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.

deadpan

/ˈdɛdpæn/ adjective, adverb, noun, verb

Forms deadpans deadpanning deadpanned dead-pan dead pan

adjective Deliberately impassive or expressionless. “a deadpan face or look”
adjective Having such a face or look. “The comedian remained deadpan.”
adverb In a deadpan manner.
noun A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
verb To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.

Synonyms

From dead + pan (“face”).

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