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sprain(noun, verb, remove, worry, turn)
15
air(noun, expression, quality, feeling, character)
15
exertion(noun, activity, action, work, worry)
15
extraction(noun, company, place, type, kind)
15
force(noun, verb, move, action, drive)
15
kind(noun, form, nature, make, type)
15
lineage(noun, place, type, kind, position)
15
pain(noun, verb, business, upset, break)
15
toil(noun, verb, business, action, work)
15
twist(noun, verb, press, worry, turn)
14
effort(noun, activity, business, action, trouble)
14
filter(noun, verb, drop, separate, discharge)
14
injure(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
14
labour(noun, verb, exert)
14
pedigree(noun, company, place, type, kind)
14
tune(noun, expression, piece, track, harmony)
14
work(noun, verb, activity, business, trouble)
13
ancestry(noun, company, place, type, position)
13
sift(verb, separate, remove, clean, drain)
12
distress(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt)
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