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.

cut out

verb, adjective

Forms cuts out cutting out

verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument. “Cut out the letters and paste them on the poster.”
verb (transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). “He had to cut out smoking in order to be prepared for the marathon.”
verb (transitive) To remove; to omit. “If we cut out the middle-man, we will both have better profits.”
verb (transitive) To oust; to replace.
verb (US, Australia, New Zealand) To separate (an animal) from the herd.
verb (intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected. “It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.”
verb (intransitive) To leave suddenly. “He must have cut out of the party.”
verb (usually passive voice) To arrange or prepare. “He has his work cut out for him.”
adjective (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose. “I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites.”

Synonyms

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