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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| for one | x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| for starters | //x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| first | / | Adjective | 
| inter alia | xx/xx | Name, Adverb | 
| to begin with | /x// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| again | x/ | Adverb | 
| for instance | //x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| foremost | /x | Adjective | 
| even so | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| meanwhile | /x | Adverb | 
| initially | x/xx | Adverb | 
| parenthetically | xx/xxx | Adverb | 
| first off | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| all things considered | //x/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| firstly | /x | Adverb | 
| first and foremost | ///x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| rather | /x | Adverb | 
| therefor | /x | Adverb | 
| besides | x/ | Adverb | 
| conversely | /xx | Adverb | 
| if nothing else | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| suffice it to say | x//// | Phrase | 
| then | / | Adverb | 
| insomuch | x// | Adverb | 
| because | x/ | Adverb | 
| prima facie | /x/x | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective | 
| also | /x | Adverb | 
| however | x/x | Adverb | 
| contra | /x | Noun | 
| preliminarily | xxx/xx | Adverb | 
| anyway | /xx | Adverb | 
| remarkably | x/xx | Adverb | 
| not least | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| therewith | // | Adverb | 
| insofar | /xx | Adverb | 
| no less | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| early on | /x/ | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb | 
| withal | xx | Noun | 
| be that as it may | ///// | Phrase | 
| importantly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| notably | /xx | Adverb | 
| briefly | /x | Adverb | 
| so much as | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| fore | / | Noun | 
| all the more | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| first thing | // | Phrase, Adverb, Noun | 
| rhetorically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| additionally | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| secondly | /xx | Adverb | 
| crucially | /xx | Adverb | 
| least of all | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| anyhow | /xx | Adverb | 
| specifically | x/xx | Adverb | 
| up to a point | //x/ | Phrase, Adverb | 
| relevantly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| mainly | /x | Adverb | 
| what for | // | Phrase, Adverb, Noun | 
| thus | / | Adverb | 
| hence | / | Adverb | 
| statistically | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| largely | /x | Adverb | 
| of all | // | Phrase, Adverb | 
| as one man | /// | Phrase, Adverb | 
| though | / | Adverb | 
| precisely | x/x | Adverb | 
| fully | /x | Adverb | 
| hundredfold | /xx | Noun | 
| each | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| fivefold | /x | Adjective | 
| singularly | /xxx | Adverb | 
| likewise | /x | Adverb | 
| before | x/ | Adverb | 
| moreover | x/x | Adverb | 
| in addition | xx/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| well | / | Adverb | 
| as a result | /xx/ | Phrase | 
| in the process | xx/x | Phrase, Adverb | 
| factually | /xxx | Adverb | 
| supposedly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| therefore | /x | Adverb | 
| even | /x | Adverb | 
| namely | /x | Adverb | 
| exactly | x/x | Adverb | 
| admittedly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| accession | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| activate | /xx | Verb | 
| add | / | Verb, Noun | 
| advance | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| advent | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| alignment | x/x | Noun | 
| alpha | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| alum | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| aperture | /xx | Noun | 
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| authority | x/xx | Noun | 
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| basis | /x | Noun | 
| beachhead | /x | Noun | 
| become | x/ | Verb | 
| began | x/ | Verb | 
| billiards | /x | Noun | 
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| blaze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| boot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bootstrap | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| break in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| break out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| bring | / | Verb | 
| bud | / | Noun, Verb | 
| build | / | Verb, Noun | 
| car | / | Noun | 
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| catch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cease | / | Verb, Noun | 
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| checking | /x | Noun | 
| clue | / | Noun, Verb | 
| come | / | Verb, Noun | 
| come on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| come up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| commence | x/ | Verb | 
| commencement | x/x | Noun | 
| commit | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| constitution | xx/x | Noun | 
| crank | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| creation | x/x | Noun | 
| date | / | Noun, Verb | 
| date back | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| date from | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| dawn | / | Noun, Verb | 
| debut | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| depart | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| departure | x/x | Noun | 
| develop | x/x | Verb | 
| draw | / | Verb, Noun | 
| drive | / | Noun, Verb | 
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective | 
| embark | x/ | Verb | 
| embark on | x// | Phrase, Verb | 
| end | / | Noun, Verb | 
| engage | x/ | Verb | 
| engine | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| entrance | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| entry | /x | Noun | 
| erupt | x/ | Verb | 
| eruption | x/x | Noun | 
| establish | x/x | Verb | 
| establishment | x/xx | Noun | 
| eve | / | Noun | 
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| finish | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| flinch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| foot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| formation | x/x | Noun | 
| founding | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| freeze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| front | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| gang | / | Noun, Verb | 
| genesis | /xx | Noun | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| get cracking | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| get going | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| get moving | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| get off the ground | //x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| get started | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| get to | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| grubbing | /x | Noun | 
| halt | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| head start | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| heading | /x | Noun | 
| headway | /x | Noun | 
| hire | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| hold | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| impetus | /xx | Noun | 
| implement | /xx | Verb, Noun | 
| inaugurate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| inauguration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| inception | x/x | Noun | 
| inch | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| incipient | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| incur | x/ | Verb | 
| induction | x/x | Noun | 
| infancy | /xx | Noun | 
| initialization | x/xx/x | Noun | 
| initiate | x/xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| initiation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| initiative | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| install | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| installation | xx/x | Noun | 
| installment | x/x | Noun | 
| instigate | /xx | Verb | 
| institute | /xx | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| institution | xx/x | Noun | 
| interrupt | xx/ | Verb, Noun | 
| introduce | xx/ | Verb | 
| introduction | xx/x | Noun | 
| jump | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| kick | / | Verb, Noun | 
| kick in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| kick off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| kickoff | /x | Noun | 
| kill | / | Verb, Noun | 
| lance | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lancer | /x | Noun | 
| landing | /x | Noun | 
| launch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| launcher | /x | Noun | 
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| lead off | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| lead up | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| left | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| locking | /x | Noun | 
| log | / | Noun, Verb | 
| make | / | Verb, Noun | 
| menarche | x/x | Noun | 
| middle | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| momentum | x/x | Noun | 
