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above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
again
x/
Adverb
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
already
x/x
Adverb
altruistic
xx/x
Adjective
alumni
x/x
Noun
american
x/xx
Name, Adjective
ancestor
/xx
Noun, Verb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
annals
/x
Noun
another
x/x
Noun
anterior
x/xx
Adjective
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
ashley
/x
Name
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
ballroom
/x
Noun, Verb
been
/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
beyond
x/
Adverb, Noun
bin
/
Noun, Verb
both
/
Noun
by
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bygone
/x
Adjective, Noun
cela
/x
Noun
cette
/
Noun
chivalric
/xx
Adjective
closing
/x
Noun, Adjective
completed
x/x
Adjective
concluded
x/x
Adjective
conclusion
x/x
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
consecutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
continuously
x/xxx
Adverb
continuum
x/xx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
das
/
Noun
date
/
Noun, Verb
departed
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
drama
/x
Noun
each
/
Adverb, Noun
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
east
/
Name, Adjective, Adverb
eastern
/x
Adjective
edible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ees
/
Noun, Verb
elapsed
x/
Adjective
elders
/x
Noun
enjoyable
x/xx
Adjective
ensure
x/
Verb
ent
/
Noun, Verb
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
epoch
/x
Noun, Verb
eras
/x
Verb
erstwhile
/x
Adjective, Adverb
esa
/x
Name
este
/
Noun
eventful
x/x
Adjective
everything
/xx
Adjective
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exactly
x/x
Adverb
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
fable
/x
Noun, Verb
facts
/
Verb
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
finishing
/xx
Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
forefathers
/xx
Noun
foregoing
x/x
Adjective
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
fourth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
from
/
Verb
fruit
/
Noun, Verb
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
future
/x
Noun, Adjective
futurity
/xxx
Noun
gift
/
Noun, Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
happening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
hear
/
Verb
hectic
/x
Adjective, Noun
hell
/
Noun, Adverb, Verb
her
x
Noun
herbaceous
x/x
Adjective
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hereafter
x/x
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
heritage
/xx
Noun
heroes
/x
Noun
het
/
Noun, Adjective
hey
/
Name
him
/
Noun
historian
x/xx
Noun
historic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
historically
x/xxx
Adverb
histories
/xx
Adverb
hitherto
/x/
Adverb
hong
/
Name
however
x/x
Adverb
increased
x/
Adjective
incumbent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
indian
/xx
Name, Adjective
introduce
xx/
Verb
it
/
Noun, Adjective
jeez
/
Name
keep
/
Verb, Noun
knightly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
lapse
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latest
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
latter
/x
Adjective
legacy
/xx
Noun, Adjective
let
/
Verb, Noun
life
/
Noun, Verb
lore
/
Noun
madi
/x
Name
medieval
x/x
Adjective, Noun
member
/x
Noun, Verb
memories
/xx
Verb
mind
/
Noun, Verb
most
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
next
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
offers
/x
Verb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
olden
/x
Adjective, Name, Verb
once
/
Adverb, Noun
onetime
//
Adjective
origins
/xx
Adjective
other
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
outgoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outlines
/x
Noun
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
particular
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
pass
/
Verb, Noun
passé
/
Noun, Adjective
past tense
//
Phrase, Noun
pasting
/x
Noun
people
/x
Noun, Verb
pilgrimage
/xx
Noun, Verb
place
/
Noun, Verb
precedent
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
preceding
x/x
Adjective
preface
/x
Noun, Verb
prehistoric
xx/x
Adjective
preparing
x/x
Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
preterite
/xx
Noun, Adjective
previous
/xx
Adjective, Noun
prior
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
provides
x/
Verb
rearview
/x
Noun, Adjective
recent
/x
Adjective, Noun
record
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
remaining
x/x
Noun, Adjective
remember
x/x
Verb
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
retiring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
said
/
Adjective, Noun
same
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sea
/
Noun
second
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
showcases
/xx
Verb, Noun
significant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
since
/
Adverb
society
x/xx
Noun
something
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
sometime
/x
Adverb, Adjective
sooner
/x
Adverb, Noun
spent
/
Adjective
spoken
/x
Adjective
stated
/x
Adjective
story
/x
Noun, Verb
stressful
/x
Adjective
stuff
/
Noun, Verb
submit
x/
Verb
subsequent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
successive
x/x
Adjective
such
/
Noun
tale
/
Noun, Verb
tec
/
Name
tell
/
Verb, Noun
ten
/
Noun
tense
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tha
x
Verb
that
/
Adverb, Noun
the
x
Adverb, Noun
the good old days
x///
Phrase
them
/
Noun
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
there
/
Adverb, Noun
thereby
//
Adverb
therefore
/x
Adverb
thing
/
Noun, Verb
third
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
throwback
/x
Noun
thus
/
Adverb, Noun
thy
/
Noun
time
/
Noun, Verb
time immemorial
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
time out of mind
////
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
to
/
Adverb, Noun
today
x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
traditionally
x/xxx
Adverb
trap
/
Noun, Verb
tree
/
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
uneventful
xx/x
Adjective
well
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
what
/
Adverb, Noun
whatever
x/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
whole
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
words
/
Noun
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
yeah
/
Noun
year
/
Noun
yes
/
Name, Verb
yesterday
/xx
Noun, Adverb
yesteryear
/xx
Noun
yore
/
Adverb, Noun
your
/
yourself
x/
Noun