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Verb
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WN
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RHU
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CC
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DCE
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OED
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MW3
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AHD
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MQ4
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| move from one place to another
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1a, 1b (in a particular way)
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2a, 2b (manner), 2c (distance/speed), 30 (toward)
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1a
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1
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1
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| walk
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2
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1a (obsolete)
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3 (obsolete)
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25
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| circulate / be passed
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3
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13
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12a
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10a (be valid)
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6a (be valid)
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| proceed well/poorly
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4
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8
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21
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14
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9
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18a, 19a
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6b, 6e
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20a
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18
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| contribute to a result
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5
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14
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13
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18b, 41a, 42
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11e1, 18
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14
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12
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| undertake
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6
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3(II)
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| proceed by thought (going over/through)
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7
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14
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26d
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| be pregnant (with)
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8
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7
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4b
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| leave
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9
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3
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2
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3
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4
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21a
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1c
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2
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2
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| perish, wear out
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10
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29
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(26,28)
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| extend or connect (to)
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11
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7, 24 ("lead")
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9
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11
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7
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30c (lead), 43a (reach)
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2f1, 2f2 (lead), 13b (reach)
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4a (extend), 4b (lead)
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8
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| resort (to)
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12
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25
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31
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33, 34a
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7a, 8
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3b
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20
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| have a part in
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1(II)
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42
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35c
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5b(II)
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5b(II)
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| bet / wager
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2(II)
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40 (informal)
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3
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36
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4a(II)
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4a(II) (informal)
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33 (cards)
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| proceed with
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2
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3
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| become a certain way
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4
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4
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7 (copula)
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44
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14a, 14b (change)
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10b
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29 (copula)
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| be allotted (to), be spent (on)
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5
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11
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15
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33
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39a, 39b
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11c (be spent), 11d1 (be awarded), 11d2 (be inherited)
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13a, 13b
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| be discarded
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9
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20
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27
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47
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5c
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17b
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| be continuously in a state (~ hungry)
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10
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5
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10
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14
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6
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4a
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10a
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| make a sound
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11
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23
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8
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20
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10
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6b(II)
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32
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| function (engine won't ~)
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12
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6
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17
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8c, 8d (timepiece)
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9c, 9d (timepiece)
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5
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4
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| survive (~ without food)
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15
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38
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8a(II)
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| elapse
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16
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10
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25a
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37
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11a
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5b2
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16b
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9
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| die
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17
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27
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24
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32
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28a
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5b1
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19
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22
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| be a certain way (as xxx go)
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18
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13
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17
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42
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15
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6c
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15b
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| start
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19
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29
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4
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16
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22a
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9a
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24
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24
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| have a turn
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20
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| be able to divide (go into)
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21
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31
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37
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38a
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| be compatible (with)
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23
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17
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18
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41
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16a
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21
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15
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| fit
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25
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18
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12
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17a (fit through), 17b
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12b
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16
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| rifle
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26
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| choose (~ for)
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28
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| be used up or spent
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13, 27
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19
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28
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33
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25a (money)
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5a2
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17a
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17
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| be expressed a certain way
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6, 22
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24
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21
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25
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16
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15a, 15b (poetry), 15c (song)
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15a
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19
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| act a certain way
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6
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13a?
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| fall into a state
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7
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9
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8
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5
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| be known (by, as)
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8
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19
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14a
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10c
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11
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7
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| be sold
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12
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16
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34
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24a
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5d
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7
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| result, turn out
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15
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6d
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13
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| belong (at a place)
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16
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20
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11
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38b
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17d
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12a
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14
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| move quickly or energetically
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22
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| become ineffective; deteriorate
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26
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22
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29 (deteriorate), 30
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27a, 29d (living things)
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5f
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18a
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| collapse / give way
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28
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23
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29
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5g
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18b
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23
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| compose a quantity
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30
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| contribute to a total
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32
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27
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| intend ("going to")
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33
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40
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6a (intention), 6b (future)
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7c (dialectal), 12
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9
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| be permitted
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34
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34
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18d (colloquial)
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20a2
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22b
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25
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| have authority
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35
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35
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30
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18e (colloquial)
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20a1
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22a
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26
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| make an effort ("go to …")
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36
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12
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| do something (go shopping)
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37
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5
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9a(II)
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3(II)
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| follow (a course)
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41
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25b, 25c
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4a
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2a, 1(II)
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3a
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| yield (a quantity)
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43
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35f
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7
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| assume (an obligation)
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44
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5a(II)
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| excrete (solid/liquid)
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38 (informal)
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48 (informal)
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31f (colloquial)
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21
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23 (informal)
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28 (colloquial)
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| tolerate
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39 (informal)
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| enjoy
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45 (informal)
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35d (colloquial)
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9b(II)
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8 (informal)
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| say
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46 (informal)
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36 (nonstandard)
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19 (spoken informal)
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10b
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9(II)
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34a
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| move with a specific purpose (~ and get)
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2
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1c (US)
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32
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1e?
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| travel routinely
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5
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| occur
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26
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6a
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| attend (go to school)
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29
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3a (party etc.), 3b (school etc.)
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31a, 32d
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| join a profession
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30
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31c
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| put oneself (to)
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32
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7b
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| proceed (~ too far)
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33
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35a
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| move while doing something (~ jumping)
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2
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| make a movement
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18
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| make noise (intransitive)
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26
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9
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9e1 (ring), 9e2
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| disappear, end (headache ~)
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28
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27a
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5a1, 5h (cease to have effect)
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21
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| pay / bid an amount (~ any higher)
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35
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35b
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4b(II)(offer), 8b(II)
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4b(II)
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| resign / be fired
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46
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10d
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| be sung, flow smoothly
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17
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| be given up
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26
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| be used (for a purpose) (~ to)
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40
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| be told, pass from one person to another
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13a
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10b
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6b
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| be considered
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16b (obsolete)
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| succeed
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19b
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6f
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20b
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| be passable
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19c (mountaineering)
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| to live/exist
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1b
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| to step a certain way
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1c
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| continue on (~ one's way), be left alone (let it ~)
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21b, 21e
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1(II)
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| deviate (from)
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21c
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| (rebuke)
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21d
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| play music uninhibitedly
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22b
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| be lost or out in cricket (wicket/batsman)
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27b
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5e1 (wicket), 5e2 (batsman)
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3 (batsman)
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| faint
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29b
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| be diseased, decayed
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29c
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| pass through
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2e
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2(II)
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2(II) (traverse)
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| ride to hounds
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3 (hunting)
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1d
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| copulate with (~to the bull)
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31b
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| do something stupid (~ and done that)
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32c
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8 (informal)
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| try to
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34b
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| bet (someone)
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36b
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| to declare / accept
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36c (cards)
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| be conveyed
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37a
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2c
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| be equivalent (to)
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41c
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11e2,
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| suffice; have use/purchasing value
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43d
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| be turned into
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44b
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| run, take a course
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4c, 4d (manner)
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(included in 2f1)
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| be led (by), to fall in line (with)
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5a
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| be determined by
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5b
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11b
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| be in motion
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8a
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1b
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| have a certain kind of motion/action
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8b
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9b
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| strike the hour
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9b
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6a(II)
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| be playable by everyone (of a card suit)
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19
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| act in accordance with
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11a
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| be true; apply
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20b
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| (with regard to) (as far as X ~)
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20c
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| continue (to ~)
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11c
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| originate in (~ back to)
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16a
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| weight
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6(II)
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| have a record of (~ X for Y)
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7 (sports)
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| advance
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6
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| think, say to oneself
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34b
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| attack
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35 (colloquial)
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Noun
| gloss
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W1913
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WN
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RHU
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CC
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DCE
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OED
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MW3
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AHD
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MQ4
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| working
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1 (obsolete)
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| incident
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2 (slang)
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3 (colloquial/vulgar)
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3
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| the fashion
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3 (colloquial)
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8b
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2
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| merriment
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4 (colloquial)
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| glass of alcohol
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5 (slang)
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5c (colloquial)
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4b
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| vitality
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6 (colloquial)
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48
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51 (informal)
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10 (UK)
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2 (colloquial)
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6
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4 (informal)
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37 (colloquial)
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| condition in cribbage
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7
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6b
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5a, 5b
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| turn
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1
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50
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2
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7a
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38 (colloquial)
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| ecstasy (drug)
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2
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| attempt
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3
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49
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49a
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1
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4 (colloquial)
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7b
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2
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| act of going
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47
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48
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1
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1
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1
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36
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| success
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50
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53 (informal)
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3?
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7a (colloquial)
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9a
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| bargain
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51 (informal)
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54 (informal)
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7b (colloquial)
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9b
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40 (US colloquial)
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| go-ahead
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52 (informal)
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1(II)
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5a (informal)
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| contest / fight
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53 (boxing)
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4b (colloquial)
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10
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39 (colloquial)
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| quantity (of something)
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4?
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5
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4a
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| delivery in skittles
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6a
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| opportunity
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7c
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| burst of activity
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8a
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3?
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| bout of illness
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4c
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8b
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| starting point (Go)
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5b (informal)
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| something which is OK to proceed
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6
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5c (informal)
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| attempt to stop a criminal
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49b
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9c?
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| attack
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49c
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9b?
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Adjective
| gloss
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W1913
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WN
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RHU
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CC
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DCE
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OED
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MW3
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AHD
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MQ4
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| ready
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(included in 1)
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(included in 1?)
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(included in 41)
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| functional
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56
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58 (informal)
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1
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1 (informal)
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41
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