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Some verbs in the table are repeated because they have
a prefix, e.g. fore-, over, re-, under-, with- ...
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abide
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abided/abode
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abiding
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arise
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arose
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arisen
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arising
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awake
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awoke
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awoken
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awaking
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backslide
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backslid
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backsliding
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be
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was/were
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been
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being
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bear
forbear |
bore
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borne/born
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bearing
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beat
browbeat |
beat
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beaten
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beating
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beget
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begot/begat
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begotten
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begetting
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begin
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began
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begun
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beginning
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behold
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beheld
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beholding
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bend
unbend |
bent
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bending
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beseech
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besought/beseeched
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beseeching
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beset
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besetting
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bet
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bet/betted
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betting
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bid
forbid outbid overbid underbid |
bade/bid
outbid overbid underbid |
bidden/bid
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bidding
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bind
rebind |
bound
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binding
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bite
backbite |
bit
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bitten
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biting
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bleed
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bled
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bleeding
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bless
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blessed
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blessed/blest
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blessing
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blow
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blew
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blown
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blowing
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break
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broke
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broken
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breaking
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breed
interbreed |
bred
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breeding
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bring
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brought
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bringing
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broadcast
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broadcast/broadcasted
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broadcasting
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build
rebuild |
built
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building
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burn
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burnt/burned
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burning
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burst
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bursting
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bust
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bust/busted
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busting
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buy
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bought
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buying
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cast
broadcast forecast miscast recast |
cast
forecast/forecasted |
casting
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catch
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caught
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catching
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chide
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chided/chid
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chided/chid/chidden
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chiding
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choose
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chose
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chosen
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choosing
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cleave
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cleaved/clave
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cleaved
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cleaving
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cleave
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cleaved/clove/cleft
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cleaved/cloven/cleft
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cleaving
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cling
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clung
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clinging
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come
become overcome |
came
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come
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coming
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cost
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costing
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creep
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crept
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creeping
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crow
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crowed/crew
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crowed
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crowing
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cut
undercut |
cutting
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deal
misdeal |
dealt
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dealing
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dig
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dug
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digging
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disprove
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disproved
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disproved/disproven
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dive
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dived/dove
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dived
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diving
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do
outdo overdo redo undo |
did
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done
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doing
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draw
overdraw withdraw |
drew
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drawn
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drawing
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dream
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dreamed/dreamt
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dreaming
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drink
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drank
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drunk
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drinking
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drive
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drove
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driven
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driving
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dwell
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dwelled/dwelt
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dwelling
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eat
overeat |
ate
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eaten
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eating
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fall
befall |
fell
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fallen
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falling
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feed
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fed
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feeding
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feel
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felt
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feeling
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fight
outfight |
fought
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fighting
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find
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found
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finding
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flee
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fled
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fleeing
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fling
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flung
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flinging
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fly
overfly |
flew
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flown
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flying
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foresee
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foresaw
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foreseen
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foreseeing
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foretell
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foretold
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foretelling
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forget
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forgot
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forgotten
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forgetting
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forsake
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forsook
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forsaken
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forsaking
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forswear
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forswore
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forsworn
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forswearing
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freeze
unfreeze |
froze
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frozen
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freezing
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gainsay
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gainsaid
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gainsaying
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get
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got
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got/gotten
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getting
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gild
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gilded/gilt
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gilding
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gird
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girded/girt
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girding
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give
forgive |
gave
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given
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giving
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go
undergo |
went
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gone
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going
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grind
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ground
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grinding
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grow
outgrow |
grew
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grown
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growing
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hamstring
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hamstringed/hamstrung
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hamstringing
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hang
overhang |
hung/hanged
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hanging
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have
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had
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having
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hear
mishear overhear rehear |
heard
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hearing
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heave
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heaved/hove
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heaving
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hew
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hewed
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hewed/hewn
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hewing
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hide
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hid
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hidden
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hiding
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hit
mishit |
hitting
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hold
behold uphold withhold |
held
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holding
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hurt
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hurting
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input
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inputting
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inset
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insetting
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interbreed
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interbred
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interbreeding
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interweave
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interweaved/interwove
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interweaved/interwoven
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interweaving
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keep
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kept
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keeping
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ken
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kenned/kent
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kenned
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kenning
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kneel
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knelt/kneeled
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kneeling
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knit
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knitted/knit
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knitting
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know
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knew
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known
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knowing
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lay
inlay mislay overlay waylay |
laid
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laying
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lead
mislead |
led
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leading
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lean
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leant/leaned
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leaning
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leap
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leapt/leaped
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leaping
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learn
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learnt/learned
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learning
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leave
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left
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leaving
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lend
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lent
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lending
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let
sublet |
letting
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lie
underlie |
lay
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lain
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lying
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light
floodlight spotlight |
lighted/lit
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lighting
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lose
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lost
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losing
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make
remake |
made
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making
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mean
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meant
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meaning
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meet
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met
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meeting
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mislay
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mislaid
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mislaying
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mislead
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misled
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misleading
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misspell
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misspelt/misspelled
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mistake
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mistook
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mistaken
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mistaking
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misunderstand
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misunderstood
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misunderstanding
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mow
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mowed
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mown/mowed
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mowing
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outbid
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outbidding
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outdo
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outdid
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outdone
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outdoing
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outfight
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outfought
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outfighting
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outgrow
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outgrew
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outgrown
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outgrowing
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outrun
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outran
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outrun
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outrunning
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outsell
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outsold
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outselling
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outshine
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outshone
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outshining
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overbid
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overbid/overbidden
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overbidding
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overcast
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overcasting
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overcome
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overcame
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overcome
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overcoming
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overdo
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overdid
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overdone
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overdoing
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overdraw
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overdrew
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overdrawn
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overdrawing
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overeat
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overate
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overeaten
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overeating
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overfly
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overflew
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overflown
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overflying
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overhang
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overhung
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overhanging
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overhear
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overheard
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overhearing
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overlay
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overlaid
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overlaying
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overlie
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overlay
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overlain
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overlying
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overpay
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overpaid
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overpaying
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override
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overrode
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overridden
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overriding
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overrun
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overran
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overrun
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overrunning
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oversee
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oversaw
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overseen
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overseeing
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oversell
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oversold
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overselling
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overshoot
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overshot
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overshooting
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oversleep
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overslept
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oversleeping
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overtake
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overtook
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overtaken
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overtaking
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overthrow
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overthrew
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overthrown
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overthrowing
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pay
overpay prepay underpay |
paid
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paying
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plead
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pleaded/pled
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pleading
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prove
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proved
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proved/proven
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proving
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put
input output |
put
input/inputted |
putting
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quit
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quit/quitted
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quitting
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read
misread |
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reading
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rend
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rent
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rending
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rid
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ridding
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ride
override |
rode
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ridden
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riding
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ring
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rang
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rung
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ringing
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rise
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rose
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risen
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rising
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run
outrun overrun |
ran
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run
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running
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saw
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sawed
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sawed/sawn
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sawing
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say
gainsay unsay |
said
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saying
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see
foresee oversee |
saw
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seen
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seeing
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seek
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sought
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seeking
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sell
outsell oversell undersell |
sold
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selling
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send
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sent
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sending
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set
beset inset upset |
setting
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sew
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sewed
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sewn/sewed
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sewing
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shake
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shook
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shaken
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shaking
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shear
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sheared
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shorn/sheared
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shearing
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shed
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shedding
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shine
outshine |
shone/shined
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shining
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shit
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shat/shitted
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shitting
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shoe
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shod
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shoeing*
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shoot
overshoot |
shot
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shooting
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show
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showed
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shown/showed
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showing
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shrink
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shrank
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shrunk
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shrinking
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shrive
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shrived/shrove
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shrived/shriven
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shriving
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shut
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shutting
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sing
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sang
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sung
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singing
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sink
countersink |
sank
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sunk
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sinking
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sit
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sat
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sitting
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slay
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slayed/slew
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slain
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slaying
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sleep
oversleep |
slept
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sleeping
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slide
backslide |
slid
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sliding
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sling
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slung
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slinging
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slink
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slunk
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slinking
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slit
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slitting
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smell
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smelled/smelt
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smelling
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smite
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smote
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smitten
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smiting
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sow
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sowed
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sown/sowed
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sowing
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speak
bespeak |
spoke
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spoken
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speaking
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speed
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sped/speeded
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speeding
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spell
misspell |
spelt/spelled
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spelling
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spend
misspend |
spent
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spending
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spill
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spilt/spilled
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spilling
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spin
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span/spun
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spun
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spinning
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spit
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spat
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spitting
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split
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splitting
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spoil
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spoilt/spoiled
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spoiling
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spread
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spreading
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spring
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sprang
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sprung
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springing
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stand
misunderstand understand withstand |
stood
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standing
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stave
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staved/stove
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staving
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steal
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stole
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stolen
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stealing
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stick
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stuck
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sticking
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sting
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stung
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stinging
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stink
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stank
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stunk
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stinging
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strew
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strewed
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strewed/strewn
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strewing
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stride
bestride |
strode
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stridden
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striding
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strike
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struck
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striking
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string
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strung
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stringing
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strive
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strove
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striven
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striving
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swear
forswear |
swore
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sworn
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swearing
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sweep
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swept
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sweeping
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swell
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swelled
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swelled/swollen
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swelling
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swim
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swam
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swum
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swimming
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swing
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swung
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swinging
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take
mistake overtake partake undertake |
took
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taken
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taking
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teach
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taught
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teaching
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tear
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tore
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torn
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tearing
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tell
foretell retell |
told
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telling
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think
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thought
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thinking
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thrive
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thrived/throve
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thrived/thriven
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thriving
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throw
overthrow |
threw
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thrown
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throwing
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thrust
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thrusting
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tread
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trod
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trodden/trod
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treading
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unbind
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unbound
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unbinding
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underbid
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underbid/underbidden
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underbidding
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undercut
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undercutting
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underlie
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underlay
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underlain
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underlying
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understand
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understood
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understanding
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undertake
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undertook
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undertaken
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undertaking
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underwrite
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underwrote
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underwritten
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underwriting
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undo
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undid
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undone
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undoing
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unwind
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unwound
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unwinding
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uphold
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upheld
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upholding
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upset
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upsetting
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wake
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woke/waked
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woken/waked
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waking
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waylay
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waylaid
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waylaying
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wear
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wore
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worn
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wearing
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weave
interweave |
weaved/wove
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weaved/woven
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weaving
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wed
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wedded/wed
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wedding
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weep
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wept
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weeping
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wet
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wetted/wet
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wetting
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win
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won
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winning
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wind
unwind |
wound
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winding
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withdraw
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withdrew
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withdrawn
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withdrawing
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withhold
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withheld
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withholding
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withstand
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withstood
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withstanding
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wreak
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wreaked/wrought
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wreaking
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wring
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wrung
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wringing
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write
rewrite underwrite |
wrote
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written
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writing
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