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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| feel the pinch | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take one's lumps | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| scuffle | /x | Noun |
| cut up rough | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| sweat it out | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| live through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| scratch a living | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| grit one's teeth | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| wear | / | Noun |
| bear up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| suck it up | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| scrape along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hold out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| weather the storm | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| put up with | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| crash | / | Noun |
| grin and bear it | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| hack | / | Noun |
| dig in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| earn one's keep | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| cut corners | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| rustle up | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run someone ragged | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hang tough | // | Phrase, Verb |
| live on the edge | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go the distance | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| feel the heat | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| guts | / | Noun |
| hold up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take something in stride | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| doss | / | Noun |
| kick over the traces | //xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| rough | / | Adjective |
| live paycheck to paycheck | //x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| rub along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take the rough with the smooth | /x//xx | Phrase, Verb |
| make it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| have had it | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| catch a break | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| give someone a hard time | //xx// | Phrase, Verb |
| hack it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| crap out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| run for one's life | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| cut one's teeth | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| put a hurt on | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| slug it out | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| get one's rocks off | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| die hard | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take its toll | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| shack up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| grab at | // | Phrase, Verb |
| earn one's crust | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| knapsack | /x | Noun |
| hustle | /x | Noun |
| get the worst of it | /x/// | Phrase, Verb |
| hunker down | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cut it close | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| get along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| live beyond one's means | /x/// | Phrase, Verb |
| make the best of a bad job | /x//x// | Phrase, Verb |
| maul | / | Noun |
| wild | / | Adjective |
| break a sweat | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| muck around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| ride out the storm | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| see the world | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| do out of | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| run wild | // | Name, Verb |
| rush | / | Noun |
| take great pains | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| make one's bed and lie in it | /////x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| work one's fingers to the bone | ///x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bust a gut | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| not have a pot to piss in | /xxxxxx | Phrase, Verb |
| come with the territory | //x/xxx | Phrase, Verb |
| make a go of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| lie around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the dirt | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rip into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| keep one's head above water | ///x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| treat like dirt | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| put through its paces | ////x | Phrase |
| batch | / | Noun |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| abrupt | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| aggressive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| agitated | /xxx | Adjective |
| agribusiness | /xxx | Noun |
| ai | / | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| approximate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| arduous | /xx | Adjective |
| arms | / | Noun |
| assistive | x/x | Adjective |
| at | / | Noun, Adjective |
| awful | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badass | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| bare | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| beard | / | Noun, Verb |
| bidentate | /xx | Adjective |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| biting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| blank | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| blunt | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brusque | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| brute | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| brutish | /x | Adjective |
| bulk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bumpy | /x | Adjective |
| busy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| cantonese | xx/ | Name, Adjective |
| challenging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chapped | / | Adjective |
| choppy | /x | Adjective |
| chronology | x/xx | Noun |
| ciliate | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| ciliated | /xxx | Adjective |
| coarse | / | Adjective |
| cockpit | /x | Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| corded | /x | Adjective |
| corduroy | /xx | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| costly | /x | Adjective |
| cpu | /x | Name |
| cracked | / | Adjective |
| craggy | /x | Adjective |
| crass | / | Adjective |
| crude | / | Adjective, Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| crushed | / | Adjective |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damp | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| dentate | xx | Adjective |
| dice | / | Noun, Verb |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dirty | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| draft | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drenched | / | Adjective |
| dur | / | Noun, Adjective |
| dura | /x | Noun |
| durum | /x | Noun |
| dusty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| easy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| elbows | /x | Noun |
| enterprise | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| eraser | x/x | Noun |
| estimated | /xxx | Adjective |
| expensive | x/x | Adjective |
| fierce | / | Adjective, Adverb |
| fig | / | Name, Verb |
| file | / | Noun, Verb |
| filthy | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| firewalls | /x | Noun |
| fort | / | Noun, Verb |
| foul | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fringed | / | Adjective |
| fuzzy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| garish | /x | Adjective |
| granular | /xx | Adjective |
| grating | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| gravel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gravelly | /xx | Adjective |
| great | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| gui | x | Name |
| hard | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| hardcore | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| hardware | /x | Noun |
| harsh | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| healthcare | /x | Noun |
| heavy | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| heels | / | Noun |
| heuristics | x/x | Noun |
| hi | / | Noun, Adjective |
| hilly | /x | Adjective |
| homespun | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| hot | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| house | / | Noun, Verb |
| implementations | /xx/x | Noun |
| industrial | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| inexact | xx/ | Adjective |
| innovative | /xxx | Adjective |
| instructional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| instruments | /xx | Noun |
| integrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| ip | / | Name, Adjective |
| irregular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| is | / | Verb, Noun |
| jagged | / | Adjective |
| jarring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| jolting | /x | Adjective |
| large | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| lined | / | Adjective |
| log | / | Noun, Verb |
| lonesome | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| macro | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| manger | /x | Noun |
| me | / | Noun |
| mop | / | Noun, Verb |
| mountainous | /xx | Adjective |
| mouth | / | Noun, Verb |
| multinational | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| nasty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| nonmilitary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| notched | / | Adjective |
| offensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| orientated | /xxxx | Adjective |
| oriented | /xxx | Adjective |
| outline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| outsourced | x/ | Adjective |
| paddy | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| painstaking | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| pique | / | Noun, Verb |
| pocked | / | Adjective |
| pockmarked | /x | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| preliminary | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| prove | / | Verb, Noun |
| proximate | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| proxy | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| puckered | /x | Verb, Adjective |
| pugnacious | x/x | Adjective |
| quieter | /xx | Noun |
| rasping | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| raspy | /x | Adjective |
| raw | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| restless | /x | Adjective |
| ribbed | / | Adjective |
| road | / | Noun, Adjective |
