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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| set the wheels in motion | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| light a fire under | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take the wheel | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rev up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| put the pedal to the metal | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| open doors | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make light work of | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| drum up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| slick | / | Noun |
| hop to it | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| keep the ball rolling | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| paint a rosy picture | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take a turn for the better | /x//x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| build a fire under | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| give someone a break | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fire on all cylinders | /x///xx | Phrase, Verb |
| strike while the iron is hot | //x/x// | Phrase, Verb |
| clear the decks | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get the ball rolling | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| set the ball rolling | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| egg on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| get moving | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| turn up trumps | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| push the right buttons | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| shift gears | // | Phrase, Verb |
| start the ball rolling | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| make headway | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| come in handy | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| kick up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| get the show on the road | /x//x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| butter | /x | Noun |
| turn the tables | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| up the ante | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| make hay | // | Phrase, Verb |
| rolls | / | Noun |
| hit the jackpot | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| get off the ground | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make waves | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the gas | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| open the floodgates | /xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| reinvent the wheel | xx/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go to great lengths | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| make matters worse | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make good time | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| paint oneself into a corner | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| make a virtue of necessity | /x/x/x/xx | Phrase, Verb |
| get around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| circle the wagons | /xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| buy time | // | Phrase, Verb |
| make something of oneself | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| throw caution to the wind | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| tip the scales | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| weather the storm | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make a move | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| roll the dice | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| get lucky | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| shake a leg | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| crank up | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| speed | / | Noun |
| take a turn | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| jockey for position | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| crank out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| make the best of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| pour oil on troubled waters | ////x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take care of business | ////x | Phrase, Verb |
| blaze a trail | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| knock on wood | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| go to town | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| make heavy weather of | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| antivirus | xx/x | Noun |
| approved | x/ | Adjective |
| assistive | x/x | Adjective |
| aware | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| axles | /x | Noun, Verb |
| baking | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| benchmarking | /xx | Noun |
| bicycles | /xx | Noun |
| biweekly | x/x | Adjective, Adverb, Name |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| blades | / | Noun |
| blistered | /x | Adjective |
| blubber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bold | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bolts | / | Noun |
| bonnets | /x | Noun |
| bottomed | /x | Adjective |
| bribe | / | Noun, Verb |
| briefings | /x | Noun |
| brown | / | Name, Adjective, Verb |
| bundled | /x | Adjective |
| caching | /x | Noun |
| carriage | /x | Noun |
| cars | / | Noun |
| casters | /x | Noun |
| cement | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| charcoal | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| chassis | /x | Noun |
| chipped | / | Adjective |
| chocolate | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| clasts | / | Noun |
| coat | / | Noun, Verb |
| cobbles | /x | Noun |
| college | /x | Noun |
| conditioning | x/xx | Noun |
| conferences | /xxx | Noun |
| customised | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| customized | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| cylinders | /xx | Noun |
| damp | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| delivered | x/x | Adjective |
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| distributed | x/xx | Adjective |
| domicile | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| doors | / | Noun |
| drippings | /x | Noun |
| dust | / | Noun, Verb |
x/ | Noun, Verb | |
| enameled | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| fats | / | Noun |
| fatty | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| fenders | /x | Noun |
| filth | / | Noun |
| flyers | /x | Noun |
| fouling | /x | Noun |
| frames | / | Noun |
| fry | / | Noun, Verb |
| gears | / | Verb |
| gland | / | Noun |
| glue | / | Noun, Verb |
| greasy | /x | Adjective |
| grime | / | Noun, Verb |
| guards | / | Noun |
| hair | / | Noun, Verb |
| hamburger | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hats | / | Verb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| hoops | / | Noun |
| intricacies | /xxx | Noun |
| jacks | / | Noun |
| lard | / | Noun, Verb |
| lid | / | Noun, Verb |
| lightning | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| lube | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| lubricant | /xx | Noun |
| lubricate | /xx | Verb |
| lubricating oil | /xxx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| mastic | /x | Noun |
| math | / | Noun, Verb |
| mechanical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| mechanics | x/x | Noun |
| mechanisms | /xxx | Noun |
| midsection | /xx | Noun |
| mills | / | Noun |
| molybdenum | x/xx | Noun |
| monkey | /x | Noun, Verb |
| mortar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| movie | /x | Noun |
| nonstick | x/ | Adjective |
| oil | / | Noun, Verb |
| paddles | /x | Verb |
| paint | / | Noun, Verb |
| paraffin | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| paste | / | Noun, Verb |
| payment | /x | Noun |
| pebbles | /x | Noun |
| pistons | /x | Noun |
| plastic | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| propellers | x/x | Adjective |
| putty | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| queue | / | Noun, Verb |
| raids | / | Noun |
| rims | / | Noun |
| ring | / | Noun, Verb |
| rollers | /x | Noun |
| rounds | / | Noun |
| ruffles | /x | Noun |
| rust | / | Noun, Verb |
| sashes | /x | Noun |
| selectors | x/x | Noun |
| shellac | /x | Noun, Verb |
| shine | / | Verb, Noun |
| shovels | /x | Noun |
| skaters | /x | Noun |
| skates | / | Noun |
| slime | / | Noun, Verb |
| slippery | /xx | Adjective |
| smeared | / | Adjective |
| socks | / | Noun |
| soil | / | Noun, Verb |
| solder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| spools | / | Noun |
| stain | / | Noun, Verb |
| tallow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| teeth | / | Noun, Verb |
| tires | /x | Noun |
| tractors | /x | Noun |
| tyres | /x | Noun |
| unwashed | x/ | Adjective |
| varnish | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vehicles | /xx | Verb |
| warmed | / | Adjective |
| wax | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| wet | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| wheel | / | Noun, Verb |
| wheelchairs | /x | Noun |
| wheeler | /x | Noun |
| wild | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| windmills | /x | Verb |
| workings | /x | Noun |
| works | / | Noun |
