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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call in

verb

Forms calls in calling in called in

  1. verb (intransitive, copulative) To communicate with a base etc, by telephone. “I was too unwell to work yesterday so I called in sick.”
  2. verb (transitive) To report; communicate (a message) by telephone or similar. “The hoaxer called in a bomb threat.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To pay a short visit. “I'll call in this afternoon to pick up my prescription.”
  4. verb (transitive) To summon someone, especially for help or advice. “The government called in the army to deal with the riots.”
  5. verb (transitive) To withdraw something from sale or circulation.
  6. verb (transitive) To request immediate repayment of (a debt).

Synonyms

phone in pop in call on summon recall visit call call back withdraw

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “call in”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details