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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| take a spill | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| be riding for a fall | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| hit the dirt | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| hit the skids | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| huck | / | Name | 
| hit the deck | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| knock over | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall from grace | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| walk into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take a flying leap | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| totter | /x | Noun | 
| lay down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall off the wagon | //x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| bounce | / | Noun | 
| slip up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| stumble upon | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| climb down | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| fall in with | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| come to grief | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| drop | / | Noun | 
| crack up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective | 
| come unstuck | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| stumble on | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| go down with | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| crash | / | Noun | 
| nod off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| somersault | /xx | Noun | 
| hit the pavement | /x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall for | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| come down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| biff | / | Name | 
| dive | / | Noun | 
| come down the pike | //x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| get down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| plunge | / | Noun | 
| take a turn | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| tackle | /x | Noun | 
| come down with | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall between two stools | /x/// | Phrase, Verb | 
| go down the tubes | //x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| get off the ground | //x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| come off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| throw down | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| take a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| lose it | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| take the count | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take a walk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| crash and burn | //x | Phrase, Verb | 
| go down like a lead balloon | ///x/x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| splash | / | Noun | 
| take a chance | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall between the cracks | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take the plunge | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take its toll | /// | Phrase, Verb | 
| happen upon | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| teeter | /x | Noun | 
| goof around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| sit up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| pile on | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| go to pieces | ///x | Phrase, Verb | 
| fall apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| give something a whirl | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| doze off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| toy with | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| find oneself | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| snapper | /x | Noun | 
| drop the ball | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| take a gamble | /x/x | Phrase, Verb | 
| bottom out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| slam dunk | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb | 
| fall short | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| toss | / | Noun | 
| hit the trail | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| abduct | x/ | Verb | 
| abide | x/ | Verb | 
| absorb | x/ | Verb | 
| abstain | x/ | Verb | 
| abstract | x/ | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| accept | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| accommodate | x/xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| accompany | x/xx | Verb | 
| accomplish | x/x | Verb | 
| achieve | x/ | Verb | 
| acquire | x/x | Verb | 
| act | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| address | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| adhere | x/ | Verb | 
| admit | x/ | Verb | 
| adopt | x/ | Verb | 
| adoption | x/x | Noun | 
| adversarial | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| affect | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| afford | x/ | Verb | 
| agonistic | /x/x | Adjective | 
| agree | x/ | Verb | 
| aim | / | Noun, Verb | 
| ake | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| allow | x/ | Verb | 
| anarchic | x/x | Adjective | 
| annex | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| answer | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| apply | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| appropriate | x/xx | Adjective, Verb | 
| approve | x/ | Verb | 
| arise | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| arrange | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| arrive | x/ | Verb | 
| ask | / | Verb, Noun | 
| aspirate | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| assign | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| assume | x/ | Verb | 
| attach | x/ | Verb | 
| attend | x/ | Verb | 
| attention | x/x | Noun | 
| audit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb | 
| bag | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bail out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| bale out | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| be | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| beacon | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| bear | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| become | x/ | Verb | 
| begin | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| believe | x/ | Verb | 
| ben | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective | 
| benefit | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| bin | / | Noun, Verb | 
| boisterous | /xx | Adjective | 
| bone | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| booze | / | Noun, Verb | 
| borrow | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| break down | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| breathe | / | Verb | 
| bring | / | Verb | 
| bring back | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| brush | / | Noun, Verb | 
| build | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bump | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bur | / | Noun | 
| burl | / | Noun, Verb | 
| burr | / | Name, Verb | 
| burst | / | Verb, Noun | 
| businesslike | /xx | Adjective | 
| buy | / | Verb, Noun | 
| call for | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| call in | /x | Phrase, Verb | 
| cancel | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| capitalize | /xxx | Verb | 
| capture | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| care | / | Noun, Verb | 
| carefree | /x | Adjective | 
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| cash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cast off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| catch | / | Verb, Noun | 
| catch on | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| cause | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chancy | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| charge | / | Noun, Verb | 
| charter | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| chip away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| choose | / | Verb, Noun | 
| church | / | Noun, Verb | 
| chute | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cite | / | Verb, Noun | 
| claim | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clean | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb | 
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| clear away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| clear off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| clear up | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| clutch | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| collapse | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| collect | x/ | Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| collegial | x/xx | Adjective | 
| come | / | Verb, Noun | 
| commence | x/ | Verb | 
| commit | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| comply | x/ | Verb | 
| comprehend | xx/ | Verb | 
| con | / | Noun, Verb | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| confiscate | /xx | Verb, Adjective | 
| conflictual | x/xx | Adjective | 
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| conquer | /x | Verb | 
| consider | x/x | Verb | 
| constructive | x/x | Adjective | 
| consume | x/ | Verb | 
| contain | x/ | Verb | 
| contemplate | /xx | Verb | 
| continue | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| contribute | x/x | Verb | 
| convene | x/ | Verb | 
| convey | x/ | Verb | 
| cooperative | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| cope | / | Verb, Noun | 
| cost | / | Noun, Verb | 
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cream | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cream off | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| cross | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| crumb | / | Noun, Verb | 
| crumble | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| crumple | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| cry for | // | Phrase, Verb | 
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| cut into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| dagger | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dally | /x | Name, Verb | 
| deadlocked | /x | Adjective | 
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| decide | x/ | Verb | 
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| dedicate | /xx | Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| defuse | x/ | Verb | 
| degas | /x | Verb | 
| delay | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| deliver | x/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| delve | / | Verb, Noun | 
| demand | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| deploy | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| deprive | x/ | Verb | 
| derive | x/ | Verb | 
| desist | x/ | Verb | 
| deterioration | x/xxxx | Noun | 
| determine | x/x | Verb | 
| detoxify | x/xx | Verb | 
| develop | x/x | Verb | 
| devote | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| dial | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dialogic | /x/x | Adjective | 
