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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do it

verb

Forms does it doing it did it done it

  1. verb (colloquial) To be appealing or suitable. “A green shirt with orange slacks really doesn't do it for me, I’m afraid.”
  2. verb (slang, chiefly used in the past tense) To do something exceptionally foolish or unacceptable. “He did it this time!”
  3. verb (slang, euphemistic) To have sex; to make it. “He was upstairs doing it with her.”
  4. verb (rare, slang, euphemistic) To urinate.
  5. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, it. “You did it! And in record time! Congratulations!”

Synonyms

fit the bill cut it bang get it on have sex approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sexual relations intercourse know know someone in the biblical sense make love sleep together roll in the hay love make out sleep with get laid be intimate have intercourse have it away have it off

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