Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

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

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)

-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.

chip in

verb

Forms chips in chipping in chipped in

verb (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something. “If we all chip in, we can afford to buy a pizza for lunch.”
verb (intransitive) To contribute (for, to, or toward something). “She chipped in for the gift.”
verb (transitive, idiomatic) To contribute (something). “He chipped in twenty for the retirement gift.”
verb (intransitive, card games) To ante; to put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue. “He seemed to hesitate when he chipped in.”
verb (intransitive, idiomatic, UK, informal) To interrupt a discussion for the purpose of making a comment.
verb (intransitive, golf) To put a chip shot in the hole. “He chipped in from 20 yards for a birdie.”
verb (transitive, slang) To join in (something); to butt in or contribute (something) to a conversation; to say (something). “She chipped in that she had seen the whole situation play out.”

Synonyms

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