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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| muck around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make heavy weather of | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get one's wires crossed | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make matters worse | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| muck about | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make waves | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tread water | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| scratch one's head | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| muck | / | Noun |
| hit a snag | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| catch someone's drift | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| snow | / | Noun |
| throw in at the deep end | /x/x// | Phrase, Verb |
| beat around the bush | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| pour oil on troubled waters | ////x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| come unstuck | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| mess with | // | Phrase, Verb |
| paint oneself into a corner | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| give someone a hard time | //xx// | Phrase, Verb |
| get one's feet wet | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| leave someone in the lurch | //xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| give someone the runaround | //xx/xx | Phrase, Verb |
| put one's foot in it | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| throw a spanner in the works | /x/xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| snooker | /x | Noun |
| drag one's feet | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| blow out of the water | ///x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| test the waters | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| mess | / | Noun |
| tie oneself in knots | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go over someone's head | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cover one's tracks | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| weather the storm | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make a hash of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| have one's hands full | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| make a nuisance of oneself | /x/x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| pull the wool over someone's eyes | /x//x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make one's bed and lie in it | /////x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fight a losing battle | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| make a mountain out of a molehill | /x/x//x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| grasp at straws | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| up the ante | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| miss the forest for the trees | /x/x/x/ | Name, Verb |
| lead someone a dance | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| let on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| twist someone's words | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make a splash | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall into the wrong hands | /x/x// | Phrase, Verb |
| twist the knife | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wet the bed | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take a turn for the worse | /x//x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go out of one's way | ///// | Phrase, Verb |
| splash | / | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun |
| open the floodgates | /xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| rub up the wrong way | //x// | Phrase, Verb |
| stick one's oar in | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| change someone's mind | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cook someone's goose | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| guess | / | Noun |
| rain on someone's parade | ///xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make a pig's ear of | /x/// | Phrase, Verb |
| hang out to dry | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| mix it up | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| whistle in the dark | /xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall through the cracks | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| twist in the wind | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| move the goalposts | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| lead someone up the garden path | //x/x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cut up rough | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| drive someone up the wall | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| do more harm than good | ///// | Phrase, Verb |
| put one's foot in one's mouth | ///x// | Phrase, Verb |
| queer someone's pitch | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take a dive | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| let something slip | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| miss the mark | /x/ | Name, Verb |
| make a scene | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| turn on the waterworks | //x/xx | Phrase, Verb |
| slip through the cracks | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| treat like dirt | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the dirt | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| put a hurt on | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| aguas | xx | Noun |
| albert | /x | Name |
| amniotic fluid | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| animosities | xx/xx | Noun |
| appeals | x/ | Noun |
| aquatic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| areas | /xx | Noun |
| ballast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blur | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boggy | /x | Adjective |
| broadway | /x | Name, Adjective |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| calls | / | Adjective |
| chester | /x | Name |
| clarence | /x | Name |
| clay | / | Noun, Verb |
| cloudy | /x | Adjective |
| coasts | / | Noun |
| columbia | x/xx | Name |
| dan | / | Noun |
| depths | / | Noun |
| dingy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| discharges | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| drainage | /x | Noun |
| dusty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| eau | / | Name |
| eaux | / | Name |
| effluents | /xx | Noun |
| essex | /x | Name |
| estuaries | /xxx | Noun |
| feuds | / | Noun |
| fisheries | /xx | Noun |
| floods | / | Noun |
| freshwater | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| gravelly | /xx | Adjective |
| grounds | / | Noun |
| groundwater | /xx | Noun |
| gunner | /x | Noun |
| han | / | Name |
| headwaters | /xx | Noun |
| impervious | x/xx | Adjective |
| impure | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| jane | / | Name |
| johnny | /x | Name |
| lagoons | x/ | Noun |
| lakes | / | Noun |
| lawrence | /x | Name |
| leech | / | Noun, Verb |
| marine | x/ | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| marshes | /x | Noun |
| marshy | /x | Adjective |
| mayo | /x | Name |
| mud | / | Noun, Verb |
| murky | /x | Adjective |
| navigation | /x/x | Noun |
| oceans | /x | Noun |
| offshore | // | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| opaque | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| pebbled | /x | Adjective |
| pond | / | Noun, Verb |
| pools | / | Noun |
| rivers | /x | Noun |
| runoff | /x | Noun |
| rutted | /x | Adjective |
| sandy | /x | Name, Adjective |
| seas | / | Adjective |
| sewage | /x | Noun |
| shallows | /x | Noun |
| silt | / | Noun, Verb |
| skies | / | Noun |
| sloppy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| sludge | / | Noun, Verb |
| slurry | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| soiled | / | Adjective |
| stirring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| streams | / | Noun |
| strewn | / | Adjective |
| swampy | /x | Adjective |
| turbid | x/ | Adjective |
| unclean | x/ | Adjective |
| ward | / | Noun, Verb |
| wastewater | /xx | Noun |
| water | /x | Noun, Verb |
| watercourses | /xxx | Noun |
| watersheds | /xx | Noun |
| waterways | /xx | Noun |
| weedy | /x | Adjective |
| wet | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| zones | / | Verb |
