3
caravan(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
career(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
carry(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
circuit(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
circulate(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
come(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
come up(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
contrary(adjective, reverting)
3
contrasting
3
crawfish
3
crawl(verb, move, act, movement, trip)
3
decrease(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
3
disimprove(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
3
droop(verb, stop, drop, end, pass)
3
ease(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
fall behind(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
3
float(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
fly(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
get worse(verb, expression, idiom, decline, diminish)
3
go(verb, move, act, movement, trip)
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