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onset(noun, attack, cause, start, rise)
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passage(noun, break, cut, mark, progress)
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possibility(noun, break, show, plan, way)
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preliminary(noun, adjective, beginning, basic, first)
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tear(noun, break, cut, crack, split)
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access(noun, start, progress, line, bar)
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cavity(noun, break, breach, sack, space)
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cranny(noun, break, place, position, crack)
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exit(noun, break, place, issue, way)
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inception(noun, act, cause, start, top)
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interval(noun, break, cut, crack, split)
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lacuna(noun, break, cut, crack, rest)
8
mouth(noun, open, breach, hole, gap)
8
preparatory(adjective, basic, introductory)
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room(noun, break, time, event, progress)
7
birth(noun, start, rise, top, beginning)
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cut(noun, break, time, event, flat)
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dob
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entry(noun, progress, line, approach, way)
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fracture(noun, break, cut, crack, split)
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