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start
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start aside
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start back
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stay(verb, fail, delay, diminish, decrease)
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stick at
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stooge around
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stop(verb, delay, stay, pause, balance)
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stop to consider(expression, idiom)
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straddle(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
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straddle the fence(expression, idiom)
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strain
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strain at
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stream(verb, draw, follow, extend, trace)
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string along(verb, expression, draw, follow, extend)
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stumble(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
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stutter(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
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tag along(verb, expression, draw, follow, extend)
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take out after(verb, expression, idiom, draw, follow)
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talk against time(expression, idiom)
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tergiversate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
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