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aim(verb, work, determine, criticize, strain)
2
allow(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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altercate(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, challenge)
2
anguish(verb, trouble, bother, worry, fuss)
2
apply(verb, determine, strain, struggle, try)
2
apply oneself(expression, attack, accept, drive, manage)
2
appoint(verb, secure, join, sign, use)
2
approve(verb, support, accept, love, agree)
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argue(verb, support, force, charge, attack)
2
assail(take, meet, attack, fight, rush)
2
assault(verb, take, meet, attack, fight)
2
assay(verb, work, determine, strain, struggle)
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avow(verb, state, charge, maintain, agree)
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be caught short(verb, meet, expose, defy, endanger)
2
be sad(verb, grieve, wail, groan, mourn)
2
bear(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
beard(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
become(verb, accept, assume, undertake, adopt)
2
bellyache(protest, complain, moan, nag)
2
bemoan(verb, criticize, censure, condemn, complain)
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