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.

crank up

verb

Forms cranks up cranking up cranked up

verb To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking. “Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin.”
verb (idiomatic, reflexive) To muster up the mental energy to do something.
verb (idiomatic, slang) To prepare (something).
verb (idiomatic) To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something. “He cranked up the volume to 11.”
verb To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote.
verb (slang, intransitive) To inject heroin.

Synonyms

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