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 wide → narrow  summer → winter
 whole → part  sugar → salt  sick → healthy
 white → black  subtract → add  shut → open
 whisper → scream  success → failure  shout → whisper
 wet → dry  succeed → fail  short → long
 west → east  suburb → center  shelter → exposure
 well- ill  stupid → clever  sharp → blunt
 wedding → divorce  student → teacher  shallow → deep
 wealthy → poor  strong → weak  set free → arrest
 wealth → poverty  strict → gentle  servant → master
 weak → powerful  strange → normal  satisfy → annoy
 water → land  stranger → native  satisfaction → regret
 waste → save  stand → lie  same → different
 warm → cool  stop → start  salt → sugar
 war → peace  start → finish  safety → danger
 vowel → consonant  start → stop  safe → dangerous
 voluntary → compulsory  stand → sit  sadness → happiness
 violent → gentle  spring → autumn  sad → happy
 village → town  special → general  rural → urban
 victory → defeat  south → north  rude → polite
 visitor → host  sour → sweet  rough → smooth
 vertical → horizontal  soul → body  rough → gentle
 valley → mountain  son → daughter  rise → sink
 vacant → occupied  sometimes → often  right → left
 useless → useful  some → many  right → wrong
 useful → useless  solid → liquid  rich → poor
 urban → rural  soft → hard  rest → work
 up → down  smooth → rough  republic → dictatorship
 unite → divide  small → big  reply → question
 unity → division  slow → fast  reply → ask
 under → over  slim → fat  repair → damage
 upstairs → downstairs  sit → stand  remember → forget
 ugly → beautiful  sister → brother  regret → satisfaction
 ugliness → beauty  single → married  refuse → agree
 trust → suspect  sink → rise  reduce → increase
 true → false  simple → complicated
 sunny → cloudy  silly → intelligent
 sun → moon  silent → noisy
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 receive → send  other → same
 rear → front  ordinary → special  morning → evening
 rainy → sunny  order → mess  more → less
 raise → lower  opponent → supporter  moon → sun
 quiet → loud  open → closed  monarchy → republic
 quick → slow  on → off  modern → ancient
 question → answer  open → closed  moderate → extreme
 push → pull  old → modern  miss → catch
 pupil → teacher  often → seldom  minimum → maximum
 public → private  off → on  midnight → noon
 pull → push  odd → even  mess → order
 protection → attack  occupied → vacant  mend → break
 protect → attack  occasionally → frequently  mean → generous
 professional → amateur  now → then  maximum → minimum
 probably → certainly  notice → ignore  master → servant
 private → public  nothing → everything  marry → divorce
 pretty → ugly  not yet → already  married → divorced
 present → past  north → south  marriage → divorce
 presence → absence  normal → strange  many → few
 powerful → weak  none of → al lot of  man → woman
 poverty → wealth  noon → midnight  male → female
 poor → rich  noisy → quiet  major → minor
 polite → rude  nobody → everybody  good luck → bad luck
 pleasant → awful  no → yes  bad luck → good luck
 plenty → lack  night → day  lower → raise
 plant → harvest  niece → nephew  low → high
 permit → forbid  nice → awful  lovely → terrible
 peace → war  new → ancient  love → hate
 past → future  never → always  loud → quiet
 pass → fail  nephew → niece  loser → winner
 particular → general  near → distant  lose → win
 partial → total  negative → affirmative  long → short
 part → whole  natural → artificial  live → die
 parents → children  native → foreigner  little → much
 over → under  nasty → nice
 outskirts → centre  narrow → broad
 outside → inside  much → little
 out → in  mountain → valley

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 little → big
 liquid → solid
 like → hate
 light → heavy
 light → dark
 life → death
 lie → stand
 let → forbid
 lazy → active
 laugh → cry
 late → early
 last → first
 large → small
 land → water
 land → take off
 lack → abundance
 kind → cruel
 junior → senior
 interrupt → continue
 interesting → boring
 be interested in → bore
 intentional → accidental
 in → out
 gentle → violent
 intelligent → silly
 insult → compliment
 inside → outside
 innocent → guilty
 increase → reduce
 include → exclude
 import → export
 immigration →
emigration
 immigrate → emigrate
 ill → healty
 ignore → notice
 in front of → back
 husband → wife
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 hungry → thirsty
 humid → dry  general → particular
 humane → cruel  future → past
 human → animal  funny → serious
 huge → tiny  full → empty
 hot → cold  in front of → back
 host → guest  forward → backward
 horizontal → vertical  form → destroy
 hopeless → hopeful  fortune → bad luck
 hopeful → desperate  forget → remember
 hit → miss  foreigner → native
 hilly → flat  foreign → domestic
 high → low  foreground →
 high → deep background
 here → there  for → against
 hell → heaven  forbid → allow
 heavy → light  follow → lead
 heaven → hell  floor → ceiling
 healthy → ill  flat → hilly
 health → disease  fix → break
 heat → cold  first → final
 hate → enjoy  finish → start
 harvest → plant  finish → begin
 hard → easy  find → lose
 men → women  final → first
 handsome → ugly  few → many
 happy → sad  female → male
 happiness → sadness  fear → courage
 guilty → innocent  fat → slim
 guest → host  fast → slow
 grown-up → child  far → near
 good → bad  false → true
 go → come  failure → success
 give → take  fail → succeed
 girl → boy  extreme → moderate
 giant → tiny
 gentleman → lady
 generous → mean
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 exposure → shelter  die → live
 export → import  dictatorship → republic  cold → heat
 expensive → cheap  devil → angel  cold → hot
 exit → entrance  destruction → construction  cloudy → clear
 exclude → include  destroy → build  closed → open
 exciting → boring  desperate → hopeful  close → open
 excited → calm  descent → ascent  clever → stupid
 exactly → approximately  descendant → ancestor  clear → cloudy
 everything → nothing  departure → arrival  clean → dirty
 everybody → nobody  depart → arrive  children → parents
 evening → morning  deny → admit  child → adult
 even → odd  delicious → awful  cheap → expensive
 equal → different  defend → attack  changeable → constant
 entrance → exit  defense → attack  certainly → probably
 enter → leave  defeat → victory  center → outskirts
 enjoy → hate  deep → shallow  cellar → attic
 enemy → friend  death → birth  ceiling → floor
 ending → beginning  dead → alive  catch → miss
 end → beginning  day → night  careless → careful
 end → begin  daughter → son  careful → careless
 empty → full  dawn → dusk  calm → excited
 emigration → immigration  dark → light  buy → sell
 emigrate → immigrate  dangerous → safe  busy → lazy
 elementary → advanced  danger → security  build → destroy
 easy → difficult  damage → repair  brother → sister
 east → west  cry → laugh  broad → narrow
 early → late  cry → whisper  break → fix
 dusk → dawn  cruel → human  brave → cowardly
 dull → interesting  create → destroy  boy → girl
 drama → comedy  cowardly → brave  bottom → top
 dry → humid  constant → changeable  borrow → lend
 downstairs → upstairs  consonant → vowel  boring → exciting
 down → up  compulsory → voluntary  bore → amuse
 domestic → foreign  connect → separate  blunt → sharp
 divorced → married  compliment → insult  black → white
 divorce → marriage  complicated → simple  bitter → sweet
 divorce → marry  comedy → drama
 division → unity  come → go

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 birth → death
 big → small
 beautiful → ugly
 better → worse
 best → worst
 body → soul
 lady → gentleman
 melt → freeze
 below → above
 behind → in front of
 beginning → end
 begin → end
 before → after
 beauty → ugliness
 bad luck → fortune
 bad → good
 backward → forward
 background →
foreground
 back → in front of
 awful → nice
 awake → asleep
 autumn → spring
 attic → cellar
 attack → defense
 attack → defend
 argue → agree
 approximately → exactly
 apart → together
 antonym → synonym
 answer → question
 answer → ask
 annoy → satisfy
 animal → human
 angel → devil
 ancient → modern
 ancestor → descendant
 ancestor → descendant
 amuse → bore
 amateur → professional
 always → never
 already → not yet
 allow → forbid
 all → none
 alive → dead
 alike → different
 agree → refuse
 against → for
 after → before
 afraid → brave
 affirmative → negative
 advanced → elementary
 adult → child
 admit → deny
 add → subtract
 active → lazy
 accidental → intentional
 accept → refuse
 abundance → lack
 absence → presence
 above → below
 about → exactly
 serious → funny
 separate → connect
 senior → junior
 send → receive
 sell → buy
 seldom → often
 security → danger
 scream → whisper
 save → spend
 miss → hit
 minor → major
 less → more
 lend → borrow
 left → right
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 leave → arrive
 learn → teach
 lead → follow
 front → rear
 friend → enemy
 fresh → old/stale
 frequently → occasionally
 freeze → melt
 free → arrest
 divide → unite
 distant → near
 disease → health
 dirty → clean
 difficult → easy
 different → alike
 courageous → cowardly
 courage → fear
 correct → wrong
 cool → warm
 continue → interrupt
 construction → destruction
 asleep → awake
 ask → answer
 ascent → descent
 artificial → natural
 arrive → depart
 arrival → departure