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.

dodgy

/ˈdɒd͡ʒ.i/ adjective

Forms dodgier dodgiest

adjective (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Evasive and shifty. “Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.”
adjective (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable. “Never listen to dodgy advice.”
adjective Dishonest. “The more money the better, because there is always that dodgy politician or corrupt official to bribe.”
adjective Risky. “This is a slightly dodgy plan, because there is a lot that is being changed for this fix.”
adjective Deviant. “He's a dodgy Peeping Tom.”
adjective Uncomfortable and weird. “The situation was right dodgy.”

Synonyms

From dodge (verb) + -y. First used in mid-19th century England.

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