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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come along

verb, interjection

Forms comes along coming along came along come alongs

  1. verb (intransitive, followed by "with") To accompany. “I'd like you to come along with me to the opera.”
  2. verb (idiomatic, intransitive) To arise, appear (make an appearance), come into being. “When the telephone first came along, it was mostly just for businesses and rich people, but eventually almost everyone got one.”
  3. verb (idiomatic, intransitive) To progress; to make progress; to quicken. “The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.”
  4. interjection Expression of encouragement or mild reproach. “Come along, dear, there's no point crying over it.”

Synonyms

come with develop rock along appear progress come on advance get on get along shape up

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