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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| miss the mark | /x/ | Name, Verb |
| fall behind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall on one's face | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| slip up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the skids | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cut corners | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| fall between the cracks | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall through the cracks | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall between two stools | /x/// | Phrase, Verb |
| lose one's way | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| flunk out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come to nothing | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| cut it close | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| come to grief | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| fall apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| drop the ball | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| backfire | /x | Noun |
| be riding for a fall | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run short | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall off the wagon | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| miss the boat | /x/ | Name, Verb |
| slip through the cracks | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall from grace | /// | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| run afoul of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| catch a break | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| flake | / | Noun |
| lose | / | Verb |
| take the count | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hit a snag | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bounce | / | Noun |
| walk into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| miss out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| put a foot wrong | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take a dive | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| die on the vine | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cough up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bail | / | Noun |
| take a tumble | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| get off the ground | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| drop | / | Noun |
| draw a blank | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall for | // | Phrase, Verb |
| give something a miss | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go to the wall | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| flop | / | Noun |
| stop short | // | Phrase, Verb |
| overstep the mark | /xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall on one's feet | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| cut it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| scratch the surface | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take a spill | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| flag | / | Noun |
| go too far | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| damn with faint praise | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| run over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| come down to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| fall into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go down like a lead balloon | ///x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| choke | / | Verb |
| sink like a stone | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| slack off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| leave someone cold | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come to naught | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| lay an egg | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| run a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| sink or swim | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| get there | // | Phrase, Verb |
| settle for | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| find oneself | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| give | / | Verb |
| leave someone out in the cold | //x/xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| call | / | Noun |
| fit the bill | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| not have a leg to stand on | //x//x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| skip out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sit on one's hands | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| nod off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| go down the tubes | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take a turn for the worse | /x//x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| crash and burn | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| lose face | // | Phrase, Verb |
| guess | / | Noun |
| hang back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cut down | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| cut someone some slack | //x// | Phrase, Verb |
| fall in with | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| abate | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| abbreviated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| abridged | x/ | Adjective |
| abruptly | x/x | Adverb |
| abstract | x/ | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| accelerated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| accrue | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| accumulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| alight | x/ | Adverb, Verb, Adjective |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| aneurysm | /x/x | Noun |
| anyhow | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| anyway | /xx | Adverb |
| are | / | Noun |
| arise | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| ascend | x/ | Verb |
| ascension | x/x | Noun |
| ascent | x/ | Noun |
| attack | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| autumn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| avalanche | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| barely | /x | Adverb |
| bean | / | Noun, Verb |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| belong | x/ | Verb |
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| between | x/ | Noun |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| boil down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bow | / | Noun, Verb |
| boy | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| breakup | /x | Noun |
| briefest | /x | Adjective |
| briefly | /x | Adverb |
| brusque | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| bump | / | Noun, Verb |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bypass | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cad | / | Name |
| capitulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| cascade | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| catch | / | Verb, Noun |
| choice | / | Noun, Adjective |
| choleric | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| chow | / | Noun, Verb |
| chunky | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| chute | / | Noun, Verb |
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| classify | /xx | Verb |
| climb | / | Verb, Noun |
| climb down | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| clipped | / | Adjective |
| close | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| collapse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| come | / | Verb, Noun |
| come down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| come up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| con | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| concentrate | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| concise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| condensed | x/ | Adjective |
| congregate | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| contract | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| contraction | x/x | Noun |
| cool | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| correspond | xx/ | Verb |
| court | / | Noun, Verb |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crumble | /x | Verb, Noun |
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| cursory | /xx | Adjective |
| curt | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| curtailment | x/x | Noun |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| decadence | /xx | Noun |
| decay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| decrease | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| defeat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| definitive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| deflate | x/ | Verb |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| departure | x/x | Noun |
| depreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| derivation | xx/x | Noun |
| deriving | x/x | Noun |
| descend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| deterioration | x/xxxx | Noun |
| devaluation | xxx/x | Noun |
| devalue | x/x | Verb |
| devolve | x/ | Verb |
| die away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| digest | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| diminish | x/x | Verb |
| diminution | xx/x | Noun |
| diminutive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| dip | / | Noun, Verb |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| disappear | xx/ | Verb |
| disappearance | xx/x | Noun |
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun |
| dismount | xx | Verb, Noun |
| ditch | / | Noun, Verb |
| dive | / | Noun, Verb |
| docs | / | Noun |
| doom | / | Noun, Verb |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downfall | /x | Noun, Verb |
| downhill | // | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| downslope | // | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| downward | /x | Adjective, Adverb |
| drifts | / | Noun, Verb |
| drip | / | Noun, Verb |
| droop | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| drop off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| dumpy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dusk | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dwarf | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| dwindle | /x | Verb |
| early | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| ease | / | Noun, Verb |
| ease off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| ease up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| election | x/x | Noun |
| enough | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| enrol | /x | Verb |
| enroll | x/ | Verb |
| enter | /x | Verb, Noun |
| ephemeral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| exodus | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| expire | x/ | Verb |
| fail | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| fall down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall in love | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| far | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| fat | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| fault | / | Noun, Verb |
| few | / | Noun |
| final | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
