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attempt
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Verb, Verb
endeavor
x/x
Verb, Verb
test
/
Verb, Verb
effort
/x
Verb, Verb
assay
/x
Verb, Verb
seek
/
Verb, Verb
render
/x
Verb, Verb
hear
/
Verb, Verb
examine
x/x
Verb, Verb
prove
/
Verb, Verb
endeavour
x/x
Verb, Verb
strain
/
Verb, Verb
adjudicate
x/xx
Verb, Verb
stress
/
Verb, Verb
judge
/
Verb, Verb
essay
x/
Verb, Verb
sample
/x
Verb, Verb
taste
/
Verb, Verb
try on
//
Phrase, Verb
try out
//
Phrase, Verb
want
/
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
hoping
/x
Verb
let
/
Verb
going
/x
Verb
help
/
Verb
need
/
Verb
aiming
/x
Verb
striving
/x
Verb
gotta
/x
Verb
scrambled
/x
Verb
figured
/x
Verb
could
/
Verb
intend
x/
Verb
tempted
/x
Verb
think
/
Verb
regroup
x/
Verb
urge
/
Verb
looking
/x
Verb
implore
x/
Verb
push
/
Verb
struggled
/x
Verb
pretend
x/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
get
/
Verb
strategize
/xx
Verb
guess
/
Verb
did
/
Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
take
/
Verb
gonna
/x
Verb, Noun
tweak
/
Verb
hesitate
/xx
Verb
give
/
Verb
failed
/
Verb
beseech
x/
Verb
wanna
/x
Verb
find
/
Verb
wish
/
Verb
overdo
/x/
Verb
vowed
/
Verb
ask
/
Verb
exhort
x/
Verb
cajole
x/
Verb
devise
x/
Verb
put
/
Verb
hurry
/x
Verb
managed
/x
Verb
suppose
x/
Verb
instruct
x/
Verb
know
/
Verb
expect
x/
Verb
encourage
x/x
Verb
redouble
x/x
Verb
used
/
Verb
contrive
x/
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
should
/
Verb
prefer
x/
Verb
must
/
Verb
tend
/
Verb
ought
/
Verb
keep
/
Verb
pressed
/
Verb
sneak
/
Verb
happens
/x
Verb
motivate
/xx
Verb
pressuring
/xx
Verb
relax
x/
Verb
embarrass
x/x
Verb
prod
/
Verb
concoct
x/
Verb
brainstorm
/x
Verb
what
/
Verb
come
/
Verb
make
/
Verb
frustrate
/x
Verb
befriend
x/
Verb
cast about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit on
//
Phrase, Verb
have in mind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
puzzle over
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
peck at
//
Phrase, Verb
set about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pick at
//
Phrase, Verb
bump into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
run after
//x
Phrase, Verb
come round
//
Phrase, Verb
come by
//
Phrase, Verb
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bear in mind
/x/
Phrase, Verb
concentrate on
/xxx
Phrase, Verb
get hold of
///
Phrase, Verb
puzzle out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blurt out
/x
Phrase, Verb
have on
//
Phrase, Verb
explain away
x/x/
Phrase, Verb
jump at
//
Phrase, Verb
run along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get by
//
Phrase, Verb
attend to
x//
Phrase, Verb
get across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take hold
//
Phrase, Verb
think up
//
Phrase, Verb
find oneself
/x/
Phrase, Verb
put over
//x
Phrase, Verb
think over
//x
Phrase, Verb
collide with
x/x
Phrase, Verb
for dear life
///
Phrase, Verb
set in motion
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
keep at
//
Phrase, Verb
bring about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
for some reason
///x
Phrase, Verb
bring forward
//x
Phrase, Verb
sound out
//
Phrase, Verb
come to mind
///
Phrase, Verb
run across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fall upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get at
//
Phrase, Verb
while away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
blow over
//x
Phrase, Verb
thrash out
//
Phrase, Verb
hammer out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pan out
//
Phrase, Verb
hang back
//
Phrase, Verb
sneak up
//
Phrase, Verb
chicken out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take after
//x
Phrase, Verb
ferret out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ask after
//x
Phrase, Verb
put through
//
Phrase, Verb
medicate
/xx
Adjective
sort
/
Adjective
harder
/x
Adjective
nice
/
Noun
luck
/
Noun
tack
/
Noun
utmost
/x
Noun
dessert
x/
Noun
futilely
/xx
Adverb
experiment
x/xx
Noun
patience
/x
Noun
fool
/
Verb
offences
x/x
Noun
tricks
/
Noun
dissuade
x/
Verb
recipes
/xx
Noun
picture
/x
Verb
emulate
/xx
Verb
sometime
/x
Adverb
vainly
/x
Adverb
imitate
/xx
Verb
tactic
/x
Noun
achieve
x/
Verb
actively
/xx
Adverb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adventure
x/x
Noun, Verb
afflict
x/
Verb
again
x/
Adverb
annoy
x/
Verb, Noun
are
/
Noun
assess
x/
Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
batting
/x
Noun
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bid
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bother
/x
Verb, Noun
braving
/x
Adjective, Noun
bring
/
Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
cantos
/x
Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
chapters
/x
Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
confronting
x/x
Adjective
consider
x/x
Verb
contribution
xx/x
Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
deem
/
Verb, Noun
determine
x/x
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
entertain
xx/
Verb, Noun
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
explore
x/
Verb, Noun
fetch
/
Verb, Noun
fight
/
Verb, Noun
fling
/
Verb, Noun
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
foray
/x
Noun, Verb
gamble
/x
Noun, Verb
gauge
/
Noun, Verb
give up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
grappling
/x
Noun
grope
/
Verb, Noun
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hazard
/x
Noun, Verb
how
/
Adverb, Noun
hump
/
Noun, Verb
indict
x/
Verb
innings
/x
Noun
it
/
Noun, Adjective
jive
/
Noun, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
masturbate
/xx
Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
not
/
Adverb, Noun
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
once
/
Adverb, Noun
pains
/
Noun
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pick up the gauntlet
//x/x
Phrase, Verb
pittsburgh
/x
Name
play
/
Verb, Noun
plea
/
Noun, Verb
please
/
Verb, Adverb
power play
/x/
Phrase, Noun
preface
/x
Noun, Verb
preparing
x/x
Noun
prologue
/x
Noun, Verb
prosecute
/xx
Verb
purport
/x
Verb, Noun
pursue
x/
Verb
question
/x
Noun, Verb
rack
/
Noun, Verb
read
/
Verb, Noun
reckless
/x
Adjective, Noun
remember
x/x
Verb
repeat
x/
Verb, Noun
retry
x/
Verb, Noun
return
x/
Noun, Verb
revert
x/
Verb, Noun
risk
/
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run a risk
/x/
Phrase, Verb
search
/
Noun, Verb
see
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
share
/
Noun, Verb
shot
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
show
/
Verb, Noun
squeeze
/
Verb, Noun
stab
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
succeed
x/
Verb
tackling
/x
Noun
take a chance
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take chances
//x
Phrase, Verb
task
/
Noun, Verb
tax
/
Noun, Verb
these
/
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
treat
/
Verb, Noun
trial
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
venture
/x
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
whirl
/
Noun, Verb
work
/
Noun, Verb
worst
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
write
/
Verb, Noun
your
/
save
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective