Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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blow off

verb

Forms blows off blowing off blew off blown off

  1. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, off. “She blew the dust off the cookbook, revealing its full title.”
  2. verb (transitive) To vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container. “The radioactivity was released when they blew off steam from the containment vessel.”
  3. verb (intransitive, transitive) To let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose. “The engine or steamer is blowing off.”
  4. verb (transitive) To shirk or disregard (a duty or person). “I decided to blow off the meeting and leave early.”
  5. verb (transitive) To abandon (someone) as the last stage of a scam.
  6. verb (transitive) To reject or shut down someone's sexual advances or other offers (e.g. a job offer).
  7. verb (transitive) To forcibly disconnect something by use of a firearm or explosive device. “Her leg was blown off by a landmine.”
  8. verb (transitive) To force to leave a course. “The storm blew the ship off course.”

Synonyms

dick around badger break ass break wind bust ass crepitate curmur cut one cut one loose cut the cheese drop a bomb drop one's guts fart flatulate grunt guff let fluffy off the chain let loose let one go let one loose

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “blow off”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details