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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| used to | // | Phrase, Adjective, Verb |
| would | / | Verb, Noun |
| cry over spilt milk | //x// | Phrase, Verb |
| used | / | Verb |
| go way back | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| regret | x/ | Noun |
| go back a long way | //x// | Phrase, Verb |
| lay behind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lay low | // | Phrase, Verb |
| afterthought | /xx | Noun |
| sank in | /x | Phrase |
| ate one's words | /// | Phrase |
| threw one's weight around | ///x/ | Phrase |
| drove | / | Verb |
| grew up | // | Phrase |
| know someone when | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| ran through | // | Phrase |
| came to rest | /// | Phrase |
| might | / | Noun |
| wore the trousers | /x/x | Phrase |
| made one's bed and lay in it | /////x/ | Phrase |
| went to town | /// | Phrase |
| bare | / | Adjective |
| been | / | Verb |
| went by | // | Phrase |
| went back | // | Phrase |
| bore down on | /// | Phrase |
| bore | / | Verb |
| came to mind | /// | Phrase |
| lay by | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| fell between two stools | /x/// | Phrase |
| bore with | // | Phrase |
| lay down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| rave | / | Noun |
| wore | / | Verb |
| was around | /x/ | Phrase |
| would rather | //x | Phrase |
| could | / | Verb, Noun |
| bore fruit | // | Phrase |
| rewrote | x/ | Verb |
| bode | / | Name |
| went over | //x | Phrase |
| rode out | // | Phrase |
| forgot | x/ | Verb |
| rove | / | Noun |
| went to pot | /// | Phrase |
| underwent | xx/ | Verb |
| went around | /x/ | Phrase |
| swum | / | Verb |
| broke bread | // | Phrase |
| spoke one's mind | /// | Phrase |
| ought | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| rode | / | Verb |
| wore away | /x/ | Phrase |
| drunk | / | Noun |
| went through | // | Phrase |
| fell on one's face | //// | Phrase |
| came into one's own | /x/// | Phrase |
| bore down | // | Phrase |
| fell into | /x/ | Phrase |
| went crazy | //x | Phrase |
| sank | / | Verb |
| bit one's tongue | /// | Phrase |
| fell over | //x | Phrase |
| ran in | /x | Phrase |
| have done | // | Phrase, Verb |
| trod | / | Verb |
| rose above | /x/ | Phrase |
| bore up | // | Phrase |
| ran down | // | Phrase |
| have | / | Verb |
| wore out | // | Phrase |
| went one's own way | //// | Phrase |
| foresaw | x/ | Verb |
| abide | x/ | Verb |
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| accept | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| accommodate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
| accommodation | xxx/x | Noun |
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| adaptable | x/xx | Adjective |
| adjourn | x/ | Verb |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ago | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| already | x/x | Adverb |
| altruistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| alumni | x/x | Noun |
| ancestor | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| annals | /x | Noun |
| anterior | x/xx | Adjective |
| ashley | /x | Name |
| asset | /x | Noun |
| awake | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| bach | / | Name, Verb |
| bachelor | /xx | Noun |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backwards | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| before | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| believe | x/ | Verb |
| belong | x/ | Verb |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bivouac | /x | Noun, Verb |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| bouncy | /x | Adjective |
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| breathe | / | Verb |
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| buccaneer | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| buy | / | Verb, Noun |
| by | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| bygone | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cam | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| camp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| charged | / | Adjective |
| chivalric | /xx | Adjective |
| closing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| coexist | xx/ | Verb |
| cohabit | x/x | Verb |
| completed | x/x | Adjective |
| comply | x/ | Verb |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| concert | /x | Noun, Verb |
| concluded | x/x | Adjective |
| conclusion | x/x | Noun |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| consecutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| contemporaneously | xxx/xxx | Adverb |
| continuously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| continuum | x/xx | Noun |
| contributes | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| cope | / | Verb, Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| death | / | Noun |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| depend | x/ | Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| differs | /x | Verb |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| directly | x/x | Adverb |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| dispel | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| district | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| domicile | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| drama | /x | Noun |
| drift | / | Noun, Verb |
| dwell | / | Verb, Noun |
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| easygoing | /x/x | Adjective |
| eke out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| elapsed | x/ | Adjective |
| elastic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| elders | /x | Noun |
| endure | x/ | Verb |
| enjoy | x/ | Verb |
| enliven | x/x | Verb |
| epoch | /x | Noun, Verb |
| eras | /x | Verb |
| erstwhile | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| eventful | x/x | Adjective |
| ever | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exist | x/ | Verb |
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| fable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| facts | / | Noun |
| fed | / | Verb, Name |
| few | / | Noun |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| final | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| finishing | /xx | Noun |
| fish | / | Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| flop | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| forefathers | /xx | Noun |
| foregoing | x/x | Adjective |
| formative | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| formerly | /xx | Adverb |
| freedom | /x | Noun |
| fresh | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| from | / | Verb |
| frustrating | /xx | Adjective |
| future | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| futurity | /xxx | Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| give | / | Verb, Noun |
| glowing | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| go | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| grave | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| grown | / | Adjective |
| hail | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| happening | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| happy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| healthiest | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| heated | /x | Adjective |
| hectic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| here | / | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| hereafter | x/x | Adverb, Noun, Adjective |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| heroes | /x | Noun |
| historian | x/xx | Noun |
| historic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| histories | /xx | Adverb |
| hitherto | /x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| hold out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| hold up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective |
| in person | x/x | Phrase, Adverb |
| in play | x/ | Phrase |
| increased | x/ | Adjective |
| increasingly | x/xx | Adverb |
| inhabit | x/x | Verb |
| inoculated | x/xxx | Verb, Adjective |
| install | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| intense | x/ | Adjective |
| invigorate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective |
