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.

dress up

verb

Forms dresses up dressing up dressed up

verb (intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes. “Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.”
verb (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person. “We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.”
verb (transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person. “The cat hated when they dressed him up for Halloween.”
verb (transitive) To decorate; to prettify.
verb (transitive) To present in a favorable light. “You can dress up that proposal however you want; it's still going to go over like a lead balloon.”

Synonyms

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