Related Words for tell

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say
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Verb, Verb
recite
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Verb, Verb
narrate
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Verb, Verb
recount
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Verb, Verb
ascertain
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Verb, Verb
enjoin
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Verb, Verb
evidence
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Verb, Verb
demonstrate
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Verb, Verb
assure
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Verb, Verb
differentiate
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Verb, Verb
distinguish
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Verb, Verb
order
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Verb, Verb
separate
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Verb, Verb
spin
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Verb, Verb
state
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Verb, Verb
know
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Verb
remind
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Verb
explain
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Verb
convince
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Verb
hear
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Verb
remember
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Verb
believe
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Verb
warn
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Verb
talk
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Noun
think
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Verb
suggest
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Verb
inform
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Verb
guess
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Noun
speak
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Verb
forget
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Verb
understand
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Verb
argue
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Verb
advise
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Verb
imagine
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Verb
brag
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Noun
reveal
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Verb
divulge
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Verb
lets
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Verb
sure
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Adjective
reassure
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Verb
confirm
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Verb
tellin
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Verb
asked
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Verb
want
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Verb
assume
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Verb
surmise
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Noun
ignore
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Verb
recognize
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Verb
decide
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Verb
persuade
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Verb
pretend
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Verb
complain
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Verb
listen
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Verb
retell
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Verb
describe
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Verb
show
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Noun
implore
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Verb
discern
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Verb
emphasize
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Verb
learn
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Verb
identify
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Verb
deny
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Verb
find
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Verb
wait
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Verb
speculate
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Verb
expect
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Verb
reiterate
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Verb
suppose
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Verb
notify
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Verb
give
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Verb
verify
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Verb
presume
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Verb
observe
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Verb
discover
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Verb
disclose
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Verb
bother
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Verb
admit
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Verb
indicate
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Verb
refer
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Verb
realize
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Verb
summarize
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Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
clarify
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Verb
acknowledge
x/x
Verb
examine
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Verb
teach
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Verb
recollect
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Verb
proclaim
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Verb
discuss
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Verb
wish
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Noun
prove
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Verb
dare
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Verb
worry
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Noun
please
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Verb
communicate
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Verb
recognise
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Verb
wonder
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Noun
admonish
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Verb
convey
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Verb
just
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Adverb
call
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Noun
allude
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Verb
confuse
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Verb
exaggerate
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Verb
seeing
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Verb
corroborate
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Verb
inquire
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Verb
visualize
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Verb
pinpoint
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Noun
write
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Verb, Adverb
illustrate
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Verb
mention
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Noun
specify
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Verb
that
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Adverb, Noun
honestly
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Adverb
interpret
x/x
Verb
help
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Noun
tell of
//
Phrase, Verb
tally
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Noun
count
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Noun
tale
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Noun
legend
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Noun
number
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Noun
story
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Noun
relate
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Verb
mark
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Noun
represent
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Verb
reckon
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Verb
point out
//
Phrase, Verb
tabulate
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Verb
read
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Verb
foretell
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Verb
report
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Noun
weet
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Noun
quote
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Noun
share
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Noun
count in
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Phrase, Verb
add up
//
Phrase, Verb
read out
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Phrase, Verb
news
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Noun
account
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Noun
tick off
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Phrase, Verb
compute
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Verb
take
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Verb
verbalize
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Verb
list
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Noun
truth
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Noun
spell out
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Phrase, Verb
chalk up to
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Phrase, Verb
account for
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Phrase, Verb
hearken
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Verb
enumerate
x/xx
Verb
spell
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Noun
certify
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Verb
speak to
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Phrase, Verb
come to
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Phrase, Verb
instruct
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Verb
speak of
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Phrase, Verb
call in
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Phrase, Verb
calculate
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Verb
acquaint
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Verb
attend
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Verb
call out
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
denote
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Verb
enunciate
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Verb
figure out
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Phrase, Verb
hast
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Adjective
untruth
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Adjective
how
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Adjective
befell
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Adverb
prescriber
x/x
Noun
lies
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Noun
howdy
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Adverb
pray
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Adverb
jokes
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Noun
hello
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Adverb
add
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Verb, Noun
advertise
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Verb
affirm
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Verb
affords
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Verb
again
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Adverb
air
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Noun, Verb
alert
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
announce
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Verb
answer
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Noun, Verb
anything
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Noun, Adverb
append
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Noun, Verb
apprise
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Verb
articulate
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
assert
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Verb, Noun
bare
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
be
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
bespeak
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Verb, Noun
bid
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
cache
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Noun, Verb
claim
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Noun, Verb
classic
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Adjective, Noun
collection
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Noun
command
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Noun, Verb
comment
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Noun, Verb
compare
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Verb, Noun
compel
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Verb
comprise
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Verb
confess
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Verb
contrast
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Noun, Verb
dagger
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Noun, Verb
declare
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Verb
deduct
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Verb
demarcate
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Verb
deport
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Verb
dictate
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Verb, Noun
did
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Noun
digress
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Verb
dire
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Adjective, Noun
direct
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
dis
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Noun, Verb
discriminate
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Verb, Adjective
dissociate
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Verb
dit
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
educate
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Verb
emphasise
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Verb
enlighten
x/x
Verb
entertaining
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
entrust
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Verb
expel
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Verb
expose
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Verb
express
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fact
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Noun
freewheeling
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Adjective
gab
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Noun, Verb
get
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Verb, Noun
get out
//
Phrase, Verb
gossipy
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Adjective
grapevine
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Noun, Verb
harbinger
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Noun, Verb
have
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Verb, Noun
herald
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Name, Verb
hey
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Name
hide
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Verb, Noun
impart
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Verb
imply
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Verb
individualize
xx/xxx
Verb
instruction
x/x
Noun
interject
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Verb
introduce
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Verb
iterate
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
judge
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Noun, Verb
keep
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Verb, Noun
kiss
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Noun, Verb
knowledge
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Noun, Verb
label
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Noun, Verb
lay out
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Phrase, Verb
leave
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Verb, Noun
like
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
look
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Verb, Noun
make
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Verb, Noun
mean
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
mouth
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Noun, Verb
none
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Noun, Adverb
note
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Noun, Verb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
oddball
/x
Adjective, Noun
old
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Adjective, Noun
outline
/x
Noun, Verb
play down
//
Phrase, Verb
playing
/x
Noun
point
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Noun, Verb
posit
/x
Verb, Noun
predict
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Verb, Noun
preface
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Noun, Verb
premise
/x
Noun, Verb
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prevent
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Verb
provide
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Verb
publicise
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Verb
publicize
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Verb
put
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Verb, Noun
remark
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Noun, Verb
repeat
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Verb, Noun
reply
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Noun, Verb
require
x/x
Verb
respond
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Verb, Noun
restate
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Verb
review
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Noun, Verb
robin
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Name
rumor
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Noun, Verb
secret
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
sell
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Verb, Noun
send
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Verb, Noun
sense
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Noun, Verb
serve
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Verb, Noun
sex
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Noun, Verb
headlines
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
expression
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Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
backwater
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Noun, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
anymore
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Adverb