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1: Universe, creation
1.1: Sky
1.1.1: Sun
1.1.2: Air
1.1.3: Weather
1.2: World
1.2.1: Land
1.2.2: Substance, matter
1.2.3: Solid, liquid, gas
1.3: Water
1.3.1: Bodies of water
1.3.2: Movement of water
1.3.3: Wet
1.3.4: Be in water
1.3.5: Solutions of water
1.3.6: Water quality
1.4: Living things
1.4.1: Dead things
1.4.2: Spirits of things
1.5: Plant
1.5.1: Tree
1.5.2: Bush, shrub
1.5.3: Grass, herb, vine
1.5.4: Moss, fungus, algae
1.5.5: Parts of a plant
1.5.6: Growth of plants
1.5.7: Plant diseases
1.6: Animal
1.6.1: Types of animals
1.6.2: Parts of an animal
1.6.3: Animal life cycle
1.6.4: Animal actions
1.6.5: Animal home
1.6.6: Animal group
1.6.7: Male and female animals
1.7: Nature, environment
1.7.1: Natural
2: Person
2.1: Body
2.1.1: Head
2.1.2: Torso
2.1.3: Limb
2.1.4: Skin
2.1.5: Hair
2.1.6: Bone, joint
2.1.7: Flesh
2.1.8: Internal organs
2.2: Body functions
2.2.1: Breathe, breath
2.2.2: Cough, sneeze
2.2.3: Spit, saliva
2.2.4: Mucus
2.2.5: Bleed, blood
2.2.6: Sweat
2.2.7: Urinate, urine
2.2.8: Defecate, feces
2.3: Sense, perceive
2.3.1: See
2.3.2: Hear
2.3.3: Taste
2.3.4: Smell
2.3.5: Sense of touch
2.4: Body condition
2.4.1: Strong
2.4.2: Weak
2.4.3: Energetic
2.4.4: Tired
2.4.5: Rest
2.5: Healthy
2.5.1: Sick
2.5.2: Disease
2.5.3: Injure
2.5.4: Disabled
2.5.5: Cause of disease
2.5.6: Symptom of disease
2.5.7: Treat disease
2.5.8: Mental illness
2.6: Life
2.6.1: Marriage
2.6.2: Sexual relations
2.6.3: Birth
2.6.4: Stage of life
2.6.5: Male, female
2.6.6: Die
3: Language and thought
3.1: Soul, spirit
3.1.1: Personality
3.1.2: Mental state
3.2: Think
3.2.1: Mind
3.2.2: Learn
3.2.3: Know
3.2.4: Understand
3.2.5: Opinion
3.2.6: Remember
3.2.7: Expect
3.2.8: Tendency
3.3: Want
3.3.1: Decide, plan
3.3.2: Request
3.3.3: Influence
3.3.4: Ask permission
3.3.5: Offer
3.4: Emotion
3.4.1: Feel good
3.4.2: Feel bad
3.5: Communication
3.5.1: Say
3.5.2: Make speech
3.5.3: Language
3.5.4: Story
3.5.5: Foolish talk
3.5.6: Sign, symbol
3.5.7: Reading and writing
3.5.8: Interpreting messages
3.5.9: Mass communication
3.6: Teach
3.6.1: Show, explain
3.6.2: School
3.6.3: Subject of teaching
3.6.4: Class, lesson
3.6.5: Correct
3.6.6: Science
3.6.7: Test
3.6.8: Answer in a test
4: Social behavior
4.1: Relationships
4.1.1: Friend
4.1.2: Types of people
4.1.3: Know someone
4.1.4: Neighbor
4.1.5: Unity
4.1.6: Disunity
4.1.7: Begin a relationship
4.1.8: Show affection
4.1.9: Kinship
4.2: Social activity
4.2.1: Come together, form a group
4.2.2: Social event
4.2.3: Music
4.2.4: Dance
4.2.5: Drama
4.2.6: Entertainment, recreation
4.2.7: Play, fun
4.2.8: Humor
4.2.9: Holiday
4.3: Behavior
4.3.1: Good, moral
4.3.2: Admire someone
4.3.3: Love
4.3.4: Do good to
4.3.5: Honest
4.3.6: Self-controlled
4.3.7: Polite
4.3.8: Change behavior
4.3.9: Culture
4.4: Prosperity, trouble
4.4.1: Prosperity
4.4.2: Trouble
4.4.3: Respond to trouble
4.4.4: Respond to someone in trouble
4.4.5: Chance
4.5: Authority
4.5.1: Person in authority
4.5.2: Have authority
4.5.3: Exercise authority
4.5.4: Submit to authority
4.5.5: Honor
4.5.6: Status
4.6: Government
4.6.1: Ruler
4.6.2: Citizen
4.6.3: Government organization
4.6.4: Rule
4.6.5: Subjugate
4.6.6: Government functions
4.6.7: Region
4.7: Law
4.7.1: Laws
4.7.2: Pass laws
4.7.3: Break the law
4.7.4: Court of law
4.7.5: Trial
4.7.6: Judge, render a verdict
4.7.7: Punish
4.7.8: Legal contract
4.7.9: Justice
4.8: Conflict
4.8.1: Hostility
4.8.2: Fight
4.8.3: War
4.8.4: Peace
4.9: Religion
4.9.1: God
4.9.2: Supernatural being
4.9.3: Theology
4.9.4: Miracle, supernatural power
4.9.5: Practice religion
4.9.6: Heaven, hell
4.9.7: Religious organization
4.9.8: Religious things
4.9.9: Irreligion
5: Daily life
5.1: Household equipment
5.1.1: Furniture
5.1.2: Household decoration
5.2: Food
5.2.1: Food preparation
5.2.2: Eat
5.2.3: Types of food
5.2.4: Tobacco
5.2.5: Narcotic
5.2.6: Stimulant
5.3: Clothing
5.3.1: Men's clothing
5.3.2: Women's clothing
5.3.3: Traditional clothing
5.3.4: Clothes for special occasions
5.3.5: Clothes for special people
5.3.6: Parts of clothing
5.3.7: Wear clothing
5.3.8: Naked
5.3.9: Style of clothing
5.4: Adornment
5.4.1: Jewelry
5.4.2: Cosmetics
5.4.3: Care for hair
5.4.4: Care for the teeth
5.4.5: Anoint the body
5.4.6: Ritual scar
5.4.7: Care for the fingernails
5.5: Fire
5.5.1: Light a fire
5.5.2: Tend a fire
5.5.3: Extinguish a fire
5.5.4: Burn
5.5.5: What fires produce
5.5.6: Fuel
5.5.7: Fireplace
5.6: Cleaning
5.6.1: Clean, dirty
5.6.2: Bathe
5.6.3: Wash dishes
5.6.4: Wash clothes
5.6.5: Sweep, rake
5.6.6: Wipe, erase
5.7: Sleep
5.7.1: Go to sleep
5.7.2: Dream
5.7.3: Wake up
5.8: Manage a house
5.9: Live, stay
6: Work and occupation
6.1: Work
6.1.1: Worker
6.1.2: Method
6.1.3: Difficult, impossible
6.1.4: Job satisfaction
6.1.5: Unemployed, not working
6.1.6: Made by hand
6.1.7: Artificial
6.1.8: Experienced
6.2: Agriculture
6.2.1: Growing crops
6.2.2: Land preparation
6.2.3: Plant a field
6.2.4: Tend a field
6.2.5: Harvest
6.2.6: Process harvest
6.2.7: Farm worker
6.2.8: Agricultural tool
6.2.9: Farmland
6.3: Animal husbandry
6.3.1: Domesticated animal
6.3.2: Tend herds in fields
6.3.3: Milk
6.3.4: Butcher, slaughter
6.3.5: Wool production
6.3.6: Poultry raising
6.3.7: Animal products
6.3.8: Veterinary science
6.4: Hunt and fish
6.4.1: Hunt
6.4.2: Trap
6.4.3: Hunting birds
6.4.4: Beekeeping
6.4.5: Fishing
6.4.6: Things done to animals
6.5: Working with buildings
6.5.1: Building
6.5.2: Parts of a building
6.5.3: Building materials
6.5.4: Infrastructure
6.6: Occupation
6.6.1: Working with cloth
6.6.2: Working with minerals
6.6.3: Working with wood
6.6.4: Crafts
6.6.5: Art
6.6.6: Working with land
6.6.7: Working with water
6.6.8: Working with machines
6.7: Tool
6.7.1: Cutting tool
6.7.2: Pounding tool
6.7.3: Carrying tool
6.7.4: Lifting tool
6.7.5: Fastening tool
6.7.6: Holding tool
6.7.7: Container
6.7.8: Parts of tools
6.7.9: Machine
6.8: Finance
6.8.1: Have wealth
6.8.2: Accumulate wealth
6.8.3: Share wealth
6.8.4: Financial transaction
6.8.5: Borrow
6.8.6: Money
6.8.7: Accounting
6.8.8: Tax
6.8.9: Dishonest financial practices
6.9: Business organization
6.9.1: Management
6.9.2: Work for someone
6.9.3: Marketing
6.9.4: Commerce
6.9.5: Economics
6.9.6: Insurance
7: Physical actions
7.1: Posture
7.1.1: Stand
7.1.2: Sit
7.1.3: Lie down
7.1.4: Kneel
7.1.5: Bow
7.1.6: Lean
7.1.7: Straight posture
7.1.8: Bend down
7.1.9: Move a part of the body
7.2: Move
7.2.1: Manner of movement
7.2.2: Move in a direction
7.2.3: Move toward something
7.2.4: Travel
7.2.5: Accompany
7.2.6: Pursue
7.2.7: Not moving
7.2.8: Send someone
7.3: Move something
7.3.1: Carry
7.3.2: Move something in a direction
7.3.3: Take somewhere
7.3.4: Handle something
7.3.5: Turn something
7.3.6: Open
7.3.7: Cover
7.3.8: Transport
7.4: Have, be with
7.4.1: Give, hand to
7.4.2: Receive
7.4.3: Get
7.4.4: Distribute
7.4.5: Keep something
7.4.6: Not have
7.5: Arrange
7.5.1: Gather
7.5.2: Join, attach
7.5.3: Mix
7.5.4: Tie
7.5.5: Organize
7.5.6: Substitute
7.5.7: Multiple things moving
7.5.8: Simple, complicated
7.5.9: Put
7.6: Hide
7.6.1: Search
7.6.2: Find
7.6.3: Lose, misplace
7.7: Physical impact
7.7.1: Hit
7.7.2: Aim at a target
7.7.3: Kick
7.7.4: Press
7.7.5: Rub
7.7.6: Grind
7.7.7: Mark
7.8: Divide into pieces
7.8.1: Break
7.8.2: Crack
7.8.3: Cut
7.8.4: Tear, rip
7.8.5: Make hole, opening
7.8.6: Dig
7.9: Break, wear out
7.9.1: Damage
7.9.2: Tear down
7.9.3: Destroy
7.9.4: Repair
8: States
8.1: Quantity
8.1.1: Number
8.1.2: Count
8.1.3: Plural
8.1.4: More
8.1.5: All
8.1.6: Whole, complete
8.1.7: Enough
8.1.8: Full
8.2: Big
8.2.1: Small
8.2.2: Long
8.2.3: Thick
8.2.4: Wide
8.2.5: Big area
8.2.6: Distance
8.2.7: Fit, size
8.2.8: Measure
8.2.9: Weigh
8.3: Quality
8.3.1: Shape
8.3.2: Texture
8.3.3: Light
8.3.4: Hot
8.3.5: Type, kind
8.3.6: Made of, material
8.3.7: Good
8.3.8: Decorated
8.4: Time
8.4.1: Period of time
8.4.2: Take time
8.4.3: Indefinite time
8.4.4: Telling time
8.4.5: Relative time
8.4.6: Aspectual time
8.4.7: Continue, persevere
8.4.8: Speed
8.5: Location
8.5.1: Here, there
8.5.2: Direction
8.5.3: Be at a place
8.5.4: Area
8.5.5: Spatial relations
8.5.6: Contain
8.6: Parts of things
8.6.1: Front
8.6.2: Top
8.6.3: Side
8.6.4: Inner part
8.6.5: Middle
8.6.6: Edge
8.6.7: End, point
9: Grammar
9.1: General words
9.1.1: Be
9.1.2: Do
9.1.3: Thing
9.1.4: General adjectives
9.1.5: General adverbs
9.2: Part of speech
9.2.1: Adjectives
9.2.2: Adverbs
9.2.3: Pronouns
9.2.4: Prepositions, postpositions
9.2.5: Conjunctions
9.2.6: Particles
9.2.7: Interjections
9.2.8: Idiophones
9.2.9: Affixes
9.3: Very
9.3.1: Degree
9.3.2: Completely
9.3.3: Partly
9.3.4: Do intensely
9.3.5: Attribution of an attribute
9.4: Semantic constituents related to verbs
9.4.1: Tense and aspect
9.4.2: Agent-oriented modalities
9.4.3: Moods
9.4.4: Epistemic moods
9.4.5: Evidentials
9.4.6: Yes
9.4.7: Subordinating particles
9.4.8: Adverbial clauses
9.5: Case
9.5.1: Primary cases
9.5.2: Semantically similar events
9.5.3: Patient-related cases
9.6: Connected with, related
9.6.1: Coordinate relations
9.6.2: Dependency relations
9.6.3: Discourse markers
9.7: Name
9.7.1: Name of a person
9.7.2: Name of a place
9.7.3: Name of a thing
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