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.

clear out

verb

Forms clears out clearing out cleared out

verb (transitive) To completely empty. “We had to clear out the attic so the guest could sleep there.”
verb (transitive) To rob or steal from (someone). “Kelly disappeared last night, and she cleared me out.”
verb (transitive) To be victorious in gambling against (someone); to financially ruin (someone). “I don't have any money, Betty cleared me out.”
verb (transitive) to remove or eject (from), especially forcibly. “The police cleared the crowd out of the street to investigate the accident.”
verb (intransitive) To leave quickly. “They cleared out as soon as the cops arrived.”
verb (intransitive) To become empty. “The town is packed in the summer, but clears out in the winter.”

Synonyms

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