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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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