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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| take in | /x | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| eavesdrop | /x | Verb |
| hear | / | Verb |
| talk | / | Noun |
| conversations | xx/x | Noun |
| interject | xx/ | Verb |
| gossiping | /xx | Verb |
| conversing | x/x | Verb |
| tell | / | Verb |
| whisper | /x | Noun |
| interrupting | xx/x | Verb |
| snicker | /x | Noun |
| chatting | /x | Verb |
| banter | /x | Noun |
| speak | / | Verb |
| mutter | /x | Noun |
| tattle | /x | Noun |
| listen | /x | Verb |
| regale | x/ | Noun |
| privy | /x | Name |
| bicker | /x | Noun |
| discussing | x/x | Verb |
| bother | /x | Verb |
| chitchat | /x | Noun |
| infer | x/ | Verb |
| giggling | /xx | Verb |
| admonishing | x/xx | Verb |
| jabbering | /xx | Verb |
| exclaim | x/ | Verb |
| scold | / | Verb |
| remarking | x/x | Verb |
| relaying | /xx | Noun |
| complain | x/ | Verb |
| blurt | / | Verb |
| noticing | /xx | Verb |
| recollect | xx/ | Verb |
| distract | x/ | Verb |
| observe | x/ | Verb |
| yell | / | Noun |
| confide | x/ | Verb |
| encounter | x/x | Noun |
| pretending | x/x | Verb |
| interrogate | x/xx | Verb |
| aloud | x/ | Adverb |
| berating | x/x | Verb |
| glean | / | Verb |
| shush | / | Noun |
| squabble | /x | Noun |
| chuckling | /x | Verb |
| misinterpret | xx/x | Verb |
| sneak | / | Noun |
| alerted | x/x | Verb |
| chatter | /x | Noun |
| imagine | x/x | Verb |
| chide | / | Verb |
| presume | x/ | Verb |
| engage | x/ | Verb |
| unbeknownst | xx/ | Adverb |
| inform | x/ | Verb |
| disparaging | x/xx | Adjective |
| animatedly | /xxxx | Adverb |
| earshot | /x | Noun |
| chatty | /x | Noun |
| dissuade | x/ | Verb |
| snatches | /x | Noun |
| divulge | x/ | Verb |
| mistaking | x/x | Verb |
| provoke | x/ | Verb |
| letting | /x | Verb |
| spied | / | Verb |
| discourage | x/x | Verb |
| intrude | x/ | Verb |
| prompting | /x | Verb |
| murmuring | /xx | Verb |
| surreptitiously | xx/xx | Adverb |
| asking | /x | Verb |
| mumble | /x | Noun |
| listen in | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| get wind of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| turn a deaf ear | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| surprise | x/ | Noun |
| steal | / | Verb |
| tune out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| see through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| misunderstand | xxx/ | Verb |
| oversee | /xx | Verb |
| talk over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| hearken | /x | Verb |
| deaf | / | Noun |
| oversight | /xx | Noun |
| sound out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| find | / | Verb |
| nose | / | Noun |
| ignore | x/ | Verb |
| intercept | xx/ | Noun |
| hear of | // | Phrase, Verb |
| pass off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| overlook | /xx | Verb |
| infringe | x/ | Verb |
| interpose | xx/ | Verb |
| cut off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| spill | / | Noun |
| stumble across | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| head off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| noise | / | Noun |
| slip | / | Noun |
| transpire | x/x | Verb |
| leak | / | Noun |
| transmit | x/ | Verb |
| chanced | / | Verb |
| snippets | /x | Noun |
| straining | /x | Verb |
| privileged | /x | Verb |
| accidentally | xx/xx | Adverb |
| happened | /x | Verb |
| horrified | /xx | Verb |
| miners | /x | Noun |
| secrets | /x | Noun |
| comments | /x | Noun |
| someone | /x | Noun |
| fearing | /x | Verb |
| amused | x/ | Verb |
| aimless | /x | Adjective |
| banal | x/ | Adjective |
| bitchy | /x | Adjective |
| candid | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| clever | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| deprecating | /xxx | Adjective |
| disjointed | x/x | Adjective |
| disrespectful | xx/x | Adjective |
| dread | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| enlightening | x/xx | Adjective |
| everyday | /x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| fatuous | /xx | Adjective |
| gossipy | /xx | Adjective |
| indiscreet | xx/ | Adjective |
| vapid | /x | Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
