
x/
Verb
comport
x/
Verb, Noun
comprehend
xx/
Verb
con
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Noun, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
conclusion
x/x
Noun
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
confiscate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
conquer
/x
Verb
conserve
x/
Verb, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
consolation
xx/x
Noun
contain
x/
Verb
contend
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
control
x/
Noun, Verb
convene
x/
Verb
cop
/
Noun, Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb, Noun
counting
/x
Noun
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crop
/
Noun, Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
custody
/xx
Noun
day
/
Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decade
x/
Noun
declare
x/
Verb
dedicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
deduct
x/
Verb
deduction
x/x
Noun
deem
/
Verb, Noun
defend
x/
Verb
defy
x/
Verb, Noun
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
deliver
x/x
Verb, Adjective
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
deport
x/
Verb
detain
x/
Verb
detention
x/x
Noun
devote
x/
Verb, Adjective
discern
x/
Verb
discuss
x/
Verb
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
dock
/
Noun, Verb
dominate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
draw
/
Verb, Noun
dread
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
drugs
/
Verb
ecclesiastic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
else
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
embargo
x/x
Noun, Verb
embrace
x/
Verb, Noun
encircle
x/x
Verb
enclose
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
enjoy
x/
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
entry
/x
Noun
environ
x/x
Name, Adverb, Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exert
x/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
expropriate
x/xx
Verb
extension
x/x
Noun
fasten
/x
Verb
fetter
/x
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fix
/
Verb, Noun
fold
/
Noun, Verb
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb
foothold
/x
Noun
foreclose
x/
Verb
forfeit
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
forfeitures
/xx
Noun
formalize
/xx
Verb
freeze
/
Noun, Verb
fulfil
x/
Verb
fulfill
x/
Verb
gain
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
garnishee
/xx
Noun, Verb
gave
/
Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
grab
/
Verb, Noun
grapple
/x
Verb, Noun
grasp
/
Verb, Noun
grip
/
Noun, Verb
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
guard
/
Noun, Verb
haft
/
Noun, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hang
/
Verb, Noun
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
harbour
/x
Noun, Verb
harness
/x
Noun, Verb
hast
/
Noun
hatch
/
Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
have got
//
Phrase, Verb
held
/
Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hijack
/x
Verb, Noun
hilt
/
Noun, Verb
hire
/x
Verb, Noun
hog
/
Noun, Verb
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold down
//
Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold on
//
Phrase, Verb
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
holder
/x
Noun
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
hoped
/
Verb
host
/
Noun, Verb
house
/
Noun, Verb
hug
/
Noun, Verb
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immobilize
x/xx
Verb
implement
/xx
Verb, Noun
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
impound
x/
Verb, Noun
impression
x/x
Noun, Verb
inactivity
xx/xx
Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
incumbent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
indenture
x/x
Noun, Verb
inducement
x/x
Noun
influence
/xx
Noun, Verb
inhibit
x/x
Verb
initiate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
input
/x
Noun, Verb
insist
x/
Verb
interfere
xx/
Verb
interlace
xx/
Noun, Verb
interlock
xx/
Noun, Verb
intervene
xx/
Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
judge
/
Noun, Verb
keep
/
Verb, Noun
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
kidnap
/x
Verb, Noun
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
knob
/
Noun, Verb
label
/x
Noun, Verb
launch
/
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leave
/
Verb, Noun
let
/
Verb, Noun
let go of
///
Phrase, Verb
leverage
/xx
Noun, Verb
limbo
/x
Noun, Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
lock
/
Noun, Verb
look
/
Verb, Noun
louis
/x
Name
lucas
/x
Name, Verb
maintain
x/
Verb
maintenance
/xx
Noun
make
/
Verb, Noun
mark
/
Noun, Verb
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
memorize
/xx
Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
moderate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
monopolize
x/xx
Verb
moratorium
xx/xx
Noun
mount
/
Noun, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
nab
/
Name, Verb
nail
/
Noun, Verb
nurse
/
Noun, Verb
oblige
x/
Verb
observance
x/x
Noun
observe
x/
Verb, Noun
obtain
x/
Verb
occupy
/xx
Verb, Noun
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
orchestrate
/xx
Verb
organise
xxx
Verb
organising
xxxx
Noun
organization
xxx/x
Noun
organize
/xx
Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outfit
/x
Noun, Verb
own
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
panhandle
/xx
Noun, Verb
path
/
Noun, Verb
pause
/
Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
pending
/x
Adjective
perform
x/
Verb
petition
x/x
Noun, Verb
philistine
/xx
Noun, Adjective
phone
/
Noun, Verb
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
piggyback
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pinion
/x
Noun, Verb
pirate
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
place
/
Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
pledge
/
Noun, Verb
plunder
/x
Noun, Verb
poise
/
Noun, Verb
pole
/
Noun, Verb
possess
x/
Verb
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
postponement
x/x
Noun
preserve
x/
Verb, Noun
press
/
Noun, Verb
prevail
x/
Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
proceed
x/
Verb
profess
x/
Verb
profit
/x
Noun, Verb
pronounce
x/
Verb
prop
/
Noun, Verb
prop up
//
Phrase, Verb
proprietor
x/xx
Noun
provide
x/
Verb
pull away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
purify
/xx
Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb, Noun
queue
/
Noun, Verb
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rack
/
Noun, Verb
raven
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
re
/
Noun
realize
/xx
Verb
reap
/
Verb, Noun
receive
x/
Verb, Noun
recovery
x/x
Noun
refer
x/
Verb, Noun
refresh
x/
Verb, Noun
release
x/
Noun, Verb
remain
x/
Verb, Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
repo
/x
Noun, Verb
represent
xx/
Verb
request
x/
Noun, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
reserve
x/
Noun, Verb
reset
x/
Verb, Noun
resist
x/
Verb, Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
restrain
x/
Verb
restraint
x/
Noun
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
result
x/
Noun, Verb
retain
x/
Verb, Noun
retainer
x/x
Noun
retention
x/x
Noun
retrieve
x/
Verb, Noun
ring
/
Noun, Verb
rob
/
Name, Verb
root
/
Noun, Verb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
saint
/
Noun, Verb
salute
x/
Noun, Verb
sanctify
/xx
Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
schedule
/x
Noun, Verb
seat
/
Noun, Verb
secure
x/
Verb, Adjective
seek
/
Verb, Noun
seized
/
Verb
seizure
/x
Noun, Verb
sense
/
Noun, Verb
sequester
x/x
Verb, Noun
sequestration
xx/x
Noun
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
shackle
/x
Noun, Verb
shake
/
Verb, Noun
shank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ship
/
Noun, Verb
shore up
//
Phrase, Verb
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
sinclair
x/
Name
sixteen
x/
Name
size
/
Noun, Verb
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snatch
/
Verb, Noun
squeeze
/
Verb, Noun
staging
/x
Noun
stand
/
Verb, Noun
standby
//
Noun, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steal
/
Verb, Noun
stem
/
Noun, Verb
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stockpile
/x
Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
store
/
Noun, Verb
stranglehold
/xx
Noun, Verb
subdue
x/
Verb
sufferance
/xx
Noun
summon
/x
Verb, Noun
super
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
support
x/
Noun, Verb
suppress
x/
Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun, Verb
surround
x/
Verb, Noun
suspend
x/
Verb
suspense
x/
Noun, Adjective
suspension
x/x
Noun
sustain
x/
Verb, Noun
switch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
take
/
Verb, Noun
take for
//
Phrase, Verb
take hold
//
Phrase, Verb
take over
//x
Phrase, Verb
tap
/
Verb, Noun
thermostat
/xx
Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
throttle
/x
Noun, Verb
throw
/
Verb, Noun
tie
/
Noun, Verb
tight
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tighten
/x
Verb
time lag
//
Phrase, Noun
touch
/
Noun, Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
transmit
x/
Verb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
truss
/
Noun, Verb
tuning
/x
Noun
turn
/
Verb, Noun
underpin
/xx
Verb
understand
xx/
Verb
undertake
/xx
Verb, Noun
uphold
x/
Verb, Noun
use
/
Noun, Verb
usurp
x/
Verb
utilise
x/x
Verb
utilize
/xx
Verb
venture
/x
Noun, Verb
wagner
/x
Name
wait
/
Verb, Noun
want
/
Verb, Noun
way
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
wear
/
Verb, Noun
weather
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
wedge
/
Noun, Verb
welcome
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
wield
/
Verb, Noun
win
/
Verb, Noun
winery
/xx
Noun
wish
/
Verb, Noun
withheld
x/
Adjective
withstand
x/
Verb
wrest
/
Verb, Noun
write
/
Verb, Noun
your
/