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abbreviation
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cacao
noun
cache
noun
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caftan
noun
cage fighter
noun
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calendar
noun
calendar year
noun
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callisthenics
noun
callous
adjective
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Camel
noun
camellia
noun
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can-do
adjective
can
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modal verb
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candour
noun
candy apple
noun
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canonization
noun
canonize
verb
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Cape Cod
cape
noun
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capsid
noun
capsize
verb
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caramel
noun
caramelize
verb
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card swipe
noun
card table
noun
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carelessly
adverb
carelessness
noun
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carnosaur
noun
carny
noun
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carroty
adjective
carry back
phrasal verb
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Casablanca
Casanova
noun
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casino capitalism
noun
casino
noun
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casually
adverb
casualness
noun
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catch on
phrasal verb
catch out
phrasal verb
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Catholic
noun
Catholicism
noun
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cauterize
verb
caution
noun
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CD burner
noun
CD
noun
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celibate
noun
cell
noun
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centered
adjective
centerfold
noun
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centre
verb
centre-left
adjective
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certificate
verb
certificated
adjective
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chafing dish
noun
chagrin
noun
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chamber pot
noun
chamberlain
noun
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changeling
noun
changeover
noun
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character assassination
noun
character code
noun
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Charles Darwin
Charles Dickens
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chart
noun
chart
verb
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Chatsworth
Chattanooga
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checker
noun
checkerboard
noun
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cheesecake
noun
cheesecloth
noun
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cherry brandy
noun
cherry
noun
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Chicana
noun
chicane
noun
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chief technician
noun
chief technology officer
noun
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chiller
noun
chilli con carne
noun
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chip
noun
chip off
phrasal verb
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chloroform
noun
chlorophyll
noun
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chop-chop
exclamation
chopper
noun
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Christian name
noun
Christian
noun
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chronicler
noun
chrono-
combining form
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churchwarden
noun
churchwoman
noun
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cinema
noun
cinéma-vérité
noun
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cirque
noun
cirrhosis
noun
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civic
adjective
civic centre
noun
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clamour
noun
clamour
verb
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Clarks
clarsach
noun
...
claw back
phrasal verb
claw hammer
noun
...
clearing bank
noun
clearing house
noun
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click-through
noun
clickable
adjective
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cling on to
phrasal verb
cling to
phrasal verb
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clock-watcher
noun
clocker
noun
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closing
adjective
closing argument
noun
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club class
noun
club foot
noun
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co-
prefix
co-author
noun
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coaming
noun
coarse
adjective
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cocaine
noun
coccus
noun
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cocoon
noun
cocoon
verb
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coffee cake
noun
coffee culture
noun
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coincident
adjective
coincidental
adjective
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Cole Porter
Colemanballs
noun
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collectively
adverb
collectivism
noun
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colonist
noun
colonization
noun
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colour
verb
colour wash
noun
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combine
noun
combine
verb
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come
preposition
come round
phrasal verb
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comic
noun
Comic Relief
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commercial bank
noun
commercial break
noun
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common room
noun
common sense
noun
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community theater
noun
community transmission
noun
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compartmentalize
verb
compass
noun
...
complementary medicine
noun
complementation
noun
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compound
noun
compound
verb
...
con
noun
con sordino
adverb
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concertmaster
noun
concerto
noun
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condemned cell
noun
condensation
noun
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confederate
adjective
confederate
noun
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conformable
adjective
conformance
noun
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Congress House
congress
noun
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connective tissue
noun
connectivity
noun
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conservation
noun
conservationist
noun
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conspiratorial
adjective
conspiratorially
adverb
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consult
verb
consultancy
noun
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contaminate
verb
contamination
noun
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continental
noun
continental shelf
noun
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contradictory
adjective
contradistinction
noun
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controvert
verb
contumacious
adjective
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convexity
noun
convey
verb
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cooking gas
noun
cooking
noun
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cop shop
noun
cop
verb
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cor
exclamation
coracle
noun
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corn-fed
adjective
cornbread
noun
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corporal
noun
corporal punishment
noun
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corroborate
verb
corroboration
noun
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cosmopolitan
adjective
cosmopolitan
noun
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cottage pie
noun
cottager
noun
...
count noun
noun
count on
phrasal verb
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counterproductive
adjective
countersign
verb
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couple up
phrasal verb
couple
verb
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courtside
noun
courtyard
noun
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Cow and Gate
cow chip
noun
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CPA
abbreviation
CPAP
noun
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cradle-snatching
noun
craft beer
noun
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crash
noun
crash out
phrasal verb
...
cream cheese
noun
cream cracker
noun
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credit union
noun
credit
verb
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crescent
noun
cress
noun
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criminological
adjective
criminologist
noun
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croaky
adjective
Croatia
noun
...
cross out
phrasal verb
cross over
phrasal verb
...
crossbar
noun
crossbones
noun
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crowdsource
verb
crowdsourcing
noun
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crummy
adjective
crumpet
noun
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cryptography
noun
cryptosporidium
noun
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cuckoo spit
noun
cucumber
noun
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culvert
noun
cum laude
adverb, adjective
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curettage
noun
curette
noun
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curtain
noun
curtain off
phrasal verb
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customs
noun
customs union
noun
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cwt
abbreviation
cwtch
noun
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cymbalom
noun
Cymbeline
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Czechia
noun
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