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 up

verb

Forms does up doing up did up done up

  1. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.) “I can't do up my shirt. The button is missing.”
  2. verb (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property). “I'm going to do up the living room next.”
  3. verb (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To execute a task or performance; to execute it well. “This time I'm going to do it up right.”
  4. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To pack together and envelop; to pack up, tie up, or both. “I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office.”
  5. verb (transitive, dated) To accomplish thoroughly.
  6. verb (transitive, archaic) To starch and iron.
  7. verb (slang) To beat up; to physically assault.
  8. verb (transitive) To style (someone's hair); (especially) to give someone (i.e., oneself or another) an updo.

Synonyms

fix up spruce up vamp up doll up pretty up glam up

Antonyms

undo

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