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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| twist the knife | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| twist the knife in the wound | /x/xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| weather the storm | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| throw caution to the wind | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get the wind up | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| turn the knife in the wound | /x/xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| wing it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| turn the knife | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| have the wind up | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| run wild | // | Name, Verb |
| fall apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| spin one's wheels | x// | Phrase, Verb |
| turn a hair | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall between the cracks | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| tie oneself in knots | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| live on the edge | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| twist someone's arm | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| come to grief | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| leave someone in the lurch | //xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take a turn | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| sail close to the wind | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| come unstuck | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| turn the corner | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| play with fire | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| feel the pinch | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| put the wind up | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| walk away from | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| take a turn for the worse | /x//x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hang by a thread | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| whistle past the graveyard | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| throw a spanner in the works | /x/xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lose one's way | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| catch a break | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| die on the vine | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lose it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| run for one's life | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| choke | / | Verb |
| trim one's sails | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| run a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| be riding for a fall | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit a snag | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| ride out the storm | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| paint oneself into a corner | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| totter | /x | Noun |
| stick one's neck out | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| go one's own way | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| crash and burn | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| turn tail | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw up one's hands | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| take a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| knock oneself out | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| twist someone's words | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| backfire | /x | Noun |
| twiddle one's thumbs | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| make waves | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hang tough | // | Phrase, Verb |
| go out of one's way | ///// | Phrase, Verb |
| throw someone a curve | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| tempt fate | // | Phrase, Verb |
| crap out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take the wheel | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go up in flames | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| stand on one's own two feet | ////// | Phrase, Verb |
| take its toll | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| push one's luck | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| get one's wires crossed | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| have a screw loose | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| swing | / | Noun |
| fight a losing battle | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| feel one's way | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| pull one's hair out | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| lead nowhere | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| bottle out | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lose one's head | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| grasp the nettle | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| lose one's touch | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| wimp out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| press one's luck | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| tread water | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| draw straws | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall on one's face | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| tilt at windmills | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| go to the wall | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| acoustic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| affects | x/ | Verb |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| airflow | /x | Noun |
| airstream | /x | Noun |
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ankle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| aria | /xx | Noun |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| atmospheric | xx/x | Adjective |
| auger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ball | / | Noun, Verb |
| barge | / | Noun, Verb |
| bell | / | Noun, Verb |
| bend | / | Noun, Verb |
| biaxial | x/xx | Adjective |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boost | / | Verb, Noun |
| boreas | /xx | Name |
| braid | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| branching | /x | Noun |
| brass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breath | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| breeze | / | Noun, Verb |
| bustle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cap | / | Noun, Verb |
| chicago | x/x | Name |
| chinook | x/ | Noun |
| chop | / | Noun, Verb |
| cirrus | /x | Noun |
| clasp | / | Noun, Verb |
| clew | / | Noun, Verb |
| clue | / | Noun, Verb |
| coffee | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| coil | / | Noun, Verb |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| compressional | x/xx | Adjective |
| compressive | x/x | Adjective |
| conclude | x/ | Verb |
| construction | x/x | Noun |
| convective | x/x | Adjective |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| crank | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| craze | / | Noun, Verb |
| curl | / | Noun, Verb |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| curve | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cyclonic | x/x | Adjective |
| dance | / | Noun, Verb |
| dash | / | Noun, Verb |
| deform | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| dent | / | Noun, Verb |
| device | x/ | Noun |
| direction | x/x | Noun |
| dispute | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| distort | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| distortion | x/x | Noun |
| doldrums | /x | Noun |
| downwind | x/ | Adverb |
| draft | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drain | / | Verb, Noun |
| draught | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| drawing | /x | Noun |
| dribble | /x | Noun, Verb |
| drift | / | Noun, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun, Verb |
| dust | / | Noun, Verb |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| easter | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| easterly | /xx | Adjective, Name, Adverb |
| eddy | /x | Noun, Verb |
| entangle | x/x | Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| fart | / | Noun, Verb |
| fashion | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fiddle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| flavour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flow | / | Noun, Verb |
| force | / | Noun, Verb |
| free | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| frictional | /xx | Adjective |
| frost | / | Noun, Verb |
| fun | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fung | / | Name |
| gale | / | Noun, Verb |
| gas | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gasp | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gauge | / | Noun, Verb |
| gimmick | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gravitational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| gravity | /xx | Noun |
| gust | / | Noun, Verb |
| harmattan | xx/ | Name |
| hear | / | Verb |
| hint | / | Noun, Verb |
| hoist | / | Noun, Verb |
| hue | / | Noun |
| hurricane | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| hydrodynamic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| indent | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| inflection | x/x | Noun |
| instalment | x/x | Noun |
| instrument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| interlace | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| intertwine | xx/ | Verb |
| interweave | xx/ | Verb |
| jab | / | Noun, Verb |
| jazz | / | Noun, Verb |
| kink | / | Noun, Verb |
| kiss | / | Noun, Verb |
| kite | / | Noun, Verb |
| lace | / | Noun, Verb |
| lead | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| lift | / | Verb, Noun |
| lodgepole | /x | Noun |
| loop | / | Noun, Verb |
| lose | / | Verb, Noun |
| luck | / | Noun, Verb |
| mat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| meander | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| mill | / | Noun, Verb |
| monsoon | x/ | Noun |
| mouthpiece | /x | Noun |
| move | / | Verb, Noun |
| multiaxial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| murmur | /x | Noun, Verb |
| musical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| nose | / | Noun, Verb |
| note | / | Noun, Verb |
| nothing | /x | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| nothingness | /xx | Noun |
| nuance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| oliver | /xx | Name, Adjective |
| open | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| organ | /x | Noun, Verb |
| oscillatory | /xxxx | Adjective |
| park | / | Noun, Verb |
| pervert | /x | Noun, Verb |
| phrase | / | Noun, Verb |
| pick | / | Verb, Noun |
| pigtail | /x | Noun |
| pinch | / | Noun, Verb |
| pipe | / | Noun, Verb |
| pipe organ | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| pipework | /x | Noun |
| pivot | /x | Noun, Verb |
| plait | / | Noun, Verb |
| plane | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| poignancy | /xx | Noun |
| prevailing wind | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| puff | / | Noun, Verb |
| pull | / | Verb, Noun |
| put | / | Verb, Noun |
| queue | / | Noun, Verb |
| quirk | / | Noun, Verb |
| rain | / | Noun, Verb |
| rebound | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| reed | / | Noun, Verb |
