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Rank Word 1 the 2 of 3 to 4 and 5 a 6 in 7 is 8 it 9 you 10 that 11 he 12 was 13 for 14 on 15 are 16 with 17 as 18 I 19 his 20 they 21 be 22 at 23 one 24 have 25 this 26 from 27 or 28 had 29 by 30 hot 31 word 32 but 33 what 34 some 35 we 36 can 37 out 38 other 39 were 40 all

Rank Word 126 name 127 very 128 through 129 just 130 form 131 sentence 132 great 133 think 134 say 135 help 136 low 137 line 138 differ 139 turn 140 cause 141 much 142 mean 143 before 144 move 145 right 146 boy 147 old 148 too 149 same 150 tell 151 does 152 set 153 three 154 want 155 air 156 well 157 also 158 play 159 small 160 end 161 put 162 home 163 read 164 hand 165 port

Rank Word 251 open 252 seem 253 together 254 next 255 white 256 children 257 begin 258 got 259 walk 260 example 261 ease 262 paper 263 group 264 always 265 music 266 those 267 both 268 mark 269 often 270 letter 271 until 272 mile 273 river 274 car 275 feet 276 care 277 second 278 book 279 carry 280 took 281 science 282 eat 283 room 284 friend 285 began 286 idea 287 fish 288 mountain 289 stop 290 once

Rank Word 376 ten 377 simple 378 several 379 vowel 380 toward 381 war 382 lay 383 against 384 pattern 385 slow 386 center 387 love 388 person 389 money 390 serve 391 appear 392 road 393 map 394 rain 395 rule 396 govern 397 pull 398 cold 399 notice 400 voice 401 unit 402 power 403 town 404 fine 405 certain 406 fly 407 fall 408 lead 409 cry 410 dark 411 machine 412 note 413 wait 414 plan 415 figure

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

there 166 when 167 up 168 use 169 your 170 how 171 said 172 an 173 each 174 she 175 which 176 do 177 their 178 time 179 if 180 will 181 way 182 about 183 many 184 then 185 them 186 write 187 would 188 like 189 so 190 these 191 her 192 long 193 make 194 thing 195 see 196 him 197 two 198 has 199 look 200 more 201 day 202 could 203 go 204 come 205 did 206 number 207 sound 208 no 209

large spell add even land here must big high such follow act why ask men change went light kind off need house picture try us again animal point mother world near build self earth father head stand own page should country found answer school

291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334

base hear horse cut sure watch color face wood main enough plain girl usual young ready above ever red list though feel talk bird soon body dog family direct pose leave song measure door product black short numeral class wind question happen complete ship

416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459

star box noun field rest correct able pound done beauty drive stood contain front teach week final gave green oh quick develop ocean warm free minute strong special mind behind clear tail produce fact street inch multiply nothing course stay wheel full force blue

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125

most people my over know water than call first who may down side been now find any new work part take get place made live where after back little only round man year came show every good me give our under

210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250

grow study still learn plant cover food sun four between state keep eye never last let thought city tree cross farm hard start might story saw far sea draw left late run don't while press close night real life few north

335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375

area 460 half 461 rock 462 order 463 fire 464 south 465 problem 466 piece 467 told 468 knew 469 pass 470 since 471 top 472 whole 473 king 474 space 475 heard 476 best 477 hour 478 better 479 true . 480 during 481 hundred 482 five 483 remember 484 step 485 early 486 hold 487 west 488 ground 489 interest 490 reach 491 fast 492 verb 493 sing 494 listen 495 six 496 table 497 travel 498 less 499 morning 500

object decide surface deep moon island foot system busy test record boat common gold possible plane stead dry wonder laugh thousand ago ran check game shape equate hot miss brought heat snow tire bring yes distant fill east paint language among

Rank Word 501 grand 502 ball 503 yet 504 wave 505 drop 506 heart 507 am 508 present 509 heavy 510 dance 511 engine 512 position 513 arm 514 wide 515 sail 516 material 517 size 518 vary 519 settle 520 speak 521 weight 522 general 523 ice 524 matter 525 circle 526 pair 527 include 528 divide 529 syllable 530 felt 531 perhaps 532 pick 533 sudden 534 count 535 square 536 reason 537 length 538 represent 539 art 540 subject 541 region 542 energy 543 hunt

Rank Word 626 cat 627 century 628 consider 629 type 630 law 631 bit 632 coast 633 copy 634 phrase 635 silent 636 tall 637 sand 638 soil 639 roll 640 temperature 641 finger 642 industry 643 value 644 fight 645 lie 646 beat 647 excite 648 natural 649 view 650 sense 651 ear 652 else 653 quite 654 broke 655 case 656 middle 657 kill 658 son 659 lake 660 moment 661 scale 662 loud 663 spring 664 observe 665 child 666 straight 667 consonant 668 nation

Rank Word 751 gentle 752 woman 753 captain 754 practice 755 separate 756 difficult 757 doctor 758 please 759 protect 760 noon 761 whose 762 locate 763 ring 764 character 765 insect 766 caught 767 period 768 indicate 769 radio 770 spoke 771 atom 772 human 773 history 774 effect 775 electric 776 expect 777 crop 778 modern 779 element 780 hit 781 student 782 corner 783 party 784 supply 785 bone 786 rail 787 imagine 788 provide 789 agree 790 thus 791 capital 792 won't 793 chair

Rank Word 876 truck 877 noise 878 level 879 chance 880 gather 881 shop 882 stretch 883 throw 884 shine 885 property 886 column 887 molecule 888 select 889 wrong 890 gray 891 repeat 892 require 893 broad 894 prepare 895 salt 896 nose 897 plural 898 anger 899 claim 900 continent 901 oxygen 902 sugar 903 death 904 pretty 905 skill 906 women 907 season 908 solution 909 magnet 910 silver 911 thank 912 branch 913 match 914 suffix 915 especially 916 fig 917 afraid 918 huge

544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587

probable 669 bed 670 brother 671 egg 672 ride 673 cell 674 believe 675 fraction 676 forest 677 sit 678 race 679 window 680 store 681 summer 682 train 683 sleep 684 prove 685 lone 686 leg 687 exercise 688 wall 689 catch 690 mount 691 wish 692 sky 693 board 694 joy 695 winter 696 sat 697 written 698 wild 699 instrument 700 kept 701 glass 702 grass 703 cow 704 job 705 edge 706 sign 707 visit 708 past 709 soft 710 fun 711 bright 712

dictionary milk speed method organ pay age section dress cloud surprise quiet stone tiny climb cool design poor lot experiment bottom key iron single stick flat twenty skin smile crease hole trade melody trip office receive row mouth exact symbol die least trouble shout

794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 921 822 823 284 825 826 827 828 829 930 831 832 833 834 835 836 837

danger 919 fruit 920 rich 921 thick 922 soldier 923 process 924 operate 925 guess 926 necessary 927 sharp 928 wing 929 create 930 neighbor 931 wash 932 bat 933 rather 934 crowd 935 corn 936 compare 937 poem 938 string 939 bell 940 depend 941 meat 942 rub 943 tube 944 famous 945 dollar 946 stream 947 fear 948 sight 949 thin 950 triangle 951 planet 952 hurry 953 chief 954 colony 955 clock 956 mine 957 tie 958 enter 959 major 960 fresh 961 search 962

sister steel discuss forward similar guide experience score apple bought led pitch coat mass card band rope slip win dream evening condition feed tool ]total basic smell valley nor double seat arrive master track parent shore division sheet substance favor connect post spend chord

588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625

gas weather month million bear finish happy hope flower clothe strange gone jump baby eight village meet root buy raise solve metal whether push seven paragraph third shall held hair describe cook floor either result burn hill safe

713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750

except wrote seed tone join suggest clean break lady yard rise bad blow oil blood touch grew cent mix team wire cost lost brown wear garden equal sent choose fell fit flow fair bank collect save control decimal

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send 963 yellow 964 gun 965 allow 966 print 967 dead 968 spot 969 desert 970 suit 971 current 972 lift 973 rose 974 continue 975 block 976 chart 977 hat 978 sell 979 success 980 company 981 subtract 982 event 983 particular 984 deal 985 swim 986 term 987 opposite 988 wife 989 shoe 990 shoulder 991 spread 992 arrange 993 camp 994 invent 995 cotton 996 born 997 determine 998 quart 999 nine 1000

fat glad original share station dad bread charge proper bar offer segment slave duck instant market degree populate chick dear enemy reply drink occur support speech nature range steam motion path liquid log meant quotient teeth shell neck

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