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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dead set

noun, adjective

Forms dead sets dead-set

  1. noun (hunting) The rigid pose a hunting dog assumes when pointing out game to a hunter. “The judge at the dog show took points off the Irish setter's dead set because its right ear twitched a few times.”
  2. noun A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock.
  3. noun (figuratively, by extension) A determined effort. “I might not graduate first in my class, but I'll make a dead set at it.”
  4. noun A pointed and persistent attack on a person.
  5. adjective Unswervingly dedicated; resolutely determined. “If John is dead set on marrying Catherine, his parents' objection will only provoke a falling out.”
  6. adjective (Australia, colloquial) Complete and utter; total. “He is a dead set fool.”

Synonyms

hell-bent bent bent on out to

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